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Great news this week that Sgt. Tahmooressi was released after his ridiculous 214 days in a Mexican prison. The irony that we have some 12 million illegals in this country – predominantly Mexican, doesn’t escape most of us. If you missed the interview Greta Van Susteren did with him Thursday, look for replays this weekend on Fox News.

Now on with some real estate news for the week…

++ The Most Expensive Home in America

++ 9 Red Flags – When Picking a Real Estate Agent

++ 6 Best Home Fixes For the Money

++ Energy-Saving Home Remodeling: The Inside Game

++ 59 of 350 U.S. Housing Markets Recovered…

~~ Which means 291 have NOT.

++ Bigger isn’t always better: The standout small homes of 2014

~~ And for any who are looking to relocate for that perfect job…

++ Sotheby’s to sell luxury real estate in Poland

++ This House Was Inspired By “Star Wars”

++ 3 Trends Could Affect These Real Estate Investments

This next one tells me a lot. If you’ve lived long enough to see past interest rates in the double digits and then you see how long they’ve hovered in the 4 to 5% range, you’ll wonder at all this talk of “economic recovery.” One would think with a lending rate of interest at less than 4.5%, buyers would be hopping on properties fast and furious. But they aren’t.

++ Mortgage rates rise to 4.23%

++ Shop heirloom seeds and plants at monticelloshop.org

Okay, I do like the idea of tiny house living and how it can be accomplished, but I think the one linked below goes a bit too far – and for over $350,000 US dollars? Must be “location, location, location.”

++ ‘Smallest house in the world’ on sale for £275k in north London

++ Top 10 international places to invest in real estate

Happy weekend. First day of Fall 2014 is Tuesday!!!