Forbes has a really cool data map allowing you to see "Where Americans Are Moving". There are some default city selections but the real fun is to "Clear lines" then find a county that interests you. Unfortunately it only covers 2008 but it's a quick way to get a sense of how things are shifting.

Via Paul Kedrosky who focuses on some interesting screen shots.

Scott Storch's empire has been in a state of collapse for some time now so it's kind of surprising to hear that he's only now losing his mansion.

Paul Rosenberg, said to be the manager of Eminem, The Knux, Three 6 Mafia and Blink 182, is selling his New York maisonette at a current listing of $4,950,000, reduced to date by $500k.

What's a Maisonette?
"a maisonette is a multi-story house-like apartment, usually on the ground floor of a larger building, that possesses its own entrance from the outside."

Realtor's Description:
"a massive 4634 sf triplex with 785 sf of combined outdoor space, currently configured as three bedrooms (two en suite masters), 3.5 baths, plus a home office & dining area.Not only is this an elegant loft home, but a total environment as well which offers a patio with hot tub and outdoor Viking Professional grill with food and beverage center, a Crestron system which has integrated speakers and lighting control throughout every room and patio, home theatre room, glass enclosed wine and cigar bar, game room, and exercise room with sauna."

Check The Real Estalker for more details and pics of this rather opulent offering.

Having recently pled guilty to various charges, DMX awaits sentencing as all eyes have turned to his foreclosed home.

AZFamily.com has more info and a video tour of his home which was raided last May and has been burglarized since.

Is there any indication that anybody has DMX’s back?  Apparently he has a public defender representing him.

If he doesn’t have any real support, i.e. everybody in for the money has run, I guess we’ll just keep watching it get even worse until he’s dead or permanently incarcerated.

But that’s the streets, ain’t it?

[They shoot horses dogs, don't they?]

Here’s some sucky foreclosure news from the New York Post:

"Doug E. Fresh…has been socked with three foreclosure actions by banks looking to collect more than $3.5 million in unpaid mortgages on a trio of his Harlem homes."

"The rapper, 46, also is being chased by American Express for nearly $60,000 in credit-card debt, and the IRS just slapped him with a $367,000 tax lien on top of more than $40,000 owed to the state tax collector, records show."

I wonder how many celebrity oriented reporters are spending chunks of time or having others spend chunks of time keeping up with foreclosure records?

Via The Home Front. Also:

T-Boz, of TLC, in Danger of Losing Her House

Ex-Fugee Wyclef Jean’s House in Foreclosure

Homeowners: Less Healthy and Joyful than Renters

The folks at 1520 Sedgwick Avenue, the birthplace of the breakbeat, are hanging in and planning actions that will continue if the building is sold and eviction begins.

This situation has evoked a rather odd post by Gawker’s Hamilton Nolan who doesn’t seem to know how to deal with a topic that’s neither humorous nor has an easily parodied villain.

The Bronx building sometimes known as the birthplace of hip hop, 1520 Sedgwick, has been cleared for sale and could be sold this week.

Despite some hopes that the financial meltdown would cause a retraction of what is considered an overvalued offer:

"The current landlord group of the building, 1520 Sedgwick, is expected to withdraw the building from the city’s Mitchell-Lama moderate housing program by paying off the mortgage with a $5 million payment. This will then free the building to be sold to an investment group led by Mark Karasick."