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Jeffrey Dahmer's Former Home in Akron, Ohio, on the Market for $329,000...
Filed under: News, House of the Day Flanked by towering trees and wildflowers and nestled in the lush woodlands of Akron, Ohio, this stunning three-bedroom ranch looks like the perfect getaway home ......
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Kitchen Renovation: Nick Bylsma of Topeka, Kan., Surprises Wife With Weekend...
Filed under: Design, News Love letters, flowers and jewelry would make a lot of women swoon, but Nick Bylsma wanted to do something extraordinary for his wife, Melissa, on their second wedding...
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Gary Malin: How to Make Living With a Roommate a Successful Experience
Filed under: Advice, Renting Editor's Note: Gary Malin (pictured at left) is the president of Citi Habitats, one of New York City's largest and most successful residential real estate brokerages. He is...
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Dog Days of Digging: How to Stop Your Pooch From Tearing Up Your Yard
By Lisa Kaplan Gordon We love our dogs, but our yards don't. Dogs dig up the lawn in a heartbeat, eager to bury a bone or pursue a gopher, leaving gaping holes and piles of dirt. Here's how to keep...
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Survey Says: Fewer Affordable Homes
By Les Christie NEW YORK -- It just got a little harder for most Americans to buy a home, according to an industry survey. Nearly 74 percent of the new and existing homes sold in the three months...
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Paul Ryan Favors Dissolving Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac
Filed under: News, FinancingBy Jon Prior A Mitt Romney administration plan for a future housing finance system likely shuns any form of a government guarantee, based on the Republican presidential...
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A Water Park Is This Boulder City, Nev., Home's Biggest Splash (House of the...
Filed under: News, House of the Day An oasis in the desert city of Boulder City, Nev., this foreclosed property has the best outdoor feature we've ever seen: its own water park. A lazy river, a 20-foot...
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Has HAMP Gotten Any Better at Helping Distressed Homeowners?
Filed under: News, Financing Before the housing bubble burst, Anthony Ugaro lived across from a country club in Bloomfield, N.J. "I was playing golf every day. I thought I was a duke," he said. But the...
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Grace Edwards of Connecticut Billed for Streetlamp Electric Use for 25 Years
Filed under: News CHESHIRE, Conn. (AP) - Connecticut Light & Power has reimbursed a woman almost $10,500 after acknowledging it billed her for 25 years for the electricity used to power...
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Bankrupt But Still Want to Buy a Home? There's a Chance You Still Can
By Christopher Maag Steve Campbell took a big financial hit when his company went bust. Campbell and his wife went broke and filed for Chapter 13 bankruptcy, in which they would have kept some of their...
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New York City Street Sign Points to Wrong Area as a Historic District
Filed under: News There doesn't seem to be anything special about the dilapidated warehouses pictured above, but a New York City sign marks them as a historic district. Oops ... wrong corner. According...
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Paying Down Your Mortgage: How to Do it the Right Way
By Justin McHood From time to time, someone asks me about either paying off their mortgage entirely or paying down their mortgage in the smartest possible way. Does it make sense to pay off your...
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Dallas' 'Mount Vernon' is a $29.5 Million Replica of George Washington's...
This home is the winner of last week's #housepornthurs, a weekly Twitter conversation hosted by @aolrealestate in partnership with Curbed.com. (See Curbed's #housepornthurs feature here.) Tweet...
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Occupy Our Homes Launches TV Ad Campaign to Fight Foreclosures
Filed under: News Occupy Our Homes, an offshoot of the Occupy Wall Street movement, launched a national ad campaign this week aimed at inspiring beleaguered homeowners to battle foreclosure and...
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San Diego Woman Slips in Shower and Falls Out Window, Down Shaft
Why you should watch your step in the shower: You might slip, fall out the bathroom window and land at the bottom of a 15-foot shaft. That's what happened to a San Diego woman (pictured at left) this...
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Homebuilder Sentiment Rises to 5-year High
Filed under: News, EconomyBy Leah Shnurr NEW YORK, Aug 15 (Reuters) - U.S. homebuilder sentiment rose in August to its highest level in more than five years, a fresh sign that the battered housing...
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Mortgage Payments on a Credit Card: Is it a Good Idea?
Sometimes consumers face significant financial emergencies that they cannot avoid, such as medical problems or car trouble that can take a huge chunk out of their monthly budget. The result of these...
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Don't Let Dead Animals Kill Your Home Sale (Listing Fails)
Filed under: NewsAs #houseporn fiends and real estate junkies, there's nothing we love more than poring through fabulous home listings -- except maybe sorting through the tragically un-fabulous ones....
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Neighbors from Hell: What You Can Do to Stop the Bullies Next Door
Filed under: News With its 39 miles of coastline, its freshwater beaches and its lush, Southern New England landscape, life in the peaceful town of Warwick, R.I., might seem to be nothing short of...
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'Sharpie Parties' Wreak Havoc on Foreclosed Homes
By Tim Reid In the age of Facebook and Twitter, a new crime has hit America: "Sharpie parties," gatherings of party revelers armed with "Sharpie" magic markers and lured by social media invitations to...
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