Hurricane Sandy Housing Lessons: How To Build a Better Home
There were important housing lessons to be learned from Hurricane Sandy, which ravaged a good part of the East Coast last week. Thousands of houses were without power for more than a week, and some...
View Article'Zorro' Cabin Where the Hit Show Was Filmed (House of the Day)
Filed under: News, Celebrity Homes, House of the Day What makes a House of the Day? Well, we usually require it to be huge, unique, a celebrity crib or just plain weird. Of course, this unassuming...
View ArticleSeptember's Home Price Rise Shows Biggest Gain in 6 Years, CoreLogic Reports
Filed under: News, Buying, SellingBy Christopher S. Rugaber WASHINGTON -- A measure of U.S. home prices jumped 5 percent in September compared with a year ago, the largest year-over-year increase since...
View ArticleElection Day Housing Issues: What You Should Know As You Vote
Filed under: News, Election 2012It's Election Day, and we hope you're getting out to the polls to make your voice heard, but make sure you're making an informed decision. Though the battered state of...
View ArticleOccupy Our Homes, Occupy Wall Street Offshoot, Builds a Reputation in...
Filed under: News, Foreclosures Though Occupy Wall Street is fading from the public eye, one of its offshoots continues to garner attention, carrying the torch as perhaps the most potent legacy of a...
View ArticleHurricane Sandy Aftermath May Be Good for Homebuyers
Filed under: News, Buying, FinancingBy Brian O'Connell Hurricane Sandy is barely a whisper over the North Atlantic right now, but the damage done by the storm will be felt for weeks, and maybe even...
View ArticleWall Murals in Homes: Take 'Em or Leave 'Em?
Filed under: Design, News, SellingEver since caveman days, humans have longed to decorate bare walls with their own paintings. However, wall decor commemorating an exceptional antelope hunt no longer...
View ArticleKing George IV's $160 Million Estate Hits the Market (House of the Day)
Filed under: News, House of the Day Sick of staring dreamily at gorgeous, multimillion-dollar international listings? Of course you're not! Like us, you'll be especially tickled by today's House of the...
View ArticleSWAT Team Evicts Sahara Donahue From Denver-Area Home as Occupy Protesters...
A SWAT team brought in to evict a 63-year-old woman from her home in Idaho Springs, Colo., ended up clashing with protesters affiliated with Occupy Denver who surrounded the woman's home. The Clear...
View ArticleHomeowner Tax Break Set To Expire
By Les Christie The clock is ticking on a tax break that saves struggling homeowners from paying thousands of dollars to the IRS. If the Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act of 2007 does not get...
View ArticleView Our Post-Election Hangout With DailyFinance, AOL Jobs, AOL Real Estate
Filed under: News, Election 2012This live chat has ended, but view it on video below. Go to the AOL Jobs Google+ page at 12:30 p.m. EST and join in our post-election Hangout! We'll have our staff...
View ArticleOpinion: In Obama's Second Term, What Will Happen to the Housing Market?
Filed under: News, Economy, Election 2012 Mark Calabria (pictured at left) is the director of financial regulations studies at the Cato Institute, a public policy research organization. The most...
View Article'Villa Della Pace' Boasts Picturesque Pool and Panoramas in Kentfield, Calif....
Filed under: News, House of the Day A second #housepornthurs victory goes to @PacUnion (Pacific Union International) for tweeting this mind-blowing California villa. The runner-up was a listing...
View Article10 Most Expensive Neighborhoods in America
You've likely never heard of some of the towns where you can find the 10 most expensive neighborhoods in America. There's the little-known Northern California town of Ross, established more than 100...
View ArticleBuying a 'Bad' Home: What to Know in Case You Buy a House of Horrors
Filed under: News When Justin and Kate Treher purchased their stunning, four-bedroom Tudor in Harrisburg, Pa., in June 2010, they were relieved. After a long search, they thought that they'd found...
View ArticleShantonia Heard of Atlanta Left Her 2 Children Alone With No Power and Gas...
Filed under: News, Advice Atlanta police report finding two young children alone in a chilly apartment with no electrical power and only a gas oven on -- with its door perilously open -- to keep them...
View ArticleElizabeth Jacobson, Wells Fargo Whistle-Blower, Claims Bank Retaliated by...
From AOL Jobs Blowing the whistle on your employer will always be a scary proposition for workers. That can be true even after the whistle-blower leaves the employer. Take the case of loan officer...
View ArticleFunny Names of Realtors (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....
View ArticlePrairie House (Style Spotlight)
Filed under: Design, News By Bud Dietrich, AIA As the 19th century waned and the 20th century was dawning, a group of architects and designers in the Upper Midwest banded together to form the Prairie...
View ArticleCredit Scores of Potential Homebuyers Are Improving
Filed under: News, Buying, CreditThere have been numerous improvements in the economy and the housing market, specifically in the last few years, and that is reflected in the type of credit ratings...
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