Posts with tag real estate

By Christopher S. Rugaber WASHINGTON -- A measure of U.S. home prices jumped 5 percent in September compared with a year ago, the largest year-over-year increase since July 2006. The gain reported by CoreLogic offered more evidence of a sustainable housing recovery. The real estate data provider also said Tuesday that... Continue Reading »

People have tried crazy things to sell a house: throwing in a $1,000 bar tab with the home purchase, filming YouTube spoofs of Carly Rae Jepsen's "Call Me Maybe" and advertising a cheating husband's affair. But some use a much simpler tactic to get a home sold: They just have a little faith. In a real estate market still... Continue Reading »

Actor Ryan Phillippe has re-listed his Hollywood Hills home for $6.995 million. He purchased the home, called "Raising Zen," in 2008 after his divorce from actress Reese Witherspoon, but tried unsuccessfully to sell the house in 2010. Phillippe listed the home for $7.45 million but took it off the market in 2011 when it... Continue Reading »

House hunting on a budget isn't easy. To help, we found properties from all over the U.S., even in Hawaii, that all cost $150,000. Some are foreclosures, some are condos and some will simply blow you away. See the gallery and find out what kind of amazing properties $150K will get you! %Gallery-158849% Have... Continue Reading »

Don't call it a McMansion. This classic, $10.95 million Connecticut estate is tucked away on 109 acres of countryside in Sharon. Known as "The Colgate Estate", the house was designed by award winning architect J. William Cromwell Jr. for Romulus Riggs Colgate (not that Colgate) and his wife, Susan, in 1903. To add to the... Continue Reading »