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US Luxury Apartments Average 40% Higher Rents

On average in the United States, a luxury apartment rental will cost nearly 40% more than others, but there are several U.S. cities where a luxury rental will cost double.

Paul Ausick · 10 years ago

May Pending Home Sales Slide on Declining Inventory

The National Association of Realtors (NAR) Wednesday morning released its data on pending sales of existing homes for May. The pending home sales index fell 4.2 points (down 3.7%) to 110.8 from a downwardly…

Paul Ausick · 10 years ago

Mortgage Loan Rates Slip Following Brexit Vote

The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) released its report on mortgage applications Wednesday morning, noting a week-over-week decrease of 2.6% in the group’s seasonally adjusted composite index for the week ending June 24. Mortgage loan…

Paul Ausick · 10 years ago

April Home Prices Rise 5.4% Led by Portland, Seattle, and Denver

In all 20 U.S. cities included in the S&P/Case-Shiller home price index, April house prices increased year-over-year and all 20 also posted a month-over-month increase. Portland (up 12.3%), Seattle (up 10.7%), and Denver (up…

Paul Ausick · 10 years ago

Finding Houses Where People Have Been Murdered

In an age when people can buy a $100 million apartment in Manhattan and $25,000 houseboats on the Ohio River, there might as well be a service to find houses where people have been…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 10 years ago

Mansion With Its Own Airstrip For Sale In Ohio

Orient, Ohio is not far from Columbus, southwest of the larger city on I-71, on the way to Cincinnati. A mansion, with its own airplane hanger and airstrip is for sale in Orient, for…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 10 years ago

March Cash Home Sales Tops in Alabama, New York

In March of 2016, cash sales comprised 33% of all home sales, down from 35.7% in March of 2015, and marking the 39th consecutive year-over-year monthly decline. Cash sales fell by 2.8 percentage points…

Paul Ausick · 10 years ago

New Home Sales Tumble in May

The U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development reported Thursday morning that sales of new homes in May slipped to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 551,000.

Paul Ausick · 10 years ago