Foreign Property News | Posted by Shwe Zin Win
They say one person's trash is another's treasure, but a chunk of 'rock' used to keep a door open for decades is a treasure by pretty much anybody's standard.The 3.5-kilogram (7.7-pound) stone was found in a stream bed in southeast Romania by an elderly woman, who brought it home and put it to use.Her discovery turned out to be one of the biggest intact chunks of amber in the world, according to a report by El Pais. Its value? Somewhere in the region of €1 million – around $US1.1 million. (Resin forming under the damaged branch of a tree. (KevinDyer/Canva)Amber is tree resin from millions of years in the past. Over time, the highly viscous substance fossilizes into a...
Foreign Property News | Posted by Si Thu Aung
A recent TikTok video showing an influencer flaunting her wealth by heading to a jewelry shop to purchase not several grams of gold but a whooping 15 kg has not sat well with netizens recently. The video posted by Tik Tok user @ayunieso24 on Saturday has since garnered over 2.7 million views, over 44.3k likes and over 2.8k comments, with a majority of netizens doubting the source of her wealth. The 92-second video captures Ayunie and her husband wheeling in a huge luggage bag containing stacks of cash neatly packed. Speaking to the jewelry store salesperson, the influencer highlighted her intent and seriousness in making the purchase. She further explains that her decision to buy gold...
Foreign Property News | Posted by Zarni Kyaw
The modest five-bedroom home where actor Jon Voight was raised has just been listed for $1.09 million—30 years after it was first put on the market in the wake of his mother's death. Today, the 86-year-old Voight, who is the father of actress Angelina Jolie, lives a world away from the quaint Scarsdale, NY, street on which he grew up, having fled the nest and found fame, as well as an extravagant $21 million mansion, in Los Angeles. However, the Scarsdale property, which is listed by Mark Turken of Westchester Realty NY, maintains its close connection to Voight, having previously been owned by the actor's parents, Barbara and Elmer. The listing notes the illustrious history of the...
Foreign Property News | Posted by Aye Myat Thu
The Los Angeles mansion where actress Brittany Murphy died at the age of 32 has been put back on the market for the third time in a year—this time with $2 million slashed from its original asking price. Murphy, who was best known for her roles in “Girl, Interrupted,” “Clueless,” and “Uptown Girls,” died inside the home in 2009, six years after she moved into the property. Five months later, her husband, Simon Monjack, also died there.The actress’ cause of death was later revealed as a combination of pneumonia, anemia, and excessive use of prescription medications, while her husband’s passing was determined to have been caused by...
Foreign Property News | Posted by Hnin Ei Khin
A massive 110,000-acre New Mexico ranch, bigger than the city of Denver, just galloped onto the market with a staggering $68.5 million price tag, making its grand debut after more than 45 years under one family’s reign. Located near the remote hamlet of Fence Lake, this property — known as Atarque Ranch — has been a cherished retreat for the Yates family since 1978, a lineage tied to the oil and gas fortunes of Yates Petroleum Corp., which they sold to EOG Resources for $2.5 billion in 2016. The decision to part with this rugged paradise stems from the passing of John Yates Sr., who, alongside his three brothers, acquired the land decades ago, according to Mansion...
Foreign Property News | Posted by Shwe Zin Win
The star-studded enclave of Montecito is soon set to welcome another A-list resident: Jennifer Aniston. The “Friends” alum, 56, forked out $14.8 million for Oprah Winfrey’s old residence in the tony California town back in September 2022. In the time since, the actress has been busy adding fancy new fixtures to the four-bedroom, 3.5-bathroom property, including an in-ground swimming pool. New aerial photographs appear to show the renovations in their final stages, sparking speculation that Aniston may soon make the Montecito manse her main home. (The pricey property is pictured prior to Aniston’s purchase. It was previously owned by Oprah....
Foreign Property News | Posted by Si Thu Aung
A young Chinese woman went viral on social media after showing off her unusual home – a 6-square-foot toilet at her workplace for which she pays just 50 yuan ($7). Everyone tries to save money on rent, but how many of us would be willing to sleep in an actual toilet to do it? One young woman from Hunan, China, recently shocked the world after posting photos of her unconventional living quarters – a small, unused toilet located inside the furniture factory where she works. (Yang showing a day in her life of living in a bathroom. Jam Press) The 19-year-old woman explained that she comes from a poor family and couldn’t afford to pay upwards of...
Foreign Property News | Posted by Zarni Kyaw
President Trump’s childhood home in New York City has been sold at a steep discount — after the previous owner allowed it to fall into disrepair and become overrun by feral cats, The Post has learned. The Tudor-style residence in the leafy Jamaica Estates enclave in Queens — where the young Donald lived until he was four years old — was scooped up for $835,000 by a Brooklyn-based LLC called 1388 Group, according to the sales deed filed March 3. That price is less than half of the $2.14 million the house previously fetched in 2017, when it was purchased in an all-cash deal by Michael X. Tang, a lawyer who reportedly buys real estate on behalf of overseas Chinese...
Foreign Property News | Posted by Aye Myat Thu
A Chinese student who bought a home for her professor and cared for her like a mother during her later years is now embroiled in a legal battle after the professor’s relatives attempted to claim the property following her death. In 1983, Zhang Wei became a student of professor Chen, a respected vocal music teacher at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music. At that time, Chen lived in a cramped 15-square-metre faculty dormitory, sharing the kitchen and bathroom with a family of four next door. In 1984, Chen’s younger brother, who had transferred to Shanghai Jiao Tong University, moved in with her, and the siblings relied on each other for support. Despite her dedicated service,...
Foreign Property News | Posted by Hnin Ei Khin
A remote Australian town that will soon lose its only doctor is offering a salary of up to 680,000 Australian dollars ($428,000), plus free rent and a car, to attract a new candidate. The remote Queensland town of Julia Creek, population 500, is offering about double the salary a family physician would earn in the state’s capital, Brisbane. The catch is that Brisbane is a 17-hour drive away. The closest major city, Townsville, is a seven-hour drive. Prospective applicants must embrace searing heat and tropical insects, too. But the town’s outgoing medic, Dr. Adam Louws, says his replacement will also find a quieter pace of life and the chance to learn skills they’ve...