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May 29, 2015
This Is What Sweden’s Most Statistically Sought-After Home Looks Like
By Kristin Hohenadel
The ideal home is an elusive concept that changes with time and place. But Sweden's most popular online property site Hemnet decided to employ a new model to determine an up-to-the-minute archetype of Swedish residential architecture. They analyzed user data to see what kinds...
April 3, 2015
Couple buy historic 1840s Creole cottage slated for demolition and move it across New Orleans where they faithfully restore the home to its former glory in just seven months
Gaby Tillero and Greg Ensslen bought the home after a church claimed they wanted to demolish it and expand their lot
The home was dismantled and stored for a year before the couple found a lot across New Orleans that would fit the home's dimensions
Tillero and her husband Ensslen now live in the...
January 23, 2015
20 Surprisingly Beautiful Tiny Homes
Melissa Stanger
Small spaces are turning into the next big trend in real estate.
Due to overcrowding in cities and soaring prices in the housing market, it seems the natural solution is to think smaller.
Here are 20 of the smallest homes we could find, from all over the world. They're on roofs,...
December 31, 2014
Not such a festive makeover! Mansion featured in Christmas classic Home Alone looks radically different after stunning remodeling
The stunning 1920s mansion located near Chicago proved an important component of the 1990 family comedy blockbuster which catapulted child actor Macaulay Culkin briefly to mega-stardom
Many scenes in the movie were filmed in the three-storey house including those featuring the kitchen, the main...
November 18, 2014
Bargain! The Jonas Brothers drop the price of their spare Texas mansion… but it will still cost the next owner $3.2 million
By Chelsea White for MailOnline
The band may have split up, but the tween music industry's loss is the real estate world's gain.
Now that Kevin, Joe and Nick Jonas have grown up and gone their separate ways they have put their giant Texas mansion on the market and while not cheap, a potential buyer...
September 24, 2014
Beverley Hills mansion with 16-car garage, vodka bar, home cinema and its own candy wall goes on sale for staggering $85MILLION
cialis check thatByWills Robinson for MailOnline
With panoramic views of Los Angeles, an infinity pool, and its own candy wall, this Beverly Bills mansion is enough to whet the appetite of the mega-rich families of Hollywood.
But it will also make them dig into their pockets, as it will set them...
August 25, 2014
What Does This Beloved Road Sign on the Massachusetts Turnpike Actually Mean?
By Mark Vanhoenacker
The Massachusetts Turnpike is the Bay State's most famous road. James Taylor got all teary about it. So did the Missouri group The Get Up Kids (“Last night on the Mass Pike/ I fell in love with you”). Good Will Hunting closes with a shot of the turnpike.
On this...
May 19, 2014
Do little fixes boost home sales?
Home sellers in the Northeast and Midwest are most likely to hire a handyman for minor repairs work in the six-month period before the home sale.
By Sanette Tanaka, The Wall Street Journal
To make more money, homeowners have to spend money.
In some parts of the country, handyman services...
March 28, 2014
Here’s How Much Real Estate $1 Million Buys You in Every Major U.S. City
This post originally appeared in Business Insider.
How much housing you can buy with a million dollars very much depends on what city you are looking to buy in.
According to Knight Frank data cited by CNBC's Robert Frank, a million dollars goes a lot further in Cape Town, South African,...
February 6, 2014
Mortgage rates fall for fifth week
The average interest rate on a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage hit 4.23 percent this week, the lowest since November.
U.S. mortgage rates for 30-year loans fell for a fifth week as stock market volatility and weaker-than-expected economic reports drove investors to the safety of the government bonds that...
