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New Advertising Company Will Turn Your House Into a Billboard

If it's difficult to pay the bills on your house, try turning your house into a billboard. An advertising start-up in Orange, Calif., is offering to help 100 Americans pay their mortgages -- if the homeowners convert their houses into massive painted ads for the business. "It's a really good marriage for us to be able to...

Welcome to California City: The Imaginary Metropolis

At the corner of 125th Street and Joshua Avenue, you're more likely to run into a coyote than a commuter. On 115th Street and Sequoia Boulevard, you won't see many signs of civilization -- let alone sequoias. Just miles of desert and distant mountains. You wouldn't know it at the intersection of 20th Street and Snake...

London Homeowners Ready to Cash In on Royal Wedding

LONDON -- Many entrepreneurial Londoners are hoping to earn a king's ransom when Prince William and Kate Middleton get hitched April 29. Some will cash in by hawking tacky T-shirts and keychains to tourists, while others are set to offer visitors something considerably more valuable: their homes. Demand for private...

Oakland Housing Authority's Section 8 Wait List Opens: An Overview of the Program

At 8 a.m. today, the Oakland (California) Housing Authority began accepting applications for Section 8 assistance. People who want to request help through the rent-subsidy program need to act quickly: The list closes at 5 p.m. Saturday. Earlier in the month, Oakland Housing Authority director Eric Johnson told a local...

From Houses on Sticks to Cabins on Wheels: The Wide World of Tiny Living

Forget walk-in closets, indoor pools and multiple dens. In the world of the great recession, it's the little things that are making the biggest splash in the housing market. Tiny housing is going through a renaissance, and for many architectural experimenters, whether it's a 65-square-foot cabin loaded onto a trailer, an...

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06/03/12 Even in tough housing market, Clackamas Community Land... Source: The Oregonian - Portland OR Juneberry Lane looks like a conservationists' reimagining of "Leave It to Beaver" on Saturday morning.
06/03/12 Joplin housing complex reopens Source: News and Tribune - Jefferson City MO A large apartment Joplin apartment complex heavily damaged in last year's tornado has officially reopened.
06/03/12 3 bed Apartment, Germany â ID: 5908291 Source: Nubricks We have available a range of individual tenantend apartments in Wilmersdorf.
06/03/12 Liznjan Apartments â ID: 5907727 Source: Nubricks We take great pleasure to present this new, two bedroom ground floor apartment with garden. 10 minutes walk from the sea and 1.2 km by car to the coast.
06/03/12 Apartment owner doesn't want 'leaky' building fixed Source: New Zealand Herald An Auckland apartment owner is opposing a $4 million repair job planned for a block which he claims does not need fixing and has only minor leaks.