May 27th 2011 11:43AM
On the morning of Nov. 24, 2007, Brad Stanley and his wife Anita watched as their home in Malibu, Calif., burned to the ground. They were not alone. More than 50 other homes were destroyed in the wildfire. With everything they owned now gone, the family had to start to process of documenting their losses to file for an... Continue Reading »
Nov 30th 2010 1:52PM
Mold can appear in any home, even those of the rich and famous. Take former CNN anchor Campbell Brown, for example. She had to flee her home and live in a hotel for months last year after finding mold on the wall of her New York apartment. The mold was so toxic that it woke her 14-month-old son at night with nasty coughing... Continue Reading »
Aug 17th 2010 7:38PM
When Chris M. decided to list his home in upstate New York and move closer to Manhattan to ease his wife's commute to her new job, he ran into a major hurdle: "There was no consensus among the agents we spoke with about what our house was worth," he said. The solution? Hire a local appraiser to handle the job of evaluating... Continue Reading »
Jun 29th 2010 7:19PM
#postcontentcontainer, #fivemin-widget-blogsmith-0{width:300px;height:250px;background:black url(http://pthumbnails.5min.com/3114706/155735263_3_300_250.jpg) no-repeat center center;} Eddie Kim's parents made savvy residential real estate purchases in New Jersey 15 years before the housing bubble burst, so he... Continue Reading »
May 17th 2010 2:30PM
Going green when you design or furnish your home can be daunting these days. To be truly sustainable you have to know your LEED from your low-VOC, and how to stuff insulation made from shredded denim into your roof (especially if you want to reap a "green premium" when you sell). So it's good to see that architects are... Continue Reading »
