A Castle Bed and Breakfast for $690,000
The most searched house on Realtor.com this week is what the listing agent calls a castle bed and breakfast. It is in the northern part of Maryland, close to the Pennsylvania border.
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Cleveland and Detroit Still Devastated by Real Estate Collapse
As measured by the negative equity report by Zillow for the second quarter, Detroit and Cleveland homeowners are still in deep trouble.
10 Best Cities for Freelancers
Presumably most freelancers are low paid and do not get benefits from the companies they work for. The use of freelancers is an ideal way for employers to save money. That drives many freelancers…
An 11 Bedroom House From $120,000
Eleven bedrooms, two full baths and one half bath in 3,800 square feet, on 0.31 acre. A real find for a family of 15.
10 States With Highest and Lowest Home Closing Costs
As home prices in some states return to bubble levels, and mortgage rates reach multiyear lows, the rush to buy homes in some regions has accelerated.
June Foreclosure Inventories Highest in New Jersey, New York, Hawaii
The number of U.S. homes in some stage of foreclosure in July totaled approximately 375,000. Florida had the highest number of completed foreclosures in the past 12 months.
Real-Estate How-To: Take a Better Offer on Your House Than One You’ve Already Accepted
One of the things homeowners often wish for when selling their house is that they will be swamped with competing offers, all of which are above the asking price. That may happen in some…
10 Best Markets to Find an Undervalued Home
There are any number of ways to invest in the U.S. real-estate market other than just buying a house to live in. You could buy a fixer-upper at a rock-bottom price in a good…
College Station, Texas, Is Where Fewest People Own Their Own Home
Home ownership is at a multi-decade low in the United States. At the bottom of the list is College Station, Texas.
Huge Brick Mansion in Pennsylvania for $1.2 Million
This brick mansion in Pennsylvania has two disadvantages. One is that it was built in 1881. The other is that it is the proverbial "most expensive house in the neighborhood."
Buying a House With 3% Down Payment
Very low down payments are back, as little as 3%, a sign, along with high home prices, of a new housing bubble.
2 Manhattan Homes List for Over $100 Million
If that Powerball jackpot has you thinking about something more rural, the late Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch in Los Olivos, California, is on the market for $100 million.
Detroit Sells Homes for $1,000
Detroit has maintained a small, and largely unsuccessful program called Building Detroit that allows people to buy homes for as little as $1,000 at auction.
10 Home Improvements That Pay Off the Most
We looked at the home remodeling projects that return the most value nationally because some of them struck us as surprising given the conventional wisdom.
July’s 20 Hottest US Real Estate Markets
When a real-estate market is "hot," that means it's good for sellers and real estate agents, and not so good for buyers. But the month of July may be a bit different.