Wordpress is by far my favorite blog platform, partly due to its Google friendliness but mainly because of the sheer amount of customization you can do very easily to the software.

WordPress is easy to setup and has an inherent SEO advantages and get the best search engine placement for your listings. If you are selling Real Estate it is important to have a top listing in Search Engines, so wordpress would do you good that way.

Plus there are free templates by realiventblog.com that will give your blog a really professional look. These are special themes designed to highlight listings and the real estate agents that list them!

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Did you know that there was a 58 story Ritz-Carlton being built in downtown Vancouver? Well if you did a few days ago Vancouver-based developer Holborn Group told buyers who’d bought condominiums in the $500-million project that it was being canceled.

To get financing, you need a certain amount of presales – and because we didn’t have enough units sold, financing didn’t turn out the way we wanted,”

Holborn had sold 62 of 123 condos in the project which was to feature a 20-storey luxury hotel topped by 40 storeys of condos. Your can read the full story after the jump.

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Magic Johnson is one of the latest celebrity to be affected by Bankruptcy. Actually it isn’t has personal holdings that are in trouble but just of his investments.

The investment in trouble is that of the 110 Green St. Development LLC, the developer behind the Viridian condo project in Brooklyn, NY. According to Luxist, the developers are seeking Chapter 11 protection and will be converting the condos into rental units instead to keep pace with the changing New York City real estate market.

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The popular warm weather destination of Scottsdale, Arizona has had its second announcement of a major resort facing foreclosure in just a few weeks.

The InterContinental Montelucia Resort & Spa which has 293 rooms has been announced that it is heading towards foreclosure and scheduled for disposition on April 28 after its opening last fall. There is also the W Scottsdale which hit foreclosure a few weeks ago.

According to releases from press and media is that the owners of the Montelucia is having a troubles with a $185 million mortgage held by Eurohypo AG of Germany.

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If you are looking for a luxury mansion then you might consider a star-approved estate getaway, Lance Armstrong’s Texas Ranch.

The property has 447.8 acres of land, including 1886 ft of frontage on the Pedernales River and ownership in the Dead Man’s Hole swimming spot, this exclusive ranch also features a 4,241 sq. ft. main house with five bedrooms, five baths, and two living areas, a guest house, seven miles of biking trails, a pool and spa, and all the privacy you could ask for.

The Property is going from $12 million price. See photo of the Dead Man’s Hole swimming spot after the jump.

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If you ever had the fantasy of living in a cave like the Batman, then you might be lucky. A unique superhero-worthy hangout is on sale, the unique Missouri Cave Home.

The property has over 17,000 sq ft of space, this cavernous house is fully livable, with three bedrooms, a 400 sq ft kitchen, three groundwater springs. There is also 2.8 acres of land and a stage where many bands such as MC5, Ted Nugent, and Bob Seger have performed.

The property is available for a bit over $300,000 via Ebay.

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