Michael Jackson is dead and buried — but the home he died in is still very much available.

The home building industry is slogging along on a path to recovery. But it will be awhile before the industry is back to what feels like “normal.

U.S. housing starts fell in February, but permits for future construction jumped to their highest level since October 2008, according to a government report.

It's not exactly the terrain in which you'd expect to find a French estate rising like the Taj Mahal out of the Texas horizon, but in the heart of Texas, that's what you've got: The palatial digs called Champs d'Or.