L.A. Times - News — The Wall Street powerhouse takes a 60% stake while the previous majority owner, Strategic Hotels & Resorts, retains 34.3%. The recapitalization values the historic hotel on the ocean near San Diego at about $590 million.The historic Hotel del Coronad... more info

The Music Fix — Bedroom-pop from the Real Estate guitarist. more info

AllHipHop — (AllHipHop News) Two Trill Entertainment executives have denounced all ties with the self-proclaimed "Thug Lawyer" Peter Q. John, who's name hit headlines as he prepares a defense for rapper Big Unk Aka Mr. Real Estate, who was busted with 150 pounds... more info

Perez Hilton — New home sales surged 17.5% in December to a 329,000 annual rate, the highest level in 8 months! Woo hoo! more info

AllHipHop — (AllHipHop News) Natchitoches, Louisiana rapper Big Unk aka Mr. Real Estate has lawyered up to defend himself against drug charges stemming from a raid of his house, where police allegedly seized over 150 pounds of marijuana.Mr. Real Estate, born Reg... more info

AllHipHop — (AllHipHop News) A Natchitoches, Louisiana rapper who worked with artists like Gucci Mane, Lil Boosie and Paul Wall, was arrested this weekend after police found over 100 pounds of marijuana is his home. Big Unk, who recently dropped the moniker in f... more info

Stereogum — Panda Bear joins one of his many aesthetic offspring Ducktails (aka Real Estate’s Matthew Mondanile) on this alternate bonus take of Ducktails III: Arcade Dynamics‘ “Killin The Vibe.” Of course, Noah’s inclusion does the opposite. (Woods’... more info

melophobe — Ducktails featuring Panda Bear – Killin’ The Vibe by Hypetrak Due in exactly one week, Real Estate guitarist Matthew Mondanile, a.k.a. Ducktails, is releasing the album Ducktails III: Arcade Dynamics, which, if you buy it on iTunes or as... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — "who else would assemble a bill like this but weird magic? three months deep and we're bringing our dream bill to brooklyn on new years. first weird magic event of this scale... we've got a 10k sq ft warehouse, fully... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Real Estate @ Webster Hall in October (more by Amanda Hatfield) today in NYC * Andy Warhol @ MoMA * Erik Sanko @ The Stone * The Eeries @ Party Expo * The Just Ornette Quartet @ The Stone *... more info