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Vacation rental startup Vacasa announced that it has purchased vacation rental management company Sterling Resorts this week.

Airbnb is working to launch a new hospitality service that will give short-term renters access to spaces in commercial buildings in New York City.

The extraordinary immigrant tale of Reagan John Rada, gem designer to the stars  INQUIRER.net

A photo of the late actress Dame Elizabeth Taylor and Reagan John Rada in Las Vegas at a roadshow for House of Taylor Jewelry in 2006 CONTRIBUTED.

Qatar's sovereign fund, Crown Acquisitions named as investors in $5.6 billion New York deal  Reuters

Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) and private realty firm Crown Acquisitions said on Friday they were the unnamed investors in a deal with Vornado Realty Trust ...

Qatar's sovereign fund joins Crown Acquisitions to buy NY properties  Reuters

Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) and private realty firm Crown Acquisitions have jointly bought a significant stake in a portfolio of prime New York retail ...

Half of England Is Owned by Less Than 1% of Its Population, Researcher Says  The New York Times

LONDON — Land ownership in England, a source of enormous wealth, is often shielded by a culture of secrecy harking back to the Middle Ages.

Half of England Is Owned by Less Than 1% of Its Population, Researcher Says  The New York Times

LONDON — Land ownership in England, a source of enormous wealth, is often shielded by a culture of secrecy harking back to the Middle Ages.

Wealthy Luxembourg is Western Europe’s last Holocaust deadbeat  JTA News

(JTA) — When Luxembourg assumed the chairmanship of the world's foremost international Holocaust remembrance task force, its government pledged ...

Getting back to basics, plus this week's top news.

If you've got a name that's synonymous with your business, it might be a good idea to buy it as a domain name — if only to keep it away from your rivals.

If you've got a name that's synonymous with your business, it might be a good idea to buy it as a domain name -- if only to keep it away from your rivals.

Healthcare Weakness Won't Kill The Bull  Seeking Alpha

Many investors fear healthcare sector decline is bad news for equities. The weakness can be ascribed to rotation out of defensive stocks. Investor sentiment is.

Eco-friendly home features have broad appeal among consumers and can play a valuable role in real estate marketing, according to a new report from the National Association of Realtors.

AlphaPoint and Elevated Returns Partner to Launch a “Secondary Market for $1 Billion Tokenized Real Estate Shares”  The Tokenist

As of April 17th 2019, AlphaPoint and Elevated Returns have partnered to build an exchange to activate a secondary trading market involving more than $1 ...

Are Double-Sided Graves the Solution to London's Burial Crisis?  Atlas Obscura

In 1894, the two-year-old son of Marion and Robert Crawford died in the East London district of Stepney. When they buried Robert Jr. in the city's only publicly ...

Former Dodgers owner Frank McCourt tries soccer with ‘French fixer-upper’  Los Angeles Times

For the last 2 1/2 years, Olympique de Marseille, the jewel of French soccer, has belonged to Frank McCourt, who, a decade ago, turned the Dodgers into a ...

Kremlin rejects Mueller report, calling it inconclusive, harmful to U.S.-Russia ties  The Washington Post

MOSCOW — The Kremlin on Friday rejected special counsel Robert S. Mueller III's report on his investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. ...

Housing starts fell 0.3 percent between February and March and dropped 14.2 percent year-over-year, according to the latest data from the U.S. Census Bureau and Housing and Urban Development, released Friday.

Housing starts fell 0.3 percent between February and March and dropped 14.2 percent year-over-year, according to the latest data from the U.S. Census Bureau and Housing and Urban Development, released Friday.

Castellum Demands A Minute Of Your Time  Seeking Alpha

Swedish real estate firm Castellum is one of the largest companies in Sweden in its segment. Its customer base makes it rare - a recession-resistant real estate.