Jul 17th 2012 1:05PM
What's a home's selling point? A gracious living room with a stunning fireplace and original moldings that capture its natural elegance? A private deck that spills onto a lush backyard lined with maple trees? Country charm just steps from the heartbeat of the city? Well, one house in real estate agent Jake Palmer's... Continue Reading »
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 »
