The second ad : a priory of the Xè century in the south of Lyon

Edifié au Xè siècle sous l’autorité de l’abbé de Cluny, à 20 minutes du centre de Lyon, le prieuré flanqué de trois tours est bordé par 1,3 hectare de terres.

Built in the Xth century under the authority of the Abbot of Cluny, 20 minutes from downtown Lyon, the priory flanked by three towers is surrounded by 1.3 hectares of land.

L’ensemble féodal, d’une superficie de 1000 m2 environ, est organisé autour d’une cour intérieure rythmée de trois façades avec fenêtres à meneaux et portes ogivales.

The whole feudal, with an area of 1000 m2, is organized around a courtyard punctuated by three facades with mullioned windows and doors ogival.

Vendu comme bien national à la Révolution, il fut remanié par la famille Laurencin qui lui adjoint une tour octogonale avec un escalier à vis.

Sold as a national asset to the Revolution, it was remodeled by the family Laurencin who added an octagonal tower with a spiral staircase.

Classé ISMH, le prieuré appartient aujourd’hui à une famille lyonnaise qui a réunifié l’ensemble depuis 1810. Les propriétaires actuels ont restauré l’édifice avec passion et ténacité, pierre par pierre, pour lui redonner son allure d’autrefois : majestueuse salle de garde avec plafond à la française, cuisine des moines, salle du four à pain, dortoir.

Listed building, the Priory now belongs to a family of Lyon, who reunited the ensemble since 1810. The current owners have restored the building with passion and tenacity, stone by stone, to restore its former allure: majestic guard room with French ceiling, kitchen of the monks, the bread oven room, dormitory.

Lorsqu’au petit matin, le soleil s’attarde sur les hauteurs du village et vient caresser la colline autrefois couverte de vignes, l’esprit vagabond se laissera aisément emporter par son imaginaire et l’histoire des lieux.

When at dawn, the sun lingers on the hills overlooking the village and caresses the old vine-covered hill, let the wandering mind is easily carried away by his imagination and the history of places.

Prix de vente : 2 180 000 Euros

Offered For : 2,180,000 Euros

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Superb unique fully renovated 14th century medieval castle located in Eastern France.

Award winning renovation with work executed by the finest artist during the last 6 years. Making this piece of history a Model Chateau.

Situated on over 200 acres of land including 6 water sources for the canals, 2 lakes and cascades, exceptional outbuildings, indoor hoarse riding school area, 16 car garage spaces, Colas tennis court, 2.5 acres of paved courtyard, and much more.

This magical model castle features over 75,300 square feet of living space providing 60 bedrooms, 50 bathrooms and 44 fireplaces in total and able to accommodate 100 people at a time with an elevator providing access to all levels. All rooms are equipped with phone lines and internet.

Asking price includes 800 pieces of authentic furniture, pictures and works of art.

Magnificent opportunity to own a Mega castle from the great European medieval times with all the 21^st century luxuries.

Asking price: 53,000,000 Euros

Located in the West Hollywood Hills with great views from every room, this sexy property consist of 4 bedrooms and 3.5 baths with a 1000 bottle wine cellar. Gourmet kitchen, movie thearter, infinity edge grotto, large master occupies entire top level with fireplace, marble bathroom iwth steam shower, huge walk in closet, private with state of the art security and sound system.

This all could be yours for lease at $25,000 a month or buy for in the 4 millions.

Great Location In Santa Monica

This great Ocean Park home will not be in the MLS until the middle of next week, but it’s available to show within a couple days. It’s been neutralized a la Restoration Hardware.

Great Castle For Sale just South of Lyon in the town of Marcilloles.

This magnifisant piece of property Castles over the town of Marcilloles.

What better way to live than in your own Castle named after the town it thrives over.  After turning on the street called Street Of  The Castle, to come home to a 21 room Castle with over 10,000 square feet of  living space. And yes there is a separate quarters to have your defending guardians look over you for any reasons or have family members and friends stay in. Sitting on 2.5 acres, this property has room for a helicopter pad, tennis court, pool, zoned for more housing or what ever you fancy.

