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Get you up to speed: President Trump’s childhood home in Queens sells for nearly $2 million
President Trump’s childhood home in Jamaica Estates, New York, has sold for $1.93 million after extensive renovations. The property was purchased by Tommy Lin, who invested an additional $500,000 in renovations before selling it.
The property had previously been listed for sale in 2019 with an asking price of £2.9 million before it was eventually purchased by Tommy Lin for £835,000. Following an eight-month renovation costing £500,000, the home was sold for £1.93 million, marking a significant increase in value.
The sale of President Trump’s childhood home for $1.93 million follows a significant renovation by developer Tommy Lin, who previously bought the property for $835,000. With the home now in a modern state, it remains uncertain what future plans the new owner may have for the property.
What remains unclear — The identity of the buyer who purchased President Trump’s childhood home has not been disclosed.
President Trump’s childhood home in Queens sold for £1.93 million after renovation
President Trump’s childhood home has sold for nearly $2 million after a renovation transformed the New York City residence from a mold-ridden cat den to a modern abode.
The president lived at the Tudor-style Queens estate until age 4. His father, developer Fred Trump, built the home in the affluent Jamaica Estates neighborhood in 1940. The family hasn’t owned it in years.
The sale price, $1.93 million, appeared Friday on real estate websites after a buyer, whose name hasn’t been disclosed, entered into a contract in July.
The seller, Tommy Lin, had purchased the five-bedroom, three-bathroom home last year for $835,000 after it sat vacant and neglected for years.
Lin, a developer, spent another $500,000 on an eight-month interior overhaul that added amenities including a chef’s kitchen, herringbone wood floors and spa-like bathrooms, the New York Post reported.
The boyhood home of President Donald Trump is seen on Jan. 17, 2017, in New York. Kathy Willens 
The home has changed hands several times in recent years, including for $2.14 million months after Mr. Trump became president in 2017, according to Zillow.
The buyer was an entity called Trump Birth Home LLC and the home was briefly offered for rent on Airbnb, complete with copies of a life-sized cardboard cutout of Mr. Trump, copies of his book “The Art of the Deal,” and a framed People magazine cover featuring Mr. Trump.
It was listed for sale again in 2019 with an asking price of $2.9 million, but went unsold until Lin snapped it up.
In the meantime, the Post reported, the home fell into disrepair, with water damage and mold from a burst pipe, and a colony of feral cats taking up residence where Mr. Trump spent his earliest years.
The president, now 80, got rich in the real estate business — putting up his namesake Trump Tower in Manhattan and living there for decades — before parlaying his fame and wealth into politics.
As president, he’s overseeing his own residential overhaul: adding a massive ballroom to the White House and adorning the Oval Office with the kinds of gold-plated fixtures that are a hallmark of his properties and aesthetic.
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Get you up to speed: Influencer, 27, dies after liposuction goes wrong, sparking manslaughter probe | News World
Police are investigating the death of 27-year-old influencer Olivia Oras, who lost consciousness during a liposuction procedure at the Plastic Surgery Center in Helsinki, Finland. Oras died at Helsinki University Hospital on September 3, and authorities have launched a probe into possible aggravated manslaughter.
The Plastic Surgery Center in Helsinki has had its operations suspended following an investigation into safety concerns raised by law enforcement, who reported that clients were “seriously endangered” by clinicians. The police inquiry into the circumstances surrounding Olivia Oras’s death is in its early stages, with officials confirming that no further details are available at this time.
Helsinki Police have launched a manslaughter investigation into the death of influencer Olivia Oras, stating that the inquiry “is in its early stages” and offering no further details at this time. Following her death, the Plastic Surgery Center in Helsinki faced immediate closure for allegedly endangering clients, prompting a review of the clinic’s operations by Finnish healthcare authorities.
What remains unclear — Authorities have not disclosed whether any charges will be filed against the individuals involved in the clinic’s operations.
Influencer Olivia Oras, 27, dies after liposuction procedure in Finland

An influencer’s death has sparked a manslaughter probe and the closure of a plastic surgery clinic (Picture: Jam Press)
Police are investigating the death of an influencer after her aesthetic procedure went fatally wrong.
Olivia Oras, 27, attended a private clinic in Helsinki, Finland, for planned liposuction, but she lost consciousness after the anaesthetic was administered.
Oras was taken to Helsinki University Hospital, where she died several days later on September 3.
The Finnish influencer’s grieving family is now seeking answers and has ‘filed a police report about the matter’, as confirmed by a spokesperson to People.
Helsinki Police said the investigation ‘is in its early stages’, and there is ‘no further information to share at this time’.
They have launched a probe into possible aggravated manslaughter, a crime carrying jail time of up to six years.
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Olivia Oras, 27, went to the clinic in Helsinki for a planned liposuction procedure (Picture: Jam Press)
While individuals under investigation have not been publicly identified, the Plastic Surgery Center in Helsinki was busted by cops.
There, clients were found to be ‘seriously endangered’ by clinicians, and the ‘immediate suspension’ of both the company’s locations was ordered.
Oras rose to prominence when she was just 14, when she began sharing her life online.
In 2016, aged 16, she featured in the documentary titled The Perfect Selfie; cameras followed her for 18 months in what was described as a ‘modern coming-of-age story in the social media era’, depicting her relationship with the internet and her followers.
However, following the documentary’s release, Oras developed anxiety and fled to Amsterdam, shutting down her social accounts.
Working at a café, she had plans to study at university before witnessing a friend in her apartment building die by suicide, something she couldn’t shake from her mind.

After rising to prominence as a teen, the content creator stepped away from social media in her later years (Picture: Jam Press)
‘I was just building the life of my dreams, but now I saw what happened in my eyes over and over again,’ she shared in a 2024 interview.
She then moved back to Helsinki to be with her parents but grappled with alcoholism and a sleeping pill addiction, which she spoke publicly about.
Oras entered an addiction facility for a month in 2022.
In her final years, she founded an organisation supporting pulmonary disease research following her father’s own pulmonary fibrosis diagnosis.
She also served as the Head of Community at an AI start-up and worked in marketing for a wellness technology company.
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