Australia may hold the key to happier home buying

Tech Insider : Economy, Business, Style
A photo collage of a house surrounded by money and auction paddles

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He bought a ski house in Japan for $6,000. He says people shouldn't buy them just because they're cheap.

Tech Insider : Business
The renovated exterior of the house.
Matt Guy bought a traditional Japanese house in a ski town in Japan.

Matt Guy.

Indonesian tycoons are trying to build a new city, complete with a port, a theme park, and an F1 racetrack

Tech Insider : Business, Climate Crisis
Buildings of the Jakarta skyline seen behind shanty houses.
Indonesian business tycoons want to turn a formerly poverty-stricken area in North Jakarta (not pictured) into a tourist hotspot.

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I shopped at Michaels and Hobby Lobby for holiday decor, and one really blew me away

Tech Insider : Business
Composite of Author Terri Peters smiling in front of garland at Michaels next to photo of Terri Peters smiling in front of ornaments at Hobby Lobby
I visited Michaels and Hobby Lobby to see which had the best selection of holiday decor.

Terri Peters

I spent $50,000 on my kitchen remodel. These 5 splurges were totally worth it — but I have one expensive regret.

Tech Insider : Business, Style
Author Jill Schildhouse smiling in her kitchen with black lower cabinets, white countertops, and white upper cabinets and a geometric. black and white backdrop
I'm really happy with how my kitchen remodel turned out.

Jill Schildhouse

Luxury chalet buyers in the Alps are now interested in a lot more than just skiing

Tech Insider : Business, Sports
Gstaad, Switzerland.
Property buyers in Europe's top ski resorts are becoming more demanding.

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Gen Zers and millennials are clamoring for their grandmas' bathrooms

Tech Insider : Business, Style
Toilet dressed as grandma with wig and glasses surrounded by floral wallpaper and pink tiles

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See the Yankee Candle founder's wild house, which has sat on the market for 2 years but finally has an interested buyer

Tech Insider : Business, Style
Yankee Candle Founder lists house in Massachusetts
Yankee Candle Founder lists house in Massachusetts

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She moved into a neighborhood of 3D printed homes in Texas — see what it's like inside

Tech Insider : Business, Style
Icon 3D printed homes
Icon is building a community of 100 3D printed homes in Austin.

Icon

A list of Donald Trump's houses over the years, from the modest Tudor where he grew up to a palatial countryside estate

Tech Insider : Business, Politics, Style
Donald Trump holding a model version of Trump Tower (left) and the White House (right).
Donald Trump has lavish properties up and down the East Coast, from a penthouse at Trump Tower decked out in gold to the White House.

Bettmann Archive/Getty Images; Ali Majdfar/Getty Images

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