Built in 1760, the history of this great dream is endless. For one, there is a treasure of war weapons and possibly greater valued things buried in the land of the back yard that was never dug out. This is do to the French laws of if the treasure is uncovered it is needed to tell the country and be roped off for visits by the public.

I will be placing a lot more information on this great historical property shortly. For the price of 2,500,000 euros this could be all yours. Take my word for it, these pictures do not justify at all the beauty of this property.

Please call me with any questions or inquires.

Here is the break down of all the beautiful features of the castle:

1. The measurement of the interior measuremnets of the castle is 13,000 square feet (1200 square meters) and the caretaker’s house is about 2476 square feet (230 square meters) with a garage and barn with chicken koop.

The park is 2.5 acres (10,120 square meters) of great parkland that cirlces the castle in elagance. Even with 2 wells on the property, the castle is luxarized is on city watter and power. Owner wanted to build helicopeter pad with rails to storage warehouse on this big piece of property with also the intent of building a swimming pool, tennis court, and a pool house. The property is situated so all this could be done without it being visable from the castle.

This sale also includes a buildable lot across the street from the castle. This lot is about a half acre (1900 square meters) and very buildable with views.

This great updated historicle castle was built in 1760 by the Vivier-Merle family. Industrialist of Lyon.

Then an extension of the Castle was built in 1860.

During World War II the Castle served as the German’s head quarters. 

House Features include 21 rooms with a basement, laundry room, boiler, three cellars, a wine cellar, a reception room and a romantic outsidepation with stairs going out to park land.The beatiful tile in the lower level leading out to wine cellar dates you back to the originalality of the tiling  250 years ago. The wine celler is an excerating  room with racks of wine space.

6) Quality service and time: (if he will lack the photos on these benefits said to me)

> – 6 Marble Fireplaces

> – A large stone fireplace

> – A carved wooden fireplace

> – Oak parquet in all rooms

> – Parquet diamond, three different wood produced by J. Francois HACHE

> – Epoch Floor tiles in the kitchen, the laundry room, boiler room, the hall of the cellar

> – Dining wooden carved Ivory, yellow and gold

> – Ceilings in the French or carved

> – Column stone at the entrance

> – Monumental Staircase

> – Turret with stone staircase

Obviously as prices come down, which obviously they have, renters who never thought they could afford a home now can.

Add in a couple of government subsidies, like a tax credit and artificially low mortgage interest rates, and a touch of desperate un- or under-employed sellers, and you have the perfect buying storm.

We saw that during the run up to the end of the tax credit, as sales surged.

Now that the tax credit is gone, and employment is slowly improving, renters have to look at the equation again locally and see if it all adds up financially. A new report from Trulia.com tries to do that for you, but I found some really surprising results in it.

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On the better-to-buy list you’re seeing Minneapolis ranking number 1 and Las Vegas down at number 10.

Of course it’s better to buy in Vegas than rent, but not as good as Minneapolis or even Miami, which ranks number 3? That just goes to show you how, even in one of the most distressed markets in the nation, the price ratios are still pretty far out of whack.

And then on the better-to-rent list, how can Oklahoma City and Kansas City be in there, and even Cleveland which has so many distressed properties? I’m not questioning the data so much as the situation. These rankings are based on the total costs of home ownership: mortgage principal and interest, property taxes, hazard insurance, closing costs and private mortgage insurance. I assume it also includes FHA premiums, since so many borrowers out there now are forced to use FHA loans due to tough credit requirements.

Mortgages

30 yr fixed 4.91% 5.06%
30 yr fixed jumbo 5.67% 5.75%
15 yr fixed 4.31% 4.65%
15 yr fixed jumbo 5.14% 5.31%
5/1 ARM 3.75% 3.57%
5/1 jumbo ARM 4.32% 3.69%

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We talk about this being a buyers market, but as with everything else in real estate, that’s a local call.

What this survey leaves out, however, is future potential. Despite the recent housing crash, real estate can and will be a profitable investment. Even if it’s cheaper to rent in Seattle or San Francisco short term, the long term gains involved in buying are likely worth taking the plunge.

Published: Thursday, 3 Jun 2010 | 11:17 AM ET Text Size By: Diana Olick
CNBC Real Estate Reporter