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Visiting Austin for SXSW? You May Want to Move There
Filed under: News, Buying You're in Austin, Texas, rockin' out at the South by Southwest music festival. You're soaking up the sights and sounds, the people and the parties, of the "Live Music Capital...
View ArticleSinkhole in Doris Jenkins’ Driveway: A Case for More Insurance?
Filed under: News Another headline-grabbing sinkhole has hit the news, this time opening up in the front yard of a Pennsylvania home, though the house and its occupants luckily avoided damage. It...
View ArticleGun Owner Sean Blakley Says Landlord Is Evicting Him Over Firearms
Filed under: News, Lifestyle, Renting A renter in St. Louis Park, Minn., claims that his landlord is giving him the boot over his lawful right to bear arms. Sean Blakley legally owns and stores several...
View ArticleIf This California Open House Is Evidence, Housing Boom Is Back
Filed under: News If you're doubting all the hoopla that the housing market is back, here's some evidence you can see with your own eyes. In a video of a recent open house in the San Diego neighborhood...
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R. Kelly Mansion Bought by Bank in Foreclosure Auction
Filed under: News, Celebrity Homes Singer R. Kelly will have to take everything out of the closet because his suburban Chicago mansion was bought back by the bank at a foreclosure auction, the Chicago...
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Squatter Lamont Butler Puts Faith-Based Claim on Lavish Mansion
Filed under: News An interesting phenomenon has been popping up around the country: Squatters attempting to claim ownership of vacant or foreclosed homes because, they say, their religion gives them...
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Done Cheering for Home Sales? Here’s What’s Really Going On
Filed under: News, Buying, Selling Existing home sales are up: Rah! Rah! Rah! You're probably hearing the resounding cheers as the National Association of Realtors reported Thursday that sales of...
View ArticleHomeowner Susie Salazar Loses Insurance Policy Over Pit Bull
Filed under: News If you're shopping around for homeowners insurance, you'll probably want to make sure that it covers things like flooding, wintertime slip-and-fall injuries on your property, even...
View ArticlePetition: Want Marriage Equality? Paint Capitol Building Rainbow
Filed under: News, Lifestyle Pictured above is what the dome of the U.S. Capitol might look like if painted in the rainbow colors of the gay pride flag. Would you love to see that in real life? So...
View ArticleThis Is How Comedienne Rita Rudner Sells a Home
Filed under: News, Celebrity Homes Wanna know something funny about Rita Rudner? She can sell the pants off a home -- if a home wore pants. The legendary comedienne, who became a household name with...
View ArticleIs California’s Wild Housing Market a Sign of a Bubble?
Filed under: NewsCalifornia is the comeback kid of the housing recovery. Though home prices are making annual gains not seen since 2006, The Golden State sticks out as one where they are on a...
View ArticleEx-NFL Star Warren Sapp’s Florida Mansion Finally Sells
Filed under: News, Celebrity Homes, Foreclosures It's been a long road for ex-NFL star Warren Sapp. The former Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Oakland Raiders defensive tackle filed for bankruptcy in April...
View ArticleTampa Apartment Complex to Get Renovations to Curb Violence
Filed under: News Crime, violence and conditions in which people "are living like pigs" has turned a notorious apartment complex in Tampa, Fla., into a stain on the neighborhood. In the stairwell of...
View ArticleMan Shames Wife He’s Divorcing With Angry Sign Hung on House
Filed under: News Most unhappy couples might prefer that their divorce dramas play out privately in their own homes. This man had a different idea: He's taking the battle with his wife public and...
View ArticlePierre Penthouse: What Makes a Home Worth $125 Million?
Filed under: News Though The New York Times got the first look inside New York City's unbelievably opulent Pierre Hotel penthouse (pictured above), the $125 million listing officially stormed the...
View ArticleAmerican Dream of … Renting? Survey Finds Shifting Attitudes Toward...
Filed under: NewsThe American dream of homeownership for many could be turning into the American dream of renting. Despite a battered housing market that is bouncing back nicely, coupled with...
View ArticleJane Bashara Murder Home: Scene of Notorious Crime Up for Sale
Filed under: News On the market: A cute and spacious 2,800-square-foot Colonial in Grosse Pointe Park, Mich., with four beds and baths, remodeled kitchen, wine cellar and bar -- and one heck of a...
View ArticleIntricate Underground City for Homeless Uncovered In Kansas City, Mo.
Filed under: News Police in Kansas City, Mo, have uncovered an "underground suburb" where homeless people have been living, the likes of which homeless outreach groups have never seen, local station...
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Signs the Housing Recovery Has Moved Into Your Neighborhood
Filed under: News, Economy, Selling Just because all the talking heads are saying "housing is back!" doesn't mean everyone is buying it. There's a high degree of skepticism surrounding the housing...
View ArticleKalamazoo Homeowner Wins $115,000 After Lead-Paint Scare
Filed under: News, Buying, Home Improvement A family in Kalamazoo, Mich., that bought a home from that city for only $3,200 -- ended up getting $115,000 in return when the fixer-upper turned out to be...
View ArticleLandlord Dennis Alan Van Dusen Hid Spy Camera in Smoke Detector
Filed under: News, Renting A landlord in Chevy Chase, Md., has pleaded guilty to spying on female tenants living in his suburban home and watching them have sex. Dennis Alan Van Dusen, 64, stuck hidden...
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More Young Couples Say ‘I Do’ to Buying a Home Before Marriage
Filed under: News, Buying, Lifestyle First comes love ... then comes a house ... then comes marriage. Getting hitched may not be the ultimate sign of commitment these days as more and more couples opt...
View ArticleRealtor Raps On Tight Inventory: ‘All the Houses Gettin’ Sold’
Filed under: News, Buying, Selling There are two things you can learn from the video above: housing inventory is really, really tight. ... and Realtors should never rap. Of course, that's just our...
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Courtney Sale Ross Officially Lists Hamptons Home for $75 Million
Filed under: News, Celebrity Homes At the end of January, we got all worked up when we heard that Courtney Sale Ross, widow of Time Warner kingpin Steven J. Ross, had slapped her $75 million Hamptons...
View ArticleWorld War II Vet John Potter, 91, Faces Eviction by Daughter
Filed under: News A family feud could end with a 91-year-old World War II veteran (pictured above) on the streets after his own daughter gained ownership of his home in southern Ohio and served him...
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Homeowner Robert Phipps Says Neighbor’s Solar Panels Are Blinding
Filed under: News There are plenty of environmental and budgetary benefits to installing solar panels on your roof, but there could be one health drawback: permanently blinding your neighbor. Robert...
View ArticleAre Real Estate Commercials Skirting Realities of Homebuying?
Filed under: News, BuyingYou've probably seen those real estate commercials. You know, that one where where the guy's brushing his teeth, the woman's blow-drying her hair and singing in operatic tone,...
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Bet They’re Peeved: Texas Town Wrongly Named America’s Angriest
Filed under: News The people of Longview, Texas, have something to really be ticked off about after a news article used outdated information to classify the town as the angriest city in America....
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This Is Why Being a Homebuyer Really Sucks Right Now
Filed under: News, Buying It's not fun being a homebuyer these days. We've heard about rampant bidding wars all over the place and rapidly rising home prices -- which means homebuyers are having...
View ArticleRent-to-Buy? Try ‘Vacation-to-Buy’
The Red Cloud Estate, Resorts West’s most expensive property, is up for sale for $16 million — but costs $12,000 a night for a vacation stay. We thought we’d seen it all when we caught wind of a...
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