$4M price tag for empty house near Red Wings arena Asking price jumps $500,000 in five months. JC Reindl. Detroit Free Press. Detroit's priciest home listing just got pricier.

But it turns out, they’re not so cheap — at least not in Los Angeles, where a soon-to-open village of 39 tiny homes on an empty city lot in North Hollywood cost a stunning $5.2 million to set up.

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