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Movie-Star Home in Georgia

Movie-Star Home in Georgia $3,900,000 Atlanta, GA Detached Home A home with a starring role in the Oscar-nominated film, 'The Blind Side,' is on the market for $3.9 million.-Stefanos Chen The owners, Forrest McClain, 49, and his wife Lorri McClain, 48, purchased this property in the well-heeled neighborhood of Tuxedo Park in Atlanta, in 2005.

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The Luxury Real Estate Market In Downtown Manhattan Is Booming

It's conventional wisdom that "blue chip" apartments surrounding Central Park command the highest prices in New York City, beating out trendier Downtown towers on a price per square foot basis. For the first time in a decade, however, the asking prices for luxury Downtown apartments have outpaced those in Midtown and Uptown, new data show, as developments in Tribeca, Soho and Chelsea demand in excess of $7,000 per square foot.

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What Makes the Perfect Listing? -- AOL Real Estate

We've already told you that when it comes to listings. Keep your place neutral (put those family photos away!) so that it will appeal to everyone who walks through, yada,yada,yada. But even that isn't always enough. So what makes the perfect listing? You'll never guess what house hunters are looking for the most.

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Washington's Jordache Look

Some investors aren't losing sleep over politics. At a time when budget cuts are causing unease in the nation's capital, the moguls behind Jordache Enterprises Inc., the company made famous in the 1980s with its designer jeans, have paid more than $100 million for a Washington office building known as the Bond Building.

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HOUSE OF THE DAY: Check Out The East Village Apartment Chloë Sevigny Just Sold For $1.85 Million

s_bukley/Shutterstock/Corcoran It looks like actress Chloë Sevigny has finally sold her farmhouse-chic apartment in NYC's East Village. The apartment is in contract for $1.85 million, according to StreetEasy. We first heard that the home had been sold in July of last year, when The New York Post reported that the actress had found a buyer after listing the place for $1.7 million.

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Big Players Cash Out of Hong Kong Property

Many of the city's wealthiest families see an era marked by a meteoric rise in real-estate prices coming to an end.

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China Developers Look Abroad---for Chinese Buyers

SHANGHAI-When Zhang Yuliang's property company struck a deal to buy and develop a residential and hotel building in downtown Sydney, he had Chinese customers in mind. "The number of rich Chinese who invest abroad, who are employed abroad, is huge. And the number is becoming bigger," he said.

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Probe Widens Over Hotshot NYC Real Estate Broker Accused Of Being A 'Dual Agent'

Kathryn Korte, the president and CEO of Sotheby's International Realty, and Ellie Johnson, the manager of the firm's Upper East Side office, may also face disciplinary action as the result of a state probe into allegations that top-producing broker Roger Erickson acted as an undisclosed dual agent, The Real Deal has learned.

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Trading Traditional for Contemporary

Trading Traditional for Contemporary $6,995,000 Astor Place, NY Apartment This 15th-floor, three-bedroom apartment with floor-to-ceiling glass walls in Astor Place was a significant change from the owners' previous home, a pre-war apartment near Central Park. Ann and Lee Fensterstock purchased a three-bedroom apartment on the 15th floor of this building in 2006 for just over $5.85 million, according to public records.

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More Homeowners Gain Equity, Come Above Water Again -- AOL Real Estate

The housing market's massive downturn several years ago took a significant toll on homeowners nationwide, and some are only now finally recovering from it. However, that number grew significantly in the fourth quarter of last year.

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