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Sealing the Deal: Creative Ways to Clinch a Real Estate Sale
Filed under: News, Buying, How To, SellingBy Brendon Desimone Real estate buyers and sellers often come close to making a deal -- but something stands in their way. Multiple offers and counters fly...
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Hobbit Houses: Dwellings Right at Home in Tolkien's Middle Earth
Filed under: Design, News While you have to go to the theater to see "The Hobbit," some people experience J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle Earth every day. The books that inspired the new movie and the "Lord of...
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Chateau d'Or in Bel Air: 'Majestic' Mansion Now Selling at a Discount (House...
Filed under: News, Selling, House of the Day We've featured some fairly majestic mansions in the past. But none of them live up to what this listing calls the "incomparably majestic" Chateau d'Or in...
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'Jersey Shore' Stars' Homes: Their Living Situations at Series' End
Filed under: News, Celebrity Homes, LifestyleThe "Jersey Shore" series finale airs Thursday night, and after that it's bye-bye Shore house. We have to say, we're gonna miss that guido party palace:...
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Hurricane Sandy Class-Action Lawsuit Says Insurance Companies Fudged Damage...
Filed under: News Victims of Hurricane Sandy and Hurricane Irene in New Jersey have filed a class-action lawsuit against nine insurance companies that allegedly denied their claims by misinterpreting...
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Mortgage Refinances Drive Activity as Mortgage Rates Continue to Slip
Filed under: News, FinancingHome affordability has been high for much of the year, as mortgage rates have been at less than 4 percent for all but one week in 2012, and that trend continued in the...
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'Real Housewife' Kim Zolciak's Ex, 'Big Poppa,' Has a Hair and Nail Salon in...
Filed under: News, Celebrity Homes, Lifestyle, Selling It's hard being beautiful. Luckily, for the next owner of this home, you won't have to go very far to get yourself all gussied up. It's just a...
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A Green Christmas: 3 Ways to Help the Environment This Holiday Season
Filed under: News, How To By Deirdre Sullivan The holiday season has a naughty impact on the environment: We accumulate 25 percent more waste this time of year, and much of that can't be recycled....
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Mom Marena Vasquez Throws Her Baby From 2nd-Floor Window as Fire Traps Them
Filed under: News A mother in Fort Worth, Texas, was forced to throw her 4-month-old son from the second-floor window of her apartment as a fire raged through her building and trapped them in their...
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Reclaim NYC Turns Hurricane Sandy Wreckage Into Furniture for a Good Cause
Filed under: Design, News A group of New York City designers have come together to turn wreckage from Hurricane Sandy into beautiful housewares that will be auctioned off to benefit storm victims....
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Kathryn Grayson's Former Home Allows You to Record in the Shower (House of...
Filed under: News, Celebrity Homes, House of the Day Once owned by opera singer and film star Kathryn Grayson, the famous "House of Rock" in Santa Monica, Calif., is looking to snag a mega-rich buyer...
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Biggest Celebrity Real Estate Deals of 2012
Filed under: News, Celebrity Homes While we commoners have been wondering all year where all this housing recovery business is coming from, it seems like it's been a housing boom for our celebrity...
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Property Values: If a Rat-Infested Seattle Alley Can Sell for $1 Million,...
Filed under: News, Selling If you're worried about the hit your property value has taken over the last few years, here's a reason to take heart: Even a rat-infested Seattle alleyway (pictured above)...
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Tipping the Super: Renter's Guide to Giving Holiday Gratuities
Filed under: News, RentingThe holiday season is here. There are gifts to buy and parties to go to, and your cash is getting tight. Then someone asks how much you are planning to tip your super. Forgot...
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Rihanna, 'Diamonds' Singer, Buys House for $12 Million in Pacific Palisades
Filed under: News, Buying, Celebrity Homes Rihanna's smash hit "Diamonds" might be topping the music charts, but we're not sure the house she recently bought is as big of a winner. The powerhouse...
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The Mayan Apocalypse: Could These Doomsday Bunkers Save You?
Filed under: Design, News, Lifestyle By Geoffrey Ingersoll The prevalence of "fallout" shelters in pop culture, indeed in culture itself, has seen a recent spike. Maybe it was the 2008 global economic...
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Illegal Immigrant 'Stash House' in Houston Had 48 People Living Inside,...
Filed under: News, Renting Authorities in Houston looking for illegal immigrants raided a home on Monday and reportedly found 48 people living in the single-story, three-bedroom house -- 14 of them...
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Homeless for the Holidays: 'Just Grateful for a New Day'
Filed under: News While many of us fret over Christmas parties, stocking stuffers, turkeys and gifts, there are currently 633,782 Americans who don't have a bed or warm meal to come home to this...
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Scarsdale Colonial Comes Wrapped in Ivy (House of the Day)
Filed under: News, Selling, House of the Day Embracing its leafy surroundings, this large Colonial home comes gift-wrapped in ivy and exquisite landscaping. @HoulihanRE snagged another #housepornthurs...
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A Year of 'Inside Look': Our Favorite Episodes
Filed under: Design, News, Inside Look If you take a look back at our year in video, you'll see that life here at AOL Real Estate is anything but ordinary. Thanks to our "Inside Look" series, our crew...
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