Jenny Craig Goes On A Real Estate Diet" alt="Jenny Craig Goes On A Real Estate Diet" />

Jenny Craig, queen of diet plans and weight management systems, seems to have put herself on a real estate diet, listing her Rancho Sante Fe, Calif., ranch house for $8.9 million. The new listing comes shortly after Craig, 78, put her next-door thoroughbred race horse training farm on the market for $29.9 million. As ... Continue Reading »

The Fake 'Exclusive' on Steve Jobs' House" alt="The Fake 'Exclusive' on Steve Jobs' House" />

Billionaire mansions come and go, but those of America's technology kings have a unique hold on the imagination -- so much so that hungry tech blogs can easily speculate on the real estate follies of the tech gods, regardless of the reality. Take, for example, Gizmodo's "Exclusive: The Plans for Steve Jobs' New House." ... Continue Reading »

Fannie Mae Wants You to KnowYourOptions.com" alt="Fannie Mae Wants You to KnowYourOptions.com" />

Cary Jacobs (not his real name) was out of work a year when his bank's collections agency started calling to tell him that the home his family had lived in for six years was about to be foreclosed on unless he could come up with another payment. Cary never told his wife about the calls. "I've worked my whole life and paid ... Continue Reading »

Mortgage Products Beyond the Empty Nest" alt="Mortgage Products Beyond the Empty Nest" />

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Real Estate Obsession: Meghan Daum's House Fever" alt="Real Estate Obsession: Meghan Daum's House Fever" />

The classic truism of real estate is that buying a house is the biggest investment you'll ever make. But as Meghan Daum's pitch-perfect memoir of real estate obsession, "Life Would Be Perfect If I Lived in That House," makes clear, the financial investments of owning a house probably pale next to the emotional investments, ... Continue Reading »