Real Estate

Share to facebook Share to twitter Share to linkedin This diagram shows how an ERV/HRV functions in the house. The green ducting shows the fresh outside air entering the unit and passing through the heat exchanger. The red ducts show the tempered air flowing into the home, while the yellow shows the stale air being returned

Share to facebook Share to twitter Share to linkedin This is the interior of the post and beam/panelized house in Carabbia-Lugano, Switzerland. The metal connectors can be seen where the beams join. The house was designed and built by HUF HAUS. Photo courtesy of Lothar Rehermann for Prefabulous World, published by Abrams Post and beam

Here’s a home improvement project nobody looks forward to: replacing a sewