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For rich people, mortgages are getting cheaper
For wealthy homebuyers, mortgages are getting cheaper and easier to come by. Not only are big-pocketed borrowers paying lower average rates on the high dollar value loans known as jumbo mortgages, but lenders are now requiring even smaller down payments -- and, in some cases, they are waiving the mortgage insurance, too.
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What It’s like to Fly the $23,000 Singapore Airlines Suites Class
n 2008, Singapore Airlines introduced their Suites Class, the most luxurious class of flying that is commercially available. The Suites were exclusive to their flagship Airbus A380, and they go beyond flat beds by offering enclosed private cabins with sliding doors that cocoon you in your own little lap of luxury. The interior was designed by French luxury yacht designer Jean-Jacques Coste and comes along with a plush soft leather armchair hand-stitched by the Italian master craftsmen...
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Luxury Yacht is the First to Feature a Floating Garage
Yachts offer incredible luxury on the sea, and the Italian company CRN has produced one that’s unlike any of its kind. The 196-foot vessel is named the J’Ade and is the first to feature a floating garage. This innovative addition enables the owner to store and access a 26-foot speedboat without the use of a tender lift. Its hydraulic-operated bay can dry out in three minutes and then be transformed into a terrace-accessible ocean pool.
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Rolls-Royce to add 'robotic' chauffeur
Rolls-Royce is set to join the race to delete the driver – and the chauffeur too. The iconic British luxury car maker is looking to its parent company, BMW, to adopt autonomous driving technologies before the end of the decade. "But we have already autonomous driving – we have chauffeurs," joked Rolls-Royce boss Torsten Muller-Otvos while speaking to Drive at the Paris motor show last week.
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Tesla just announced a supercar
It's called the Model S P85D. It comfortably seats four, more if you're willing to squeeze in a kid or two. If your frame of reference for automobiles ended somewhere around the year 2000, the performance of Elon Musk's hottest all-electric sedan yet would be outright difficult to comprehend. Even today, the numbers put up by this all-wheel-drive hatchback compare favorably with some of the rarest, most exotic, and most expensive vehicles ever made.
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Mark Zuckerberg Drops $100 Million on Hawaiian Property
Taking a page out of "Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous," Mark Zuckerberg spent $100 million on a chunk of land in Hawaii. The 30-year-old Facebook founder recently purchased 700 acres of property on the North Shore of the island of Kauai, according to a Forbes report.
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Next to the pocketbook, imagination the only limitation for Rolls-Royce Ghost Series II buyers
A higher grill, pulled-apart headlights, a more streamlined hood treatment, and a slight forward tilt to the iconic Spirit of Ecstasy hood figurine give the latest Ghost a subtly more assertive stance. Inside, however, is where the more significant changes lie, as BMW sensibilities continue to influence Rolls-Royce’s technical direction.
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How to Earn the Right to Buy Ferrari's Most Exclusive Hypercar
One does not simply walk into Maranello and buy the LaFerrari supercar. The right to spend a million dollars is a reward for the brand's most loyal customers.
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New supersonic jet will get you from LA to NYC in 2.5 hours
New Yorkers in the near future could one day eat Thanksgiving in Los Angeles and then fly back home before their turkey digests. A supersonic passenger jet dubbed the N+2 has been designed by US global aerospace engineers at Lockheed Martin and is intended to make commercial flights from NY to LA in just 2.5 hours, the Daily Mail reports.
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Inside the crazy world of Geoffrey Edelsten and Gabi Grecko
With a weary tone, Melbourne lawyer Michael Webb says there’s no point asking his client, Geoffrey Edelsten, about the settlement deal that he’s struck with his business adversaries in the US, because Mr Edelsten probably does not understand it himself.
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How Apple Reinvented Premium
It was 1991 when we got our first Mac. It was a Macintosh LC, nicknamed “the pizza box”, and “LC” I now know stood for Low Cost, but I don’t remember it being cheap. In fact, at over $2000 it was the most expensive thing I had ever bought, next to my car. A relentless series of desktops, PowerBooks and MacBooks, and now iPhones and iPads later, I still buy Apple products and expect to pay substantially more than for non-Apple choices. My new iPhone is at least two times the cost of an Android...
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Tech for the rich and frivolous: The New York Luxury Technology Show
Lusting after a $280,000 Lamborghini? Loving the idea of a $10,000 encrypted gold iPhone? Or maybe you just want a $6,000 phone with the name Lamborghini on it?
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Flying car will go on sale in 2017, Aeromobil says
Ever wanted to buy a flying car? You only have a couple more years to wait, says a company that has built prototypes that can both drive and fly. The flying roadster, a sporty two seater that transforms into a light sports aircraft, aims to go on sale in just two years from Slovakia-based Aeromobil. "We believe that 2017 we'll be able to launch this to market," said company co-founder...
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Mercedes Thinks Americans May Want a Luxury Pickup
Mercedes-Benz is making a pickup truck, and it thinks Americans might want in. The first vehicles this plan brings to mind are Cadillac’s Escalade EXT and Lincoln’s Blackwood and LT. Despite Americans’ ravenous appetite for pickups, these luxury trucks were hardly big successes. The Lincolns lasted just a few years on the market. The Escalade EXT was discontinued in 2013, after a decent run. Do Americans actually want a Mercedes-badged truck?
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LAX Now Has A Paparazzi-Proof Terminal
LAX's remodeled Terminal 5 now offers major perks for VIP passengers flying Delta, including a paparazzi-proof entrance and a Porsche shuttle from the tarmac.
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Hyundai Vision G Coupe Concept debuts ahead of Pebble Beach
Hyundai debuts its HCD-16 Vision G Coupe Concept, an elegant machine that takes a deliberately scaled-back approach to premium, luxurious design.
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Bentley Bentayga’s Mulliner Tourbillon Clock Is a Near-$170,000 Option
We had a chance to catch up with Bentley CEO Wolfgang Durheimer at the 2015 Frankfurt show, and he was in a very good mood, for good reason. He had just unveiled the Bentley Bentayga, a vehicle that has been billed as the most powerful, luxurious, and fastest (its 187 mph top speed barely nips the highest spec Porsche Cayenne) SUV in the world. “Luxury doesn’t have any limits,” Durheimer proclaimed, “We are defining the segment.”
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Bling below the waves: ‘A submarine of my own’
How personal submarines have become the latest must-have accessory for the super-rich. By Neil Koenig.
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Step aboard a former Disney Imagineer's $83m flying palace
With the lavishly furnished Skyacht One private jet, designer Eddie Sotto evokes Captain Nemo's Nautilus.
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'Burning Man for the 1%': the desert party for the tech elite, with Eric Schmidt in a top hat
A red Ferrari with the top down swerved past on the winding dirt road, heading to what looked like a small Mars encampment. Helicopters landed on the side of the road and greeters darted across. At a farmers’ market with overflowing baskets full of raspberries, watermelons, and focaccia, I asked for a mango, and the farmer started cutting it in half for me: “That’ll be $7.”
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