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Survey: Most Renters Have Pets, Despite the Restrictions -- AOL Real Estate

Despite the fact that the overwhelming majority of renters have pets, the hassle of trying to find a pet-friendly building doesn't have tenants purring. According to a new Apartments.com survey, 75 percent of renters said they own pets (mainly cats and dogs), which is a significant spike from only 43 percent who said so a year ago.

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The 10 Most Pet-Friendly Buildings In Manhattan

You may not realize it by the amount of dogs you see in NYC's streets, but it's actually very hard to find a pet-friendly apartment in Manhattan. Point2Homes, the sister division of PropertyShark, analyzed the Manhattan apartment listings on their website as well as city property records to determine which buildings were the most likely to allow pets in the city.

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What $500,000 Buys In Housing Markets Around America

But in Seattle, the same amount will get you a 1,750-square-foot home on about a quarter of an acre. Our friends at Zillow helped us compile a list of homes on the market for $500,000 around the U.S. NEW YORK CITY, NY: $500,000 gets a 650-square-foot one-bedroom condo in Murray Hill.

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A Cosmic Getaway in Arizona

A Cosmic Getaway in Arizona $5.5 million Prescott, AZ Contemporary An amateur astronomer sought out this rolling landscape for prime stargazing, and built this contemporary home alongside his observatory.-Stefanos Chen The owners, Peter Kukol, 49, and Eshaia Kukol, 52, purchased this 83-acre property outside Prescott, Ariz., in 2002, according to public records.

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The Best Time of Year to Buy Household Items

Who doesn't love a deal? I loved this article at Realty Times, which recently revealed the best time of year to buy certain household items in order to score the biggest bargains, based on research from AARP and LifeHacker.

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Homeowner Robert Phipps Says Neighbor's Solar Panels Are Blinding -- AOL Real Estate

There are plenty of environmental and budgetary benefits to installing solar panels on your roof, but there could be one health drawback: permanently blinding your neighbor. Robert Phipps, a homeowner in England, claims that the glare of the sun off of the solar panels on his neighbor's home is so bright that his entire family has to use blackout curtains to keep from going blind, the U.K.'s South West News Service reported.

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Sold: A Chunk of L.A. Skyline

A swath of the Los Angeles skyline is trading hands as office-tower owner Brookfield Office Properties has reached a deal to buy MPG Office Trust, the largest office landlord in the city's downtown.

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The True Cost Of Buying A Super-Luxury Home Around The World

Buying and selling expensive properties can be extremely expensive. Just how bad it gets in major cities was analyzed more thoroughly than ever before in a report by property developers Candy & Candy, Deutsche Bank and real-estate brokers Savills.

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