I’m a pro clean freak — why you should scrub your house every day
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I’m a pro clean freak — why you should scrub your house every day

ByNews Polite

We’re getting freaky – about cleaning. Don’t let your home become a “bacterial war zone,” cleaning enthusiast Angela Donal warns. The 41-year-old swears by a few simple hacks that keep her home in tip-top shape and ward off bacteria. Her best home-kept secret is to clean her house “every single day”…

NYC home adjacent to Sarah Jessica Parker’s sells for .75M
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NYC home adjacent to Sarah Jessica Parker’s sells for $26.75M

ByNews Polite

A historic West Village townhouse adjacent to Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick’s megamansion on West 11th Street has sold for $26.75 million, according to property records. The seller is Alicia CastroLeal Harper, the daughter of Mexico’s former ambassador to France and the ex-wife of the late TV producer Alan…

PR firm Joele Frank scoops up space at 22 Vanderbilt, aka 335 Madison
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PR firm Joele Frank scoops up space at 22 Vanderbilt, aka 335 Madison

ByNews Polite

The rarest sighting in this bleak office-leasing season is a deal for more space than a large area rug would cover. But here’s a substantial one: public relations firm Joele Frank is taking 78,353 square feet at Milstein’s 22 Vanderbilt, aka 335 Madison Ave. Joele Frank, which specializes in strategic corporate…

Here’s how Venus Williams plans to save Nina Simone’s home
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Here’s how Venus Williams plans to save Nina Simone’s home

ByNews Polite

Tennis superstar Venus Williams has teamed up with conceptual artist Adam Pendleton to preserve the house where the late singer Nina Simone grew up. In collaboration with the National Trust’s African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund, Williams is raising money to renovate the North Carolina property. The fundraising endeavor will…

US home price plunge is ‘just beginning’ as housing market rapidly cools: economist
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US home price plunge is ‘just beginning’ as housing market rapidly cools: economist

ByNews Polite

A substantial plunge in US home prices is likely “just beginning” as decades-high mortgage rates cause a downturn in the housing market, a prominent economist cautioned Friday. The warning from Pantheon Macroeconomics chief economist Ian Shepherdson followed more dismal data that showed a slowdown in housing activity. Pending home sales…

Why office landlords and developers are partnering with NYC’s top chefs
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Why office landlords and developers are partnering with NYC’s top chefs

ByNews Polite

The Howard Hughes Corporation’s recent purchase of a $55 million chunk of Jean-Georges Vongerichten’s global restaurant company made one thing clear: It’s getting harder to tell where the restaurant world ends and the real estate world begins. Although simple-minded pundits blame the closing of every “iconic” bagel shop on greedy…

Wedding guests stranded after booking lavish Airbnb that’s under construction
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Wedding guests stranded after booking lavish Airbnb that’s under construction

ByNews Polite

This Airbnb was more air and less B&B. A woman said her family members were left devastated when they arrived at a home they booked on Airbnb, only to discover it was under construction. Renee Menzies took to TikTok last Wednesday, saying her sister and 11 other relatives traveled to…