Hollywood star Emma Roberts has sold her "grown-up dollhouse" for $4.8 million within two months of putting the sprawling Los Angeles dwelling on the market on May 1. Roberts, 34, who previously ...

Both developments involved the creation of large new water bodies, golf courses and ski runs, and offered lucrative work for a legion of excavation and building contractors for decades.

On the shores of Lake Norman is a town whose appeal has continued to reach new heights since the pandemic years.