Jan 17th 2013 8:00AM
As the issue of gun control dominates the political stage, gun safety at home should be on the minds of homeowners who keep firearms in their houses. There's reason to be vigilant: Stolen guns is a big problem. Statistics show an alarming rate of weapons being stolen during home burglaries -- and more often than not, they... Continue Reading »
Oct 4th 2012 9:00AM
By Estately.com With the presidential candidates squaring off to discuss a variety of issues, including housing, we here at Estately thought we'd compare the housing of the two men who long to make the White House home for the next four years. Comparing President Obama's Chicago home with the five homes that Gov.... Continue Reading »
It may seem hard to believe, but this year's presidential candidates have mostly avoided discussing an industry that's largely responsible for the last five years of economic pain. That may be because, for President Barack Obama and GOP White House hopeful Mitt Romney, the subject of housing remains an extremely... Continue Reading »
Aug 22nd 2012 6:00AM
We're having a sort of love affair with presidents' former homes (such as the dingy apartment Barack Obama used to live in). And this place has our heart beating fast once again: an apartment in the landmark Boston building where the late John F. Kennedy plotted his first political campaign. Formerly known as the Hotel... Continue Reading »
Aug 13th 2012 9:00AM
Long before President Barack Obama lived at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave, he lived in a beat-up two-bedroom apartment on the third floor of an Upper West Side walk-up. Like many struggling, cash-strapped college students (he was a junior at Columbia University in 1981), Obama grappled with scarce heat and hot water in the... Continue Reading »
