Posts with tag homes for sale

On this last weekend of summer, we thought we'd keep things cool. And not much is cooler than the classic homes of the mid-20th Century. Midcentury Moderns have it all: great bones, lots of light, innovative materials and a connection between inside and out that can make them feel much larger than their actual square... Continue Reading »

WASHINGTON - The number of people who bought new homes fell for the fourth straight month in July, putting sales on track to finish this year as the worst on records dating back half a century. Sales of new homes fell nearly 1 percent in July to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 298,000, the Commerce Department said... Continue Reading »

It's not surprising that you can find plenty of inexpensive homes on the market these days--nationwide, the median home value stands at just above $170,000, down from around $240,000 at its peak five years ago. Add to that the backlog of foreclosures clogging the housing pipeline, and you'd expect to see plenty of places... Continue Reading »

At nearly 2,000 square feet, the home gym in this Reno contemporary is bigger than many houses. The indoor/outdoor workout space is in addition to 6,000 square feet of living space, which also features another grown-up play area in the form of an incredibly cool movie screening room. Listed at $2.36 million, the house a... Continue Reading »

People in this country live in freedom, liberty and independence. Literally: Freedom, N.Y.; Liberty, N.C.; and Independence in more than 30 U.S. states. While you're celebrating the Fourth of July holiday, check out this sampling of Independence properties from around the country. And when you're done, we invite you to... Continue Reading »

The original tea partiers didn't spend all of their time tossing tea in protest of an excessive British tax. Just like us, they also kicked back in their homes. And an impressive number of those residences are still around. In fact, authentic 18th- and early 19th- century houses often serve as local landmarks, even as... Continue Reading »

Two's a trend, right? If that's the case, be on the lookout for more swimming pools in living rooms. A few weeks back we showed you a San Francisco Victorian for sale, with a 16-by-7-foot lap pool in the living room. Now comes an even showier indoor water feature -- the 30,000-gallon pool pictured above, the centerpiece... Continue Reading »

If you've ever dreamed of owning a Frank Lloyd Wright house, you have more chances of making your dream come true than you might think. According to Inman News, there are 17 Wright properties currently on the market in cities around the country. Prices are a little steep, but then again, how often do you get a chance to... Continue Reading »

It's not often that you find a full-fledged castle in this country -- and even rarer to find one a stone's throw from the Big Apple. Greystone Court is an honest-to-goodness castle in Yonkers, N.Y. According to the property's website (yes, it's a house with its own website), it was built between 1883 and 1906 "from... Continue Reading »

Yes the Versailles you're thinking of is a chateau in France. This $30 million castle for sale sits in Versailles, Ky. (pronounced ver-SALE), horse country outside of Lexington. Or "Arab-bluegrass country" as one Realtor called it. Saudi sheiks have bought nearly 5,000 acres of thoroughbred horse farms in the area and... Continue Reading »

When Ed Kelly got a job in Chicago, he and wife Katie had little time to sell their house in Atlanta. They had to pack up and move, fast. They regretted having to take their furniture, knowing it would be harder to sell their home empty. So they thought the best thing to do would be to rent furniture for home staging.... Continue Reading »

Over the past two weeks we have been bombarded with housing market data, much of it seemingly contradictory. • On February 15, the National Association of Home Builders released their Housing Market Index for February. The Index measures confidence among home builders, where 50 is neutral, higher is positive, and... Continue Reading »

When your home is for sale and you hold an open house, potentially hundreds of people may walk through. Some are not just viewing your granite countertops and soaring vaulted ceilings, but also are eyeing your antique china, pearl necklace, and credit card statements. That may be because you have left these items in plain... Continue Reading »

For the first time in nine months, several U.S. housing markets saw a drop in home listings -– but what does that mean for hard-luck homesellers? The number of homes listed for sale in 26 major metropolitan areas dropped an average 3.3 percent in October, the first month-over-month drop since January, according to... Continue Reading »

Was the financial crisis caused by "systemic failure" or mortgage fraud? Or a combination of the two? And why are so many American homeowners still paying the price? When Travis Paules worked as a branch manager for American General Finance in Pennsylvania in the late 1990s, he tried to do things by the book. He didn't... Continue Reading »