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Move Over, Orphan Puppies—Celebrities Are Now Championing Affordable Housing
courtesy Jon Bon Jovi Soul Foundation Chances are, Luke Skywalker couldn’t afford to live in Marin County, outside of San Francisco. After all, moisture farming didn’t pay that much in the Galactic...
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Does the Home Sales Dip Mean the Market’s Cooling Off?
Jon Boyes/Getty Images For those who wonder whether the real estate market is cooling off: Today’s data from the National Association of Realtors® shows a cool front, if not an ice storm....
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Why Real Estate Is Suddenly Looking Rosy in Mobile, AL
realtor.com We all know the story: Places with terrific employment opportunities usually have crazy expensive real estate prices. When we read in the The New York Times that the first Airbus factory...
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Superman Foe Says New York City Real Estate Is ‘Idiotic’
Michael Shannon as General Zod, courtesy manofsteel.com We’ve heard a lot of words used to describe the price of New York City real estate, from “expensive” to “astronomical.” Here’s one we haven’t...
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Do You Really Want to Be a Landlord?
"Three's Company," ABC Photo Archives/ABC via Getty Images Renters are bracing themselves for tough times. According to a Harvard study, they’re going to be struggling for at least the next decade....
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Will August’s Home Sales Decrease Take a Toll on Prices?
head-off/iStock Pending home sales retreated slightly in August, but they’re still much stronger than they were a year ago, according to the Pending Home Sales Index from the National Association of...
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You Won’t Believe What This Open House Is Serving!
menu image: freepik.comhouse: Paulbr/iStock Home sellers and Realtors® have tried many a tactic to lure potential buyers to open houses, and make them feel welcome once they get there: freshly baked...
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July Home Prices Barely Higher Than June, but Much Higher Than Last Year
Waldemarus/iStock Home prices in July 2015 inched up just 0.7% from June, but they were still 4.7% higher than they were a year ago, according to Tuesday morning’s S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price...
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Silicon Valley Too Pricey? Try Silicon Prairie
Chattanooga: traveler1116/iStockWi-Fi cloud: WorananPhoto/iStock Last year, with home prices spiking and my family’s income remaining relatively flat, the urge to move from New York City overwhelmed...
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Need a Charging Station for That Awesome New Tesla Model X?
Tesla Motors Today, the ultimate luxury electric car hits the road. Yes, Tesla cars were always definably high-end. But the new Model X elevates the company to new levels of tech-era opulence. Wired,...
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Want to Lure Home Buyers Away From Detroit? Agents, Don’t Do This
Facebook How dirty is Detroit? Last year, the city privatized garbage collection, in part to keep residents from dumping trash on the city’s many empty lots, and the air quality’s good. So how come a...
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These Hipster Developers Figure They Know What Millennials Really Want
Timberlane Everyone in the real estate business, including us, has a bit of an obsession with millennials. This week we pondered the top 10 markets where millennials are seeking homes, and we’ve noted...
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Is a Homesite Worth Camping Out For? Dallas-Area Residents Think So
First Texas Homes What do people still wait in endless lines overnight for these days? The new iPhone? Tickets to the see the pope? How about homesites in a Dallas suburb? A couple of dozen people...
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8 Easy Ways to Do Last-Minute Hurricane Prep
Steve Kelley/Getty Images With Hurricane Joaquin speeding frighteningly toward the East Coast, those worried about epic rainfall probably don’t have enough time to invest in a serious waterproofing...
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When It Comes to Selling a Home, Is ‘Celebrity’ a Bad Word?
Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner in "Daredevil," 20th Century Fox What’s bigger news than a celebrity wedding? A celebrity divorce, of course—especially if there’s a juicy scandal to go along with it....
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This Shakespearean Real Estate Drama Would Never Happen Here
Christopher Furlong/Getty Images No, Shakespeare’s house is not for sale. But the Bard of Avon and his real estate have still made the headlines. Or rather, his wife’s real estate. Or rather, a patch...
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What Happens to Housing if a Tech Bubble Bursts?
city: Suat Gürsözlü/iStockhand: Fanatic Studio/Getty Imagescomputer: Dragonian/iStock Although home prices in many parts of the country have exceeded their precrash peak, this is not, by most...
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Open House Crashing: Are You For or Against It?
"Wedding Crashers": New Line Cinemahouse: pablographix/iStock News flash: Not everyone attending an open house is actually looking to buy. In the past, these crashers were, more often than not, just...
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7 Ways to Psychologically Prepare Yourself for This Crazy Real Estate Market
mediation: Dirima/iStockhouse: shirophoto/iStock Though prices aren’t at the Alpine heights they reached earlier this year, they’re still a whole lot higher than they were last year. And with supply...
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50 Cent’s Connecticut Mansion Still Won’t Sell—Here’s Why
50 Cent: Paul Morigi/Getty Images for Tuesday's Childrenhouse: realtor.com We were all confused when rapper 50 Cent decided to flaunt his new African house in September. After all, he’d just filed for...
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