When tenants get into altercations with landlords, it behooves parties on both sides to keep communication open. Read More »
Paul Forziano and Hava Samuels were told by the state-funded care facilities where they live that they couldn't cohabitate. Read More »
The pace of home sales is back to what it was during 2005 and 2006, but the circumstances are very different now. Read More »
Sales of new homes rose in April to the second highest level since the summer of 2008 while the median price for a new home hit a record high, further signs that housing is recovering. Read More »
By Erika Riggs Although both grew up in Washington, Anna Faris and Chris Pratt have traded the evergreen state for the ever-sunshine of Hollywood. The actors recently spent $3.3 million on a Hollywood Hills home, previously owned by Live Nation CEO Michael Rapino, according to The Real Estalker. Both Faris and ... Continue Reading »
Kiernan Burke, a resident in the Queens borough of New York City, was charged $1,600 for electricity and gas usage over the past seven months, and he would dutifully pay his debt -- if his home had even existed in that time. The Burke family's home was destroyed in October 2012 by a fire that swallowed a swath of the ... Continue Reading »
By Mamta Badkar With the real estate market as shaky as it is, homeowners can't afford to deal with more problems. And yet there's always something that pops up –– whether its noisy neighbors or an unfortunately placed sinkhole. We've rounded up some of the biggest threats to the value of a home. ... Continue Reading »
By Erika Riggs Jennifer Lopez might just be "Jenny from the Block," but her newest block might be a stretch of three acres in exclusive Water Mill, N.Y. According to the New York Post, Lopez has toured the estate several times with her twins and current boyfriend, 25-year-old Casper Smart. Lopez reportedly paid ... Continue Reading »
By Allison Kade As many Northeasterners learned from Hurricane Sandy, a natural disaster can strip you of your worldly belongings without warning. Similar lessons have recently resounded all around the country, from wildfires in Colorado to major blizzards in the Midwest. And many renters are unprepared. Generally ... Continue Reading »
Real estate is depressing in a number of ways. One, homes can be depressingly bad, ugly or cramped. (Please refer to our post on the worst listings in America). Two, they can be depressingly, heartbreakingly, unattainably, "I-could-never-afford-this-home" luxurious. And by that, we mean this home in particular. ... Continue Reading »
The people of Longview, Texas, have something to really be ticked off about after a news article used outdated information to classify the town as the angriest city in America. Esquire magazine crowned Longview with the dishonor in a recent blog post based on data from Gallup's 2012 Well-Being Index. The 2012 survey did not ... Continue Reading »
Home prices today are rising nearly as fast as they did during the peak bubble years of 2005 and 2006. Since that bubble helped push us into the Great Recession, we should all be on high alert for the next housing bubble. To track whether home prices are in or nearing bubble territory, today we introduce Trulia's Bubble ... Continue Reading »
By ProfessorBaron.com If you are an investor who is buying rental properties, are a do-it-yourself type or want to renovate your kitchen, there are many things you can do to reduce your costs on doing some updating. Note that most renovations run way over budget and encounter issues, regardless of where DIY, ... Continue Reading »
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By Laura Vecsey Here's one New York City apartment that's definitely not the pits. In fact, listed for sale at $30 million, one thing's abundantly clear about this grandly located and luxuriously appointed apartment: owner Jeff Gordon has done more than fine during his years of NASCAR racing and hanging in its ... Continue Reading »
By John Carney Last summer, a Vancouver real estate agent named Keith Roy sold his house. About a month later, he wrote a blog post about it -- and set off a firestorm of criticism from fellow real estate agents. "I'm a Realtor and I sold my own home 4 weeks ago. It wasn't too big or too small. It's only 6 years old ... Continue Reading »
Most renters find landlords to be a mixed blessing: great when they take care of clogged drains or leaky ceilings, abysmal when they don't. If you live in a multi-unit dwelling, your landlord will have to comply with certain regulations outlined in each state's tenants' rights code. These will include rights such as ... Continue Reading »
By Alison Paoli Mortgages are tricky and often hard to understand. Because most people only purchase a home every five to seven years, prospective homebuyers understandably don't spend a lot of time in the interim educating themselves about mortgages and the mortgage process. With the real estate market picking ... Continue Reading »
By Catherine Sherman Breckin Meyer made his "Escape from L.A." on screen in '96. Now the actor, writer and producer is potentially escaping Beverly Hills, parting ways with his longtime residence, located at 2220 Bowmont Drive, Beverly Hills, Calif. Listed for $2.995 million, the 1936-built home has wood-beamed, ... Continue Reading »
