Month: October 2020

Editor’s Note: Get caught up in minutes with our speedy summary of today’s must-read news stories and expert opinions that moved the precious metals and financial markets. Sign up here! [embedded content] (Kitco News) What was the real reason why gold tanked this week and what are the expectations come election day Tuesday? This week,

Editor’s Note: Get caught up in minutes with our speedy summary of today’s must-read news stories and expert opinions that moved the precious metals and financial markets. Sign up here! (Kitco News) – Hopefully, we have just one more weekend to go before we can put this year’s U.S. general election behind us. With the

Forget private islands — now you rent out an entire private mountain for yourself. As part of a special one-time listing, vacation-rental company Vrbo is offering outdoor adventure seekers the opportunity to book a brand-new five-bedroom ski chalet in Beaver, Utah — along with the entire ski resort and mountain that surrounds the property. The

Nick Drummond and Patrick Bakker knew their home in the upstate village of Ames, NY, had history. It’s part of what drew the couple to purchase the 105-year-old American Foursquare fixer-upper in 2019 for roughly $183,000. It didn’t take long for the 30-year-old architect and the 29-year-old florist to discover just what kind of history

Editor’s Note: With so much market volatility, stay on top of daily news! Get caught up in minutes with our speedy summary of today’s must-read news and expert opinions. Sign up here! (Kitco News) – The gold market is struggling to find direction. However, with prices trading below $2,000 an ounce, one market analyst still thinks

“What did I expect?” asked Lorraine Bracco in the intro to “My Big Italian Adventure,” which premieres Friday, Oct. 30, on HGTV. The reality show follows the 66-year-old, Brooklyn-born “Goodfellas” and “Sopranos” actress as she renovates an ostensible dream home she purchased in idyllic Sicily, the birthplace of her grandparents, for the nominal sum of

The former duplex penthouse of legendary songwriter Irving Berlin is finally in contract — for a quarter of its original asking price. The Upper East Side home at 130 East End Ave. was asking $7.9 million in 2017 — but just $2.32 million most recently. (It still comes with the same $7,774 a month maintenance

An Upper West Side penthouse once owned by actress, director and producer Penny Marshall — best known for starring in “Laverne & Shirley,” and directing films like “Big” and “A League of Their Own” — is on the market asking $3.9 million. Marshall, who was born in the Bronx, bought the two-bedroom, two-bathroom co-op, at 470

Model/pro surfer Anastasia Ashley has sold her Miami Beach bungalow for $870,000. That’s down from the cheery, stylish home’s $1 million asking price, but still up from the $720,000 she paid for it in 2017. The 1970s, three-bedroom, two-bathroom home is at 518 W. 30th St. At 2,200 square feet, it features lots of closet

The penthouse of the iconic Beekman building in FiDi has sold for $10.4 million — down from its $12.49 million asking price, according to city records. The buyer is LA-based veteran ad exec David Angelo, who founded David&Goliath. He bought the 51st-floor, three-bedroom, 3½-bathroom unit via an LLC, Scrappy 51, which was set up last

Jane Goldman, the only female billionaire/heiress running a real estate firm, has sold her Upper East Side digs for $11 million, sources tell Gimme exclusively. The buyer is fellow real estate honcho/heir William Zeckendorf. The third-floor, six-bedroom, 5½-bath spread at 960 Park Ave. first went on the market last year for $12.75 million. The 12-room,

Editor’s Note: Get caught up in minutes with our speedy summary of today’s must-read news stories and expert opinions that moved the precious metals and financial markets. Sign up here! (Kitco News) A combination of election and coronavirus jitters is boosting the U.S. dollar and dragging gold down along with equities, according to analysts. “We

Take a virtual walk through this 3,161-square-foot property in Kentucky, and you’ll find a bathroom with two toilets next to each other, two kitchens and a warehouse stocked with used books, DVDs and CDs. But will you find the bathtub? Locating that specific, and basic, fixture has become the subject of a new online game

Editor’s Note: Get caught up in minutes with our speedy summary of today’s must-read news stories and expert opinions that moved the precious metals and financial markets. Sign up here! (Kitco News) – Investment demand, in an environment of low interest rates and unending uncertainty and turmoil, remains the singular driving force in the gold

Musical man, musical house. Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood is selling his London townhome, full of bright colors and playful flourishes, for $5 million, according to Mansion Global. Woods, 73, listed the five-story home in Notting Hill after using it primarily as an art studio since he and his wife Sally Humphreys moved out in

When the 4,000-square-foot, four-bedroom waterfront house at 518 Palm Dr. in Hallandale Beach, Fla., sold for $2 million in July, Compass broker Chad Carroll got a surprise. The NYC-based buyer wasn’t looking for a holiday home. He just wanted a place to park his yacht. In Fort Lauderdale, a five-bedroom, 8,494-square-foot mansion at 1500 SE

Editor’s Note: Get caught up in minutes with our speedy summary of today’s must-read news stories and expert opinions that moved the precious metals and financial markets. Sign up here! (Kitco News) – The gold market is in need of a new catalyst as prices continue to consolidate around $1,900 an ounce. With the U.S.

Miamians didn’t take kindly to quarantining in condos. Since the spring, South Florida saw buyers scramble to buy spacious single-family homes. But now, condo developers are luring back buyers with amenities and services designed to impress even the most seasoned luxury consumer. A penthouse at the Paramount Miami WorldCenter.Craig Denis “Creating wow experiences is now

Well before the coronavirus disrupted Miami’s condo market, luxury developers were pushing a cutting-edge amenity: on-site concierge medical services for residents. Now, with so many people avoiding crowded doctors’ offices, those forward-thinking wellness amenities have become hits with buyers. The 126-unit, Piero Lissoni-designed Ritz-Carlton Residences on Miami Beach come with an exclusive one-year membership to

Downtown Flushing is one of the city’s most dynamic commercial districts, bustling even during the pandemic and rumbling with new construction. But one thing it doesn’t have is a useable waterfront, even though its hotels, restaurants and malls are just a few minutes’ walk from Flushing Creek. Now, three Queens real estate companies — F&T

[embedded content] While electric vehicles (EVs) are gaining popularity, the rate at which EVs will gain market share will not be as fast as commonly expected, meaning that the auto industry will still need the platinum group metals (PGMs) for catalytic converters in the foreseeable future, said Jeff Christian, managing partner of CPM Group. “There

[embedded content] SIDEX is a fund that invests exclusively in junior exploration companies in Quebec, Canada. Since inception, the fund has grown by nearly three times. “The $50 million that was injected 20 years ago by our limited partners…since then we’ve returned $16 million, leaving a net money at play of $34 million, and our

At the beginning of Real Housewives of Potomac Season 5, the spotlight was on Ashley Darby and her confusing marriage with Michael Darby. Photos and videos circulated of Michael in a hotel room with another woman. He claimed that he kissed her in the car en route to the hotel and that he merely fell

Editor’s Note: Get caught up in minutes with our speedy summary of today’s must-read news stories and expert opinions that moved the precious metals and financial markets. Sign up here! (Kitco News) There were no surprises on the price front this week as gold remained stuck in a wide trading range around the $1,900 an