 This 3-bedroom, 2.5-bath apartment in Hong Kong's Mid-Levels neighborhood is selling for $3.9 million. WSJ's Andrew LaVallee and Deborah Kan discuss.
 This sleek loft in an old apothecary building in TriBeCa boasts maple floors, nearly 360-degree views of New York City and the Hudson River, and countertops made with the same marble found in the garden at Museum of Modern Art.
 WSJ's Eliot Brown reports unsettled lenders are facing higher costs while investors are shying away from starting new office buildings. REUTERS/Gary Hershorn
 Each week, readers vote on their favorite of the homes featured as the House of the Day. Tour January's winners, from a French chateau style mansion north of Fort Worth, Texas, to a 18th century estate with a swimming pool and beach access on Martha's Vineyard.
 Buying foreclosures to turn them into rental properties is tricky business. Mack Companies, a Chicago real-estate firm, invests in about one out of every 40 homes it inspects. MarketWatch's Amy Hoak looks at why some make the cut and others don't.
 Corrie Driebusch on Lunch Break shows off the four properties vying to be WSJ's House of the Week, including "Mid-Century" Modern Loft in Manhattan, a Caribbean Getaway in St. Lucia, a Kid Friendly Loft In Manhattan and a California Mountain Retreat.
 With home values falling, many owners are counting on a tax break. So why are county assessors making it harder than ever to get one? Alyssa Abkowitz has details on Lunch Break.
 A 9,000-square-foot home beachfront home on Kauai has gone on the market for $24 million. The seller is Bill Jurika, a San Francisco-based private investment banker. Lauren Schuker has details on The News Hub.
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For calendar year 2011 vs. 2010, DataQuick found these homebuying patterns: MOOD RING (Green’s hot; red’s not ... yellow in between!) Slice Price Ch. Sold Ch. House $480,000 -6% 18,905 -2% Condo $272,000 -8% 8,464 -8% New $569,500 -2% 2,029 -6% All OC $422,500 -3% 29,398 -4% 10 of O.C.’s 83 ZIP codes with gains ... Home selling prices drop in 90% of O.C. is a post from: Lansner on Real Estate
Real estate news and views from around the globe that make you go, “Really?” Former Credit Suisse trader admits falsifying subprime books Globe and Mail Ex-Credit Suisse traders charged in subprime case Reuters UK Two Credit Suisse Ex-Employees Plead Guilty in Mortgage Bond Probe Wall Street Journal Fresno agent gets prison for fraud – Fresno Bee Man indicted in $3M ... Really? Traders cooked subprime books is a post from: Lansner on Real Estate
Orange County real estate’s upper crust started the year with a bit of a bang — a mega-mansion site added to the official market. Our monthly tracking of Redfin.com’s list of Orange County most expensive residential properties for sale– eyeballing the market for mega-mansions, villas priced at $20 million and above, as listed on the local ... Mansion site hits market at $35 million is a post from: Lansner on Real Estate
Irvine commercial real estate has been a hot property recently, with at least four complexes changing ownership from total consideration of $139 million: Irvine Crossings, a 420,000 square-foot industrial warehouse and data center on 21.7 acres at 17871 Von Karman and 17836 Gillette, was bought by Menlo Equities from Irvine Crossings LLC sold for $47 ... 4 Irvine buildings sell for $139 million is a post from: Lansner on Real Estate
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