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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
A Category 4 storm is on the way. Almost 800,000 homes are in the path of Hurricane Florence, and experts estimate that reconstruction costs could be around $170 billion. Over a million people are set to evacuate along the...
After a decade on the market, the famed Southways estate is no more. The estate once belonged to the baking empire founder John S. Pillsbury Sr, but in 1992 it left the famed family’s hands. Now it’s gone for...
The Queen of Soul’s death on August 16 was a tragedy for her family, her fans, music lovers, and civil rights activists. Aretha Franklin’s music legacy is unparalleled, but her real estate holdings were pretty epic, too. She owned...
