Real Estate Sold: Pretty Eureka Valley Pad Gets Over Asking

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We first told you about this Eureka Valley beauty back in April. It's gorgeous and the location can't be beat. And four bedrooms! Goodness. It was asking $1,299,000. But we worried that it having only one bath and no parking would permanently place it on the open market for months. We were wrong. On May 27th it sold for a reported $1,340,000, which is $41,000 over asking. Congrats to the lucky buyer!
· Four Bedroom Eureka Valley Stunner Only Has One Bathroom [Curbed SF]
· 177 Liberty [Redfin]

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A-Rod's Big-League Tax Break: A-Rod's probably feeling pretty good right...

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House of the Day: Nouveau Newport Asks Pretty Penny for Rural Penthouse

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Have a nomination for a jaw-dropping listing that would make a mighty fine House of the Day? Get thee to the tipline and send us your suggestions. We'd love to see what you've got.

Location: Portsmouth, R.I.
Price: $14,500,000
The Skinny: There are two serious WTF moments with this listing. First, it's atop a 220-foot tower in the middle of a quaint New England town. Second, the penthouse is asking $14.5M. Yep, that's just a couple mil shy of a full-on, 20,000-square-foot Gilded Age mansion on 4.5 acres next to The Breakers we looked at back in December. This joint isn't even in Newport proper, but miles north in Portsmouth. What the pompously named Carnegie Tower does have going for it are the extensive facilities of the Carnegie Abbey Club, including an 18-hole golf course, tennis courts, swimming pool, and extensive equestrian facilities. Do old-money sports make up for the new-money tower?
· Carnegie Abbey Tower Penthouse [Luxury Portfolio]
· Gilded Age Lives On in Spectacular Seaside Tudor [Curbed National]

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Motor City: Pretty Shots of Abandoned Homes That Detroit Will Pay You to Buy

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Abandoned houses! Blighted neighborhoods! It all sounds so sexy thanks to a revitalization initiative put in place by Detroit Mayor Dave Bing, who's incentivizing prospective buyers with $150K in renovation money, should they choose to scoop one of these properties off the market. As part of Bing's program, police officers willing to move to Detroit only have to put $1K down, and college grads get $2,500 in rental money and a $20K forgivable loan if they do indeed buy something (that may or may not be an upgrade from the frat house). While they're not all eligible for these incentives, 100 abandoned Detroit houses have been captured on film by terrific photographer Kevin Bauman. Turns out you don't need Eminem to make Motor City look beautiful. Have a look above.

· Detroit Will PAY You to Take One of These 100 Abandoned Homes [Business Insider via Boing Boing]
· 100 Abandoned Houses [official site]
· Chrysler's Eminem Commercial Immortalizes the City of Detroit [Curbed National]

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The Grossest Roommate Story of All Time: We thought we presented a pretty...

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Linkage: Pretty Props; New Cookware; Huge Spec Houses; More!

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Earn $117K, Live Here, Don't Worry, Be Happy: Today HuffPo reveals some pretty shocking...

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