The Weekly Blend is your ‘weekly’ source covering real estate news that you just may have missed. Our hard at work Weekly Blend crew scours the web, newsgroups and forums looking for obscure, bizarre, interesting and informative real estate (or real estate related) stories. If you have one you’d like to share please feel free to share it in our comments section or tweet about it using the hashtag #WeeklyBlend. So brew yourself a fresh cup of coffee and enjoy these stories…maybe even share them with friends or colleagues. Happy reading!
Here are my weekly picks:
- From REALTOR.com: Why home buying is (or isn’t) like dating.
- Turns out REALTOR.com is your online source for romance this Valentine’s Day with a story about the surprising way you home can help get romance rolling.
- This Valentine’s Day, why not buy your beloved a tiny NYC pad for $50.
- Perfect for the new homeowner, here are 25 modern Valentine’s Day decorating ideas.
- 4 ways selling a house compares to a Valentine’s Day break up and the “dos” and “don’ts” of moving on.
- Inman has 5 ways to show the love this Valentine’s Day for real estate pros.
- Co-living is the new solitude. Why members of Generation Y are opting out of mortgages and choosing grown-up dorms.
- Is this tiny house the most ridiculously expensive property in London yet?
- This Valentine’s Day, for just $10/night, you can rent Van Gogh’s Bedroom in Arles – one of the most famous bedrooms in the history of art.
- This twisting Manhattan tower will have a park on every floor.
- Last week it was Museums devoted to household items and this week it’s 10 top-of-the-line Brand Museums. I like Dr. Pepper the best with PEZ being a close second.
- However you feel about his music, he did like to drink tea and watch Coronation Street. Take another peek inside Jimi Hendrix’s London flat.
- How does your city stack up in the Atlantic article that studies eleven signs a city will succeed.
- If you’re going to become the only restaurant in a small town you may as well be a Big Lebowski-themed one … it will really tie the whole town together.
