Weekly Blend: September 7, 2018

The Weekly Blend is your “weekly” source covering real estate news that you just may have missed. Our hard-at-work Weekly Blend crew scours the web looking for obscure, bizarre, interesting and informative real estate (or real estate related) stories. If you have one you’d like to share please feel free to share it in our comments section or tweet about it using the hashtag #WeeklyBlend. So brew yourself a fresh cup of coffee and enjoy these stories. Maybe even share them with friends or colleagues. Happy reading!

Here are my weekly picks:

The “bearicade” was over within hours, but Ottawa residents woke up to news of a black bear wandering the streets downtown.

A sinkhole in Oxford, Nova Scotia, has grown so big, you could park a Boeing 737 inside.

We’re going to go out on a limb and say these treehouses are better than most New York City apartments. These spruced up abodes are A-OAK-AY in my books.

The human eye can detect about seven million colours; think about that next time you decide to paint your living room. Here’s a handy guide to help you pick the right colour for the right space.

Ever wonder what it would be like to live inside a kaleidoscope? You wouldn’t have to worry about choosing one colour for your walls, that’s for sure.

When it comes to furniture lines, do we really need, “Another one!” as DJ Khaled would proclaim. The famous record producer is working outside the studio for his latest venture.

People usually use Airbnb as a more affordable alternative to hotel rooms, but this San Francisco mansion will put you back $10,000 U.S. a night… that is until it becomes an actual hotel later this year.

Apparently, there’s nothing special about the house Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg once lived in. The writer of this article details her experience living there for the past two years. Spoiler alert: there are “no beer pong tables, pizza parties or weekly hackathons.”

Superstar crooner Michael Bublé’s new 27,000-square-foot mansion in his hometown of Burnaby, British Columbia, is almost complete—and it may have a hockey rink in the basement. Back when this home was being built, Living Room learned it would be the second-most expensive residential property in Burnaby.

You don’t often see this type of promotion from a restaurant: “Lunch is on us today if a crane fell through your house.” One day after a crane split an Orlando man’s roof in two, he’s at least getting a free meal out of the ordeal.

Matt Day brings his experience as a nationally-recognized multimedia journalist to the Canadian Real Estate Association as a Communications Advisor. Matt provides professional writing, digital media and communications support to CREA and assists in developing engaging social media content. He is regularly featured in the CREA Café where he provides interesting and entertaining content for REALTORS® to enjoy. Matt is a professional photographer but has dreams of becoming a rock star. He also enjoys mountain biking, skiing, hiking, and using the Oxford comma.


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