Real Estate

The housing market continues to teeter with new data today showing a slow down in residential construction as many home builders expect rising mortgage rates to hurt demand for new homes, which could slow the rise of housing prices nationwide. New housing starts fell 14.4 percent in May to an annualized rate of 1.55 million,

The Federal Reserve intensified its fight to cool inflation by launching the largest interest rate increase since 1994 and indicated it would do whatever it could to tame price hikes and bring down the cost of gas and food. The central bank of the United States agreed to a 0.75-percentage-point rate expansion at its two-day

The list of reasons to want to live in Fairfield, Connecticut, is at least five miles long. For starters, that’s the number of miles of beaches the town has on Long Island Sound. Home to the quaint and historic Southport Harbor at the mouth of the Mill River, Fairfield is also just slightly more than

“There is a whole new group of ‘plant parents’ and they are absolute beginners,” declares Lisa Steinkopf, blogging since 2011 as The Houseplant Guru and the author of four indoor gardening books, including Bloom, (August 2022). Many of these new plant buyers got started during the pandemic, (myself included), but indoor gardening was already becoming

From sand to sea, these four multimillion-dollar homes are the epitome of a life of leisure. For secluded oceanfront privacy Located on a 51-plus-acre gated and fully-fenced estate with nearly a mile of oceanfront, this luxury five-bedroom property offers an exceptional opportunity on the Hamakua Coast on the Big Island of Hawaii. Surrounded by manicured

Foreclosure filings were up 1% from a month ago but up 185% from a year ago, according to a new report from ATTOM, a real estate data provider. As a result, there were 30,881 properties with foreclosure filings — default notices, scheduled auctions or bank repossessions. One in every 4,549 housing units had a foreclosure

Not all French chateaux are the same. Those with a monument historique designation offer financial benefits. Such expenses as building repairs, insurance and interest can be deducted from income tax. And for those willing to wade through the process, delays and approvals, the deduction can be up to 100% – if portions of the structure

As rising inflation and mortgage rates bring housing demand back from the 2021 frenzy, Realtor.com’s updated 2022 forecast predicts inventory will grow double-digits over 2021 and offer buyers a better than expected chance to find a home. Home sales will hit the second-highest level in 15 years, trailing only the 2021 pace, as rising incomes

Sales of luxury homes tumbled 17.8% year over year during the three months ending April 30, the largest drop since the onset of the pandemic sent shockwaves through the housing market. By comparison, sales of non-luxury homes fell 5.4%. That’s according to an analysis of luxury real estate trends from Redfin, a technology-powered real estate

The Los Angeles penthouse where Johnny Depp and Amber Heard living during much of their brief marriage is on the market for $1.765 million. With all the notoriety the former couple attracted during their headline-making court case, what better time to put the love nest on the market? Though the pair were only married for