Buy a House: Brave Homebuyers Ignore the Slump" alt="Buy a House: Brave Homebuyers Ignore the Slump" />

Glenn Ruppert recently got up the nerve to buy a house within Firethorne, a 1,400-acre planned community in Katy/Fulshear, Tex. -- right in the middle of the ongoing housing slump. The Ruppert family, pictured left weren't actually looking to buy a house. But government incentives such as federal tax credits and ... Continue Reading »

First Time Home Buyers: Tips for Today's Market" alt="First Time Home Buyers: Tips for Today's Market" />

Buying your first home is a big step and a huge investment. For first time home buyers, the process is never quick and easy, but today's low prices and lower interest rates are mighty tempting for those with a little liquidity and the cojones to dive into the market checkbook first. Hold on to your wallet though! The ... Continue Reading »

Home Inspections: What to Do Before Selling This Spring" alt="Home Inspections: What to Do Before Selling This Spring" />

With the spring homebuying season rapidly approaching, home inspections are a must -- for the seller. "If you have maintained your home while living there it will be a smoother [buyer's] inspection," says Bryan Felder, a broker with The Virginia Realty Group in Chantilly, Va. It's not a bad idea to do a home inspection ... Continue Reading »

Sesame Street Mansion Hits the Market" alt="Sesame Street Mansion Hits the Market" />

Anyone who ever wanted the directions for "how to get to Sesame Street," doesn't have to look any further. It's right there, at the original Muppets mansion, on East 69th Street between Park and Lexington Avenues in New York City's Manhattan. And it's yours, for just $27.25 million. While the TV working version of 123 ... Continue Reading »

Mark Zuckerberg Rents Home (Again!)" alt="Mark Zuckerberg Rents Home (Again!)" />

Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook's founder and CEO, is learning that privacy is more of an ideal than a reality, even if he moves to a relatively modest new rental home. The 26-year-old Zuckerberg moved recently -- a whole seven blocks away from his old rental home -- into a slightly larger, moderately more expensive, but most ... Continue Reading »