Ed Sullivan's Former Connecticut Country Home (House of the Day)
Filed under: News, Celebrity Homes, House of the Day This unassuming country house in Southbury, Conn., has a big name behind it: It was once owned by the late, great Ed Sullivan. And the home's pool...
View ArticleLifelong Renters Dodged the Housing Bust but Not Buying a Home Could Cost Them
Filed under: News, Buying, Renting Isra Hashmi is one of the lucky ones. And even so, she's watched her mother sink under a $700,000 mortgage for a home in California that she never could afford to...
View Article'Amityville Horror' House of Movie Fame Hits Market at Deeper Discount
Filed under: News Just in time for Halloween! The owners of the house that was featured in the 1979 cult classic "The Amityville Horror" have scared up another price chop for their movie-famous home....
View ArticleInvesting in Real Estate? 6 Properties That Will Earn You The Most
By Leonard Baron If you're interested in improving your lot in life -- no pun intended -- by becoming a property mogul and investing your hard-earned capital into income-producing properties, there are...
View Article'The Simple Life' on Canada's Lasqueti Island (Off the Grid)
Filed under: News, Off the GridWe are currently living in a way that is indisputably unsustainable. The ecological resources on which modern housing depend are becoming increasingly scarce, and the...
View ArticlePlan to Build Home on Top of Historic Heard Cemetery in Sandy Springs, Ga.,...
A real estate attorney's plans to build a home on top of a cemetery in Sandy Springs, Ga., that dates back to the 1800s has neighbors outraged and fearful that the property's historic value is in...
View ArticleHilary Swank Lists Home for $9.5 Million (House of the Day)
Filed under: News, Celebrity Homes, House of the Day Academy Award-winning actress Hilary Swank has put her gorgeous Pacific Palisades, Calif., home on the market for a whopping $9.495 million (talk...
View ArticleBruce Gardner's Dog Triggers Robbery Scare at His Orem, Utah, Home
The call was coming from inside the house, which is why Bruce Gardner feared the worst. The Orem, Utah, resident had been at work for only a few minutes when his cell phone rang. His home phone number...
View ArticleMore Americans Consider Strategic Default on Mortgages an Acceptable Option
Filed under: News, Economy, FinancingAfter years of economic turmoil faced by millions of Americans, a large number of consumers now have new attitudes toward the kinds of financial missteps that can...
View ArticleChris Whited's 'Hobbit House' on Bainbridge Island, Washington, Is Fit for...
Filed under: News, Lifestyle Washington state's sleepy Bainbridge Island probably isn't what J.R.R. Tolkien had in mind when he dreamed up the Hobbit territory of Middle Earth. But it seems to suit...
View ArticleSheryl Crow Lists $16 Million Hollywood Home (House of the Day)
Filed under: News, Celebrity Homes Is it that time of year already? Looks like it's celebrity real estate season once again. First, P. Diddy dumped his digs on the market, then Hilary Swank followed...
View ArticleHousing Recovery Taking Hold, Government Survey Says
Filed under: EconomyThere have been a number of positive developments in the housing market over the last several months, and that trend continued into September, as many areas continued to improve....
View ArticleNightmare Stories of Renting Out Your Home
By Catherine Baab-Muguira During the heady days of the housing bubble, many Americans bought second homes and investment properties, believing that the value of these properties would increase. Then...
View ArticleForeclosure Scam: 530 Charged for Allegedly Defrauding 73,000 Homeowners
WASHINGTON -- Federal investigators have charged 530 people for allegedly defrauding more than 73,000 desperate homeowners around the country who fell behind on mortgage payments, leaving them...
View ArticleDentist Richard Malouf Builds Backyard Water Park While Charged With Massive...
A Texas dentist charged with defrauding state taxpayers of tens of millions of dollars in a Medicaid scam is using his allegedly not-so-hard-earned bucks on something useful: building a full-fledged...
View ArticleWoolworth Mansion in New York City Asking $90 Million (House of the Day)
Filed under: News, House of the Day The famed Woolworth Mansion in New York City has marched its way back onto the market, and if it sells at its current asking price, it could be a record breaker. The...
View ArticleAt Stake in Vice Presidential Debate: There's Politics, and Then There's the...
Filed under: News, Lifestyle, Election 2012 By Mary Boone As Paul Ryan and Joe Biden crisscross the country discussing health care, jobs and the economy, they're campaigning for more than the vice...
View Article5 Tiny Home Models Hint at Future of Urban Housing
By Deirdre Sullivan We've seen the future of urban housing, and it gives new meaning to living in a shoebox. Cities around the globe, including Boston, New York and San Francisco, have announced...
View ArticleSwanky 'Penthouse 1' in Manhattan Has a Terrace to Die For (House of the Day)
Filed under: News, House of the Day Cheers to @tollbrothersinc for submitting this week's #housepornthurs winner, a $20 million New York City penthouse. The mouth-watering 10,000-square-foot home is...
View ArticleForeclosures Fall to 5-Year Low
Filed under: News, Foreclosures By Les Christie NEW YORK -- The wave of foreclosures hitting the nation's housing market has been much less severe than anticipated, with foreclosure filings at their...
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