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The largest homes on the market range from $5.9 million to $68.8 million, and the house with the smallest footprint on this list is 33,500 square feet. Habitations on such a grand scale bring with them famous occupants, prominent families, renowned architects and imported special features with historic pasts. Oh, and one of these mansions has a 5,000-square-foot closet. "Homes of this scale are always fun to watch as they tend to require a very unique buyer," said Alison Schwartz, vice president of corporate communications for Move Inc., operator of realtor.com. "We're looking forward to seeing who scoops these up, especially as we approach the... http://realestate.msn.com/largest-homes-for-sale-right-now

Auditorium in 1928. [Historic photos by Richard B. Hoit. Post-restoration photos courtesy MCM construction] 16 images <div class="gallery loaded"><a href="http://miami.curbed.com/archives/2014/04/07/miami-senior-high-restoration.php"><img src="http://cdn.cstatic.net/images/gridfs/53430e2ff92ea139c1030643/0542_C9788_Library_Cafeteria_East Bldg_From Northeastfor web.jpg" width="500" height="283"></a><br /><a href="http://miami.curbed.com/archives/2014/04/07/miami-senior-high-restoration.php" style="font-size: 9px; text-align: center;">Click here to view the full photogallery.</a></div> After an extensive historical restoration and expansion (including three new classroom buildings, and a parking garage) the old Miami Senior High School looks like a million bucks, or maybe a million apples on a teacher's desk, or a million extra credit points on a final exam, o...

12 images <div class="gallery loaded"><a href="http://ny.curbed.com/archives/2014/04/08/here_now_brooklyns_10_most_expensive_apartments_for_rent.php"><img src="http://cdn.cstatic.net/images/gridfs/534441c7f92ea17a8902e09b/69706880.jpg" width="500" height="334"></a><br /><a href="http://ny.curbed.com/archives/2014/04/08/here_now_brooklyns_10_most_expensive_apartments_for_rent.php" style="font-size: 9px; text-align: center;">Click here to view the full photogallery.</a></div> Attempting to round up the most expensive rental apartments in all of New York City leaves us with options that are only in Manhattan, asking upwards of $70,000 a month. But limiting the search to Brooklyn yields some slightly more accessible options; namely, the fanciest townhouses and chicest condos that the borough has to offer . We start with No. 10, the historic-looking y...

From left: Rendering and exterior of Pier A     One of the city’s historic piers, located on the Hudson River in Lower Manhattan, will reopen this summer following a five-year renovation. The three-story building on Pier A, which first opened 126 years ago and served as the headquarters for the New York Harbor Police and Department of Docks, was gutted and repaired by the Battery Park City Authority in 2009 and later turned over to the Poulakakos family and the Dermot Company for restoration, as previously reported . The project also hit a snag when Hurricane Sandy hit, according to the pier’s website. Refurbishing the building, which has been vacant since 1992, cost the Poulakakos family and Dermot about $36 million . The 39,000-square-foot building’s revamp, slated to finish this June, is headed by Irish designer Danny McDonald, Tribeca Tribune reported. The vintage structure will house an oyster bar, information center, upscale restaurant, historic photo gallery,...

The bloom may be officially off the boom in investment sales as they declined in 2013 for a second straight year after soaring in 2011 at the height of the large foreclosure inventories. Investor purchases declined 15.9 percent last year from the 1.23 million sales peak set in 2011. Investment-home sales fell 8.5 percent to an estimated 1.10 million in 2013 from 1.21 million in 2012. By comparison, owner-occupied purchases rose 13.1 percent to 3.70 million last year from 3.27 million in 2012. The sales estimates are based on responses from households and exclude institutional investment activity according to NAR’s 2014 Investment and Vacation Home Buyers Survey. NAR Chief Economist Lawrence Yun said the pullback in investment activity is understandable. “Investment buyers slowed their purchasing in 2013 because prices were rising quickly along with a declining availability of discounted foreclosures over the course of the year,” he said. “In 2011 and 2012, investment property was...

It’s an embarrassing moment that you’ve likely experienced or at least feared: You’re standing at the cash register with a long line of people waiting behind you when the cashier announces that your credit card has been declined. Getting declined can be a signal that you are in real financial trouble – something that many people don’t want to broadcast. But not always. There are some other reasons your card may be declined. 1. Low Limits/High Spending Yes, your card may be declined because you maxed out your credit card. This means the purchase at hand would exceed the borrowing limit. The limit is set by the card issuer, but you can often ask for a limit raise. However, by keeping your limit low, you can avoid getting into trouble by overspending . Maxing out your credit cards or spending a large percentage of your available credit (a metric called your credit utilization ratio) can have a negative impact on your credit score. If you want to see how your credit utilization ...

A three-bedroom, fully-customized townhouse has set a new record for rentals in Astoria, Queens, The Real Deal has learned. The listing at 30-56 35th Street, between 30th and 31st avenues, rented for $5,000, a spokesperson for brokerage Douglas Elliman confirmed. Justin Kinslow had the exclusive listing. “The apartment is amazing, an impressive gut renovation of a pre-war building,” Kinslow said in a release from the brokerage. “There is no other renovation that comes close to this in all of Astoria.” The owner, from Geneva, Switzerland, brought European-style finishes to the unit, including state-of-the-art technology and large, stylized windows, Kinslow said through a spokesperson.  The home also boasts exposed brick, white cedar floors and recessed lighting with dimmers, as well as a Subzero wine refrigerator, black granite countertops and a Miele touchtronic washing machine and dryer. The walls are acoustically isolated, according to the listing, while the floors have...