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Nicolas Cage’s Former New Orleans Mansion Is the Week’s Most Popular Home

Nicolas Cage’s Former New Orleans Mansion Is the Week’s Most Popular Home

The seemingly haunted LaLaurie mansion in New Orleans that actor Nicolas Cage lost to foreclosure in 2009 is the week’s most popular home on Realtor.com®. Located in the city’s French Quarter , the legendary property is owned by energy trader Michael Whalen, who gave the place a massive renovation after buying it in 2010 forRead …

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Dave Grohl Makes Some Big Bank on His SoCal Home, Selling It for $1.6M

Dave Grohl Makes Some Big Bank on His SoCal Home, Selling It for $1.6M

The rocker Dave Grohl has sold his longtime Sherman Oaks, CA, home for a pretty penny, considering his initial outlay more than 20 years ago. Grohl, the lead singer, guitarist, and founder of the grunge band Foo Fighters , bought the four- bedroom, three-bath property in 2001 for $569,000. The 2,774-square-foot property was sold forRead …

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Real Estate Investors Are Snapping Up a Record Share of Homes—Especially in These 5 Affordable Cities

Real Estate Investors Are Snapping Up a Record Share of Homes—Especially in These 5 Affordable Cities

Investors made up 14.8% of home purchases in the first quarter of 2024—the highest percentage in the data’s history (dating to 2001), according to the Realtor.com® 2024 Q1 Investment Report . In 2023, investors claimed an average of 13.1% of homes sold each month, down slightly from 13.8% in 2022. But that number is onRead …

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Infamous Colorado Home Where Chris Watts Killed His Wife Finds a Buyer

Infamous Colorado Home Where Chris Watts Killed His Wife Finds a Buyer

The notorious Colorado home where Chris Watts strangled his pregnant wife to death has finally attracted a buyer, after several months on the market and two price cuts. The Frederick, CO , house, which was the subject of the 2020 Netflix true crime documentary “American Murder: The Family Next Door,” was initially listed in AprilRead …

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Buying in ‘Billionaires Isle’ Nantucket Is Now a Bargain: Homes Are ‘Falling Into the Ocean’

Buying in ‘Billionaires Isle’ Nantucket Is Now a Bargain: Homes Are ‘Falling Into the Ocean’

Nantucket, MA , has long served as a sandy summer paradise for jet setters such as Joe Biden, Ben Stiller, Kourtney Kardashian, and former Google CEO Eric Schmidt , among others. Not surprisingly, homes in Nantucket’s highly exclusive luxury market known as “Billionaires Isle” are listed for many millions. But lately, the market has beenRead …

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The States With the Highest—and Lowest—Energy Bills Might Shock You Into Moving

The States With the Highest—and Lowest—Energy Bills Might Shock You Into Moving

Turning off the lights and easing up on the air conditioner might help curb energy bills, but another way to trim those costs might boil down to choosing the right place to live. Energy bills vary greatly by state, according to a new survey from WalletHub . The survey is based on data tabulated onRead …

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Scaling Argo Repo Server: How Increasing Replicas Solved Startup Delays

Scaling Argo Repo Server: How Increasing Replicas Solved Startup Delays

“Engineering in the Web” (Source: publicdomainpictures.net) Handling resource constraints is never easy. Technical issues, confusing configurations, and cost considerations make engineering the best use of resources challenging. We recently had one of our continuous deployment components, the Argo repo server, start to hit resource constraints. We will dive deeper into the component later in theRead …

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