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☆ The Youngest Senior
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-03 | by ( Debra Kamin | More About Debra Kamin | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

When residents at Sun City Center, a sprawling retirement community in West Central Florida, struggle with their electronics, many of them now know who to call on: Maria Hodge, one of their newest residents, and also one of their youngest. Since moving to this 55-plus community last year, Ms. Hodge, 59, has become a fixture among the nearly 11,500 residents, where the average age is 79. She serves as secretary of the synchronized swim team. “We have people here who still have what we call the dino-phone,” she said. And most of the women on my swim team are challenged when it comes to electronics.”

Persons: Maria Hodge, Hodge, dino, ”, “ Organizations: Sun City Center, EMT Locations: West Central Florida

☆ Home Sellers Win $1.8 Billion After Jury Finds Conspiracy Among Realtors
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-31 | by ( Debra Kamin | More About Debra Kamin | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The realtors’ group and brokerages were ordered to pay damages of nearly $1.8 billion. The verdict allows the court to issue treble damages, which means they could swell to more than $5 billion. rule, a home seller is required to pay commissions to the agent representing the buyer, which sellers claimed forced them to pay excessive fees to the agents. The home sellers said the brokerages collaborated with N.A.R. For example, a home seller with a $1 million home can now pay as much as $60,000 in agent commissions — $30,000 to their agent and $30,000 to the buyers’ agent.

Persons: brokerages Organizations: National Association of Realtors, realtors ’ Locations: United States

☆ Leah Remini Lists Her Los Angeles Home a Third Time
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-30 | by ( Debra Kamin | More About Debra Kamin | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

The actress Leah Remini has listed her home in the picturesque Studio City neighborhood of Los Angeles — and is doing so at a price cut. Ms. Remini bought the six-bedroom, nine-bath property in 2003 for $3.75 million and first listed it on the market in September 2022 for $12,995,000. Now, she’s slashed half a million dollars off the price for the property, which stretches more than 10,000 square feet on a manicured and gated 1.58-acre lot, asking $12,499,000. The home is in the neighborhood of Fryman Canyon, one of Los Angeles’s most prestigious and star-studded corners. Neighbors in this pocket of Hollywood, where idyllic residential blocks are lined with sycamore trees and graceful Tudor Revival style houses, include George and Amal Clooney, Lucy Liu and Bruno Mars.

Persons: Leah Remini, Remini, she’s, George, Amal Clooney, Lucy Liu, Bruno Mars Locations: Studio City, Los Angeles, Fryman, Hollywood

☆ The Latest Cool Amenity? A Name Brand. How About Porsche?
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-15 | by ( Debra Kamin | More About Debra Kamin | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Chart a 10-mile path down the Miami coast, and the options for luxury shopping are endless. But from Fendi to Missoni to Porsche to Bentley, the branded products many shoppers are buying aren’t items you can take home. Branded real estate is surging: The market for name-brand luxury condominium units is projected to grow 12 percent each year between now and 2026, according to a report from the global real estate consultants, Knight Frank. Like blue jean makers and handbag designers, developers have long understood the power of a label, and today in nearly every major city, homeowners can shop residences from well-known hospitality brands like Four Seasons, Aman and Ritz-Carlton. Now more surprising brands are getting in on the trend, with purveyors of both luxury cars and couture looking to condos for their next frontier.

Persons: Knight Frank, jean, Aman, Armani Casa Organizations: Porsche, Bentley, Ritz, Carlton, Armani, Bentley Residences Locations: Miami, Fendi, Missoni, Dade County, British

The next day, Jason Haber, a real estate agent with Compass, started a Change.org petition demanding that Mr. Parcell resign. “I reached out to representatives for speakers at their upcoming conferences, asking them to withdraw their speaking slots. We were putting a lot of pressure on the organization.”Complaints about Mr. Parcell began to surface after Janelle Brevard, a former employee who said she had had a consensual relationship with Mr. Parcell, sued the group for racial and sexual discrimination and harassment. Ms. Brevard, who is Black, handled the group’s podcasts and videos and much of its marketing materials from 2019 to 2022. She said that after their relationship ended she was excluded from meetings and business trips and that Mr. Parcell, who is white, threatened to have her fired, according to her lawsuit.

Persons: Parcell’s, Jason Haber, Parcell, “, Mr, Haber, Janelle Brevard, Brevard Organizations: Times, Compass Locations: N.A.R

☆ Women Say Sexual Harassment and Discrimination Is Rife in Group for Realtors
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-26 | by ( Debra Kamin | More About Debra Kamin | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Mr. Parcell said that he had never made such references or gestures. She also shared photographs that Mr. Parcell sent them of his crotch in April 2022. When asked about the memo by The Times, N.A.R. said it did not contain sexual harassment complaints and described the photographs sent by Mr. Parcell as “of a belt buckle.” The organization said all issues identified in the memo had been investigated and addressed. Mr. Parcell said he was asking for input on the design of a promotional N.A.R.

Persons: Braun, Parcell, it’s, Ms, Jennifer, ”, N.A.R, “ Organizations: Times, The Times Locations: Washington, Chicago, Utah

☆ What You Can Do at Home to Help Stem Climate Change
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-26 | by ( Debra Kamin | More About Debra Kamin | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

Among Ms. Piper’s recommendations for simple shifts you can make to help stem climate change:Keep an Eye on the ThermostatThe global reliance on heating and cooling systems requires immense energy usage, resulting in immense carbon emissions. Composting, which instead allows food scraps to break down into a nutrient-rich material that feeds soil, breaks this cycle. Many citiesnow have public composting bins available to drop off their food scraps. And there’s a bonus: Heat pumps rely on heat exchangers, the same mechanisms that run refrigerators and freezers, and they can work in reverse. Think Sustainable LandscapingOne of the most powerful tools for fighting climate change might be hiding in your yard.

Organizations: Department of Energy, Protection Agency, Electric, York State, University of California Locations: —, Davis

☆ Alone in an Empty House, Female Real Estate Agents Face Danger
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-08 | by ( Debra Kamin | More About Debra Kamin | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Across the nation, the overwhelming majority of real estate agents are women — and they are vulnerable to abuse in an industry that offers few protections, demands that they meet clients alone in empty homes and encourages them to use their appearance to help bring in buyers. Reports of harassment and occasionally physical violence, including rape and even murder, highlight the risks they face. But the industry is also structured so that 90 percent of agents are not actually employees of the agencies they work with. They are independent contractors, which means they are not protected under Title VII — the federal law that prohibits discrimination and sexual harassment in the workplace. It also means that many real estate agencies that rely on these agents for the vast majority of their income do not feel obligated — or even inclined — to offer them any kind of institutional protection or training.

Persons: —, VII Organizations: National Association of Realtors

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