The ruling was in response to a suit filed by a Delaware County woman who had claimed the McMansion she bought in Thornton had an undisclosed “material defect,” because the seller had not told her that at a murder/suicide had been committed in the home.   
The ruling dismissed the woman’s argument that the home’s history resulted in a reduction in its value.The court also noted the 2006 tragedy had been well-publicized, news that could have been discovered easily in print or online.

...after handing over a check for $150,000, Helm was stunned to learn that the photo was of a house next door to the vacant 3,600-square-foot lot he’d actually been bidding on. The lot, which doesn’t even have a water connection, has an assessed value of $4,000, the Marin Independent Journal reports.

Marin broker Jeff Helm said he had a title company research this and this is the 1st time in 10yrs this has happened to him. Maybe the title company gave him bad information, but too bad.  Because the county doesn't care. It's cash only. No returns. All sales final.   OUCH!!

20/20 did a segment about haunted houses. Apparently, in a market where good deals are hard to come by (shortsales/foreclosures dried up), there are some peeps out there who don't mind paranormal roommates. A gal in Pleasanton, CA loves the ghosts living in her restaurant The Blue Agave Club.  In fact, the broker of Past Life Homes actually specializes in selling haunted homes in Northern California & says:

“Right now we are in a seller’s market in almost all of northern California,” Hagley said. “You can have a dead body swinging from the chandelier, and I’m still going to have ten offers on the phone.”

This is not fake. This is a real condo for sale for $389,000! Property description : 
Beautiful three story condo located in central Austin, backing up to a wooded greenbelt. This condo had several windows that overlook the gorgeous greenbelt that is full of large trees. The windows have custom plantation shutters. Each story has its own deck as well as its own central air/heat. The condo is also equipped with a central vacuum system.

About a century ago, a Bay Area man named Charles Froling was just learning that he wouldn't be able to build his dream house. An inheritance had gifted him a sizable chunk of land, but municipal elders in the City of Alameda had decided to appropriate most of it to extend a street. 

...in 2012, he spent $45,000 to try and increase the length and girth of his dong. To pay for the surgery, he had to mortgage his house. “Pre-surgery, I was 2-3cm flaccid,” Mike said, “and I’m now 4cm. My erection is probably around 7cm.”

(That’s approximately $22,500 a centimeter.)

Unhappy with the results, Mike says he’s now planning a second surgery, which is estimated to cost around $18,000. Chances are he will also need a third, more serious surgery, which will cost around $50,000. If he undergoes both surgeries, he will have spent more than $100,000 on trying to increase the size of his peepee.

PETA seeks to turn Jeffrey Dahmer’s childhood home into vegan eatery: reportIngrid Newkirk, president of the animal rights group, sent a letter to the real estate agent who is handling the sale of the serial killer's former Ohio home. Newkirk said they have a plan to transform the house, the site of Dahmer's first murder, into a vegan reastaurant.

Ingrid Newkirk, president of the animal rights group, sent a letter to the real estate agent who is handling the sale of the serial killer's former Ohio home. Newkirk said they have a plan to transform the house, the site of Dahmer's first murder, into a vegan restaurant.

In a flashback to the kind of homebuying frenzy not seen since 2008, house hunters have pitched a line of tents in Huntington Beach, Calif., in the hope of buying a brand-new home. Around a dozen pre-qualified homebuyers have literally set up camp by the still-under-constructionBrightwater Capri development in Huntington Beach -- and they've already been there for a week.

Local supermarket magnet, Ron Kronenberger, 53, told cops he had warned the tenant, who owed $2,800 in back rent, “If you’re going to act like a child, I’m going to treat you like one,” before he whipped  the 29-year-old man on his bare bottom four times with a belt, leaving “little marks”  on his behind,  Fox8.com is reporting.

The tenant told Waynesville Police Chief Gary Copeland that he “was scared and just wanted to get [the whipping] over with” — saying it occurred Jan. 22 during an encounter in Kronenberger’s office at his supermarket, Hometown Marketplace.