Silicon Valley Exec Selling Architectural Coastal Retreat With a ‘Floating’ Ceiling for $8 Million

Jasmine Roth, the star of HGTV’s hit show “Help! I Wrecked My House,” is selling her custom-built “Roth Homestead” in Huntington Beach, California, for $6.45 million. Just 35 miles south of Los Angeles, the five-bedroom, 4.5-bathroom dwelling has been Roth’s home for four years—and leaving it behind is a bittersweet moment, she said. “It took me three years to build this house, and it was truly a labor of love,” she said. Realtor.com

The number of sellers in Perth, Australia, discounting their houses is at the lowest level it’s been in the past 20 years, new data shows. So far this year, just 12.6% of houses sold for less than the listed price, significantly lower than the rate of discounting in the previous boom in 2014 when 46.3% of houses were sold for less than their listed price. Domain

British house prices showed a small gain in June from May, but higher borrowing costs are still weighing on the property market, mortgage lender Nationwide said on Monday. Prices rose by 0.2% in monthly terms and were 1.5% higher than in June last year, it said. Prices as measured by Nationwide are around 3% lower than their record high touched two years ago. Reuters

A home in Mobberley, England, recognized as the place where explorer George Mallory was born in 1886 is up for sale. Mallory, who went missing with fellow mountaineer Andrew Irvine in 1924 while climbing Mt. Everest, lived in the Newton Hall Lane house for about five years. Now the Grade-II listed, six-bedroom country house, named Newton Hall, is being marketed for £6.95 million (US$8.78 million). Sitting on around 6.5 acres, the property has a refurbished interior, a swimming pool and a grass tennis court. Northwich Guardian