The Virtual Vacation Home
As Webcams and other home-monitoring devices become smaller and cheaper, some people have become voyeurs of their own vacation homes, using them to check up on the lawn guy or simply daydream about a place they’d rather be.
Breaking Ground: The Residences at the Ritz-Carlton, Montreal and Grand Bohemian Hotel & Residences
A residential addition to a historic hotel in Montreal, and a luxury hotel and residential development in St. Petersburg, Fla.
High & Low | 1920’s Palm Beach, Fla.: From a Gilded Age to a Grand Present
The architects Maurice Fatio, Marion Sims Wyeth and John Volk contributed to the architectural opulence of the Palm Beach Gilded Age.
Havens | Dover, Tenn.: A Small Town Where the Lakes Loom Large
Many people who have settled in this small town have found a place that affords them more than a single pursuit.
Your Second Home | Outdoor Kitchens: Cooking Without Walls
Entertaining is often the main reason for having a weekend or vacation home, and for many people that all but requires outdoor cooking.
Away: Stage North
Sande Shurin, an acting coach and director, and her husband, Bruce Levy, converted a two-acre property in Woodstock, N.Y., into an actors’ retreat.
Cher Asks $45 Million for Malibu Estate
Cher is asking $45 million for her Italian Renaissance-style villa. Shaq has trimmed the asking price for his Miami mansion to $29 million from $32 million. Artist Jennifer Bartlett sold her Manhattan townhouse for $17 million.
Mortgage Rates Fell in Week
Home-mortgage rates dropped this week, after a fall in commodity prices eased worries about inflationary pressures, Freddie Mac’s chief economist said.
RSC Holdings sees 11 percent profit increase
RSC Holdings Inc. reported a second-quarter profit of $40 million, or 39 cents per diluted share, up 11 percent from the same period last year. (RRR)
RSC Holdings sees 11 percent profit increase
RSC Holdings Inc. reported a second-quarter profit of $40 million, or 39 cents per diluted share, up 11 percent from the same period last year. (RRR)
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