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A Songwriter's Cottage on the Market: Laurel Canyon and the Price of Character
Rufus Wainwright lists his 1926 Spanish-style home for $2.3 million, a modest transaction that says something about how Los Angeles values the past.
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Eighteen Years at the Property Line: A Massachusetts Feud Ends in Damages
An appeals court upheld a $3.7 million verdict against neighbours who obstructed an oceanfront build, testing the reach of civil rights law.
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Diana's Cape Town Retreat: A Cottage Held in Time as Estate Goes on Sale
Tarrystone Estate, where Diana sought privacy after her divorce, is on the market for £6.75 million, with her cottage preserved.
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Hollywood Hills Estate Tests the Ceiling of Luxury Rents
A restored 1923 property once owned by Katy Perry and Russell Brand is back on the market at $275,000 a month, according to Realtor.
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Separate Property, Shared Costs: An Ohio Divorce Ruling
An appeals court in Ohio has upheld a husband's sole ownership of a premarital house and a $20,000 fee order against his ex-wife.
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A Broken Leg Outside Court: Florida Ruling Reopens a Sewage Claim
An appeals court has ordered a new trial after an injured homeowner missed his own case, raising questions about how insurers read neglect exclusions.
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Louisiana Reversal: When a Divorce Judgment Turns on Appeal
An appellate court flipped a $205,000 award against a wife into a $176,800 payment by her ex-husband, exposing how community-property accounting can be undone.
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A Kitchen in the Museum, a House on the Market
Julia Child's Cambridge home has sold for $6.525 million, but the room that made her famous belongs to the Smithsonian.
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Oregon Court Upholds Treble Damages in Boundary Tree Clearing Case
Appeals court affirms $810,000 award after jury found a landowner willfully cleared trees up to 150 feet beyond a disputed property line.
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Steps of History: Pennsylvania Court Affirms a Century-Old Public Duty
Commonwealth Court rules that 130 years of public use and municipal repairs bind Jim Thorpe borough to maintain steps crossing private land.
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Fences and Discovery: Texas Court Limits Neighbours' Right to Inspect Homestead
The state's highest civil court blocks a sweeping inspection order in a dispute over emus, ostriches and goats on a 14-acre Hays County property.
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A Calabasas Estate Sale and the Price of Letting Go
Joely Fisher's family home sold for $2.9 million three days after a two-day sale of designer clothing and Hollywood memorabilia.
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A Minecraft Fortune Meets a Cooling Market: Persson's Beverly Hills Test
The gaming billionaire asks exactly what he paid in 2014, a signal that trophy homes no longer guarantee a premium.
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A Melbourne Auction Ends in Tears, and a House Left Standing
A Lebanese-Australian couple sold their home of four decades for A$960,000; the buyers' promise not to demolish it mattered more than the price.
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Pennsylvania Draws a Line: Privacy on Private Hunting Land
A unanimous state Supreme Court ruling overturns two decades of open-fields precedent, requiring warrants for wardens entering posted land.
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Historic Mill Conversion: Rural Wisconsin Sale
A 170-year-old grain mill turned home sells for $750,000
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US Short-Term Rentals: Zoning Ban Upheld
Ohio appeals court backs local zoning rules against Airbnb
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Tadao Ando's Malibu Masterpieces
Kanye West's fascination with the architect's work
