Zara's billionaire founder – one of the world's richest people – has just bought a $232 million luxury Chicago apartment tower

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Founder and chairman of the Inditex fashion group Amancio Ortega stands at the end of the 32nd edition of the A Coruna International Show Jumping competition at the Casas Novas Equestrian Centre in Arteixo, on July 31, 2016.
Amancio Ortega, the founder of Zara parent company Inditex.

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The looming crisis that's going to crush homeowners from coast to coast

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As the risk of wildfires and storms grows, owning a home is getting riskier — and it's showing up in the insurance market.

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Cinda Larimer was delivering newspapers on a cool November morning in Paradise, California, when she noticed something softly float down from the sky: ash.

A couple bought an abandoned farm in Portugal for $103,000 and turned it into an off-the-grid homestead where they're raising 2 small kids — see how they did it

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The family standing outside the entrance of their main house.
The family standing outside the entrance of their main house.

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A billionaire has been desperately trying to stop a clam shack from opening next door to his $6.5 million Nantucket cottage

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Charles Johnson owns at least four properties on the island.

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New York will pay homeowners up to $125,000 to build an ADU in their backyard to help ease the nation's housing shortage

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A residential neighborhood in Monroe, New York, the Hudson Valley
A residential neighborhood in Monroe, New York, in the Hudson Valley.

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NYC rolls out plan to convert empty office buildings into 20,000 homes as remote working persists

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NYC Mayor Eric Adams outlined proposals to convert the city's office buildings into 20,000 homes.

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Scotland's most expensive apartment that comes with a butler is on the market for $2.9 million. But the future buyer won't legally be allowed to live there full-time, the listing agent says.

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Hamilton Grand apartment building in Scotland
Flat 16 in Hamilton Grand in St. Andrews, Scotland, is on the market.

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Photos show the grim conditions inside a London house where local officials say a 'slum' landlord stuffed up to 40 tenants into 4 bedrooms and made $450,000

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A view inside the house.

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After an unpredictable summer, Airbnb and Vrbo operators are deciding if the headaches of hosting are worth it

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Arizona host Jen Kelman's backyard.

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I moved from New York City to Paris at age 79. Some people said I was crazy, but I wanted something new for this stage of my life.

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Mary Jane Wilkie.

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