Will Rising Price of Oil Help Sell Green Homes?" alt="Will Rising Price of Oil Help Sell Green Homes?" />

What does the revolt in Libya have to do with green home design? Well, now that the price of oil has spiked to over $100 a barrel, energy-efficient green homes are looking better and better. One reason is that the price of heating oil, the main source of heat for more than 8 million U.S. homes, moves in tandem with ... Continue Reading »

Seattle Home Values Doing Better Than Reported" alt="Seattle Home Values Doing Better Than Reported" />

Clueless on Seattle home values? Stable real estate markets thought to be immune to steep home price declines are finally feeling the same pain that cities like Phoenix have been suffering through for the last three years, according New York Times. Home prices in Seattle plummeted 4.7 percent in the last year, an even ... Continue Reading »

Robin Williams Back in the Big Apple, For $15,000 Per Month" alt="Robin Williams Back in the Big Apple, For $15,000 Per Month" />

Robin Williams just rented a fourth-floor condo (see photos below) on New York City's Upper West Side that was recently listed for almost $4 million, the New York Post reports. Williams is in town for the Broadway premiere of Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo, a new play about a tiger walking the streets of Baghdad in search ... Continue Reading »

For Sale By Owner: Not a Good Move Right Now?" alt="For Sale By Owner: Not a Good Move Right Now?" />

Do you really need a real estate agent to sell your house? Fans of the For Sale by Owner (FSBO) approach say no. But here is a cautionary tale about the potential pitfalls of going the For Sale by Owner route. Matthew Peters and his wife, Fiona, had two FSBO home sales under their belt, so they naturally opted for the ... Continue Reading »

Adjustable Rate Mortgages: Time to Reconsider?" alt="Adjustable Rate Mortgages: Time to Reconsider?" />

Mark Shapiro, owner of a public relations company in San Diego, went shopping last month for a mortgage to buy a house near Poway, Calif. Shapiro, pictured left, had every intention of following his mortgage broker's advice and choosing a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage. But then he looked at the difference between what he'd ... Continue Reading »