Phil Brown

The “Queen of Christmas,” Mariah Carey, is opening her doors this holiday season to some very lucky guests. In partnership with Booking.com, the self-proclaimed diva herself is inviting a pair of travelers — not…
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Source: RealtyHop”Survey says” looks at various rankings and scorecards judging geographic locations while noting these grades are best seen as a mix of artful interpretation and data. Buzz: Los Angeles and Orange counties are home to 22 of…
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By Jennifer Epstein | Bloomberg The federal government plans to back mortgages of more than $1 million, catching up with the dramatic rise in US home prices in recent years. The 2023 limit for mortgages on single-family homes in high-cost…
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Up, up and away! A hot air balloon business in the heart of California’s popular Napa Valley has hit the market for a cool $12 million. But it’s not just brick and mortar. Known as “Balloons Above the…
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By Lizzie Kane | Bloomberg The US housing market pulled back even more in September, with prices slipping 1.2% from a month earlier. It was the third straight decline for the seasonally adjusted measure of prices in 20 large US cities,…
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This homeowner is a real Scrooge. Yano Anaya — who starred in the 1983 comedy “A Christmas Story” and its subsequent sequel — was cursed out by the owner of the iconic house in the film earlier this month,…
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Funnily enough, predictions that come true tend to be more memorable than those that don’t. In 1964, the science fiction writer Arthur C Clarke spelt out a vision for the future in a broadcast for the BBC’s Horizon programme. Clarke…
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Whether you’re a capital P procrastinator or just earnestly missed the post-holiday discount bonanza, we rounded up the best Cyber Monday sales that are still going on — at least for one more day.Whether you’re looking for new bedding,…
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Craps! The Broadway League doubled down on its opposition to a proposal for a casino at a Times Square office building, threatening a prolonged war between the politically potent theater organization and the…
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The chaos in the mortgage market that followed Kwasi Kwarteng’s now infamous mini-budget led to a 10% fall in the number of mortgage approvals during October.According to the latest figures from the Bank of England, the number of mortgages…
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