What makes a particular town or city desirable to buyers? Good schools, green spaces, and walkability are high on the list, along with low crime rates and a thriving economy. With that in mind, Money magazine, in conjunction with...
The words “housing bubble” can strike fear into our hearts, even this far out from the financial crisis. While real estate experts insist that we won’t see that kind of market crash any time soon, some are concerned by...
Where do you find the most annoying neighbors in America? Let’s head south to sunny Dallas, Texas, where the locals apparently can’t stand each other.
What Makes for Annoying Neighbors?
Annoying is, of course, a subjective term. What’s annoying to you...
This is an interesting time in real estate, to put it mildly. Record-high prices and lightning-fast sales make it seem almost impossible to keep up. But of all the record-breaking benchmarks, the low inventory across US markets is the...
How far will people go to get the home of their dreams? According to a recent report, mortgage fraud is up by 12 percent! New York, New Jersey, Florida, New Mexico, and Washington, DC, are the states where mortgage...
You’ve no doubt been keeping tabs on the continued rise of mortgage rates. Freddie Mac announced last week that the average 30-year fixed-rate mortgage is sitting at 4.9%. That’s the biggest weekly jump we’ve seen in two years and...
With housing prices increasing faster than salaries, many younger people are looking to alternative solutions. But is co-living a brilliant innovation or an exercise in extended adolescence?
21st Century Boarding Houses
Co-living setups are a little like luxury dormitories or old-fashioned...
When Amazon announced the HQ2 project, the global behemoth’s second headquarters, investors began trying to guess which city Bezos would choose. HQ2 is pretty much guaranteed to increase job growth and raise real estate prices, so getting in early...
Real estate can be a scary business at times, but at least you don’t have to try to sell the Poltergeist house or the brownstone from The Exorcist, right?
Here are 5 real-life locations used in famous horror films—and how...
Although we’ve been seeing a gradual softening of the overall housing market, not every metro in the US is willing to slow down. In fact, there are surprising booms in cities across the country that don’t usually make the...
