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A Former Microsoft Exec Is Selling Her Gorgeous Waterfront Home In Washington For $9.3 Million

Mich Matthews, a former Chief Marketing Officer at , is selling her sick 4 bedroom waterfront home in Washington for $9.3 million, says the WSJ. The coolest thing about this property, aside from the waterfront obviously, is that it has a pool house. Not a pool house where you keep pool things and house guests.

http://read.bi/XQHWa0

London's Riverside Housing Boom

Encouraged by rising prices, London housing developers are cranking up production, particularly on sites along the Thames River. So far, they are finding plenty of buyers. Ballymore Group says it has sold 90% of the 514 apartments that so far have been put on the market at its £10 billion ($15.11 billion) Embassy Gardens development along the river in southwest London.

http://on.wsj.com/103cNk0

Help for Underwater Homes

The number of American homes that end up in foreclosure has started to decline, a welcome development that partly reflects an improving housing market. But a look at data that tracks distressed home sales reveals another reason why foreclosures are becoming less prevalent: More homeowners are turning to so-called short sales-where they sell their homes for less than what they owe in mortgage debt and the bank typically eats the difference.

http://on.wsj.com/Z91FmM

In Hong Kong, a Shift From Central to Kowloon

Companies in Hong Kong and the surrounding area have started to look across Victoria Harbor to Kowloon, which has two emerging business districts that already have attracted some big names in finance.

http://on.wsj.com/10bCBy0

How the Student Loan Debt Crisis Drags Down Home Prices -- AOL Real Estate

By Pity the college graduate, burdened with shocking levels of student-loan debt and looking for a job in the worst employment market in two decades. But save a little pity for the rest of us. The staggering amount of outstanding student debt -- nearly $1 trillion owed -- is beginning to impede the U.S.

http://aol.it/XGZvJO

Ski Chalet in Japan

Ski Chalet in Japan $887,000 Japan Ski House Snow-capped mountains are visible from the living room of this ski chalet on Japan's northernmost island. -Patrick Brzeski Owner John Richards bought the ¼-acre parcel for this ski home at the base of the Moiwa Ski Area on Hokkaido, Japan's northernmost island, in 2008.

http://on.wsj.com/WJsgbV

10 Features That Separate Million-Dollar Homes From Fixer-Uppers

If you're a home seller looking to get noticed by the millions of prospective buyers browsing online real estate listings, the words you choose to describe your abode can be everything. Leave out a key phrase like "hardwood flooring" and you could easily get passed over by buyers would have found your listing in a search otherwise.

http://read.bi/YpdILm

Cash Course in Housing Economics

It is true that the Federal Reserve's efforts to get the economy going have helped spark a recovery in housing. Just not in quite the way it intended.

http://on.wsj.com/VvGZ8D

Still Waters on Lake Washington

Still Waters on Lake Washington $9,300,000 Yarrow Point, WA Waterfront A former Microsoft executive designed this home with a contemplative East Asian motif and a pool house for year-round swimming.-Stefanos Chen The owner, Mich Mathews, the former chief marketing officer at Microsoft, purchased this property in Yarrow Point, near Bellevue, Wash., in 1993 with her then-husband.

http://on.wsj.com/ZWpr4c

The Best Day to List a House For-Sale ...

What's the best day to list a house for-sale? It's Friday. In fact, by listing a home on Friday, you may bring in an extra $5,000 to the sales price, according to a study of homes listed for sale last year conducted by the real estate brokerage Redfin.

http://bit.ly/102jpTo