location, location, location

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/selling-a-haunted-house

ONE LAVETA PLACE, IN THE charming hamlet of Nyack, New York, lies on the Hudson River, about an hour north of New York City. It’s a beautiful old Victorian, built in 1890, its sprawling 4,600 square feet complete with five bedrooms and five bathrooms. The house has previously been owned by Adam Brooks, the director and writer of the 2008 rom-com Definitely, Maybe, as well as singer-songwriter Ingrid Michaelson. It’s currently owned by Jewish (formerly Hasidic) reggae artist Matisyahu, who recently put the house on the market for $1.9 million.

The real estate listing boasts of river views, an in-ground saltwater spa pool, and a beautiful wrap-around porch. It does not mention that the house is haunted and was the subject of one of the funniest and most famous real estate legal cases of the past 50 years. It’s taught in law schools as the “Ghostbusters Ruling.”

One Laveta Place is just one of dozens of purportedly haunted houses currently for sale. Selling a haunted house is a complex negotiation, a mash-up of local laws, local culture, and local lore. It isn’t even necessarily a bad thing for real estate sales; the Nyack house has in the past sold for significantly more money than comparable houses in the area, due to its infamy. Maybe Matisyahu loves ghosts. Or at least arcane legal history.

Who do you sue? The garage door installer or the company that paved the driveway?

15 ghosts!   https://www.joe.co.uk/life/haunted-island-in-devon-is-up-for-sale-451837?fbclid=IwY2xjawEfivdleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHTlnYXTrZSQmZyRG4ohxz1sDx2RN8HH2544cd5JRwdo4XPFli09n82hqWA_aem_NQzK0lq3DvvfqaeGflz-YA

Wow. Super nice restoration project

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1823723454572716408.html

https://archive.is/20250510220742/https://www.wsj.com/real-estate/florida-condos-owners-real-estate-1cfb81ac

The costs associated with owning a Florida condo have exploded. A combination of insurance increases, special assessments and limited financing options have elevated costs beyond what many are able to bear. That has sparked a wave of sales, flooding the market and straining prices.
South Florida condominiums enjoyed one of the biggest real-estate booms in the country for years. Median condo prices in Miami-Dade County were up 8% in February from the same month last year and more companies are relocating to Miami, West Palm and other South Florida cities.
But those areas are outliers. Condo prices in the state of Florida overall have fallen between 1% and 6% each month annually since July 2024, according to Florida Realtors. In February, prices were down 3%.
The selloff is particularly concentrated in older properties. Even in South Florida, prices for buildings 30 years or older have depreciated 22% in the past 24 months, according to ISG World, a South Florida real-estate firm. By contrast, condos less than 30 years old have appreciated an average of 12% over the past decade.

Michael Caine says when people laugh about him appearing in the Swarm he thinks of the Miami condo his fee paid for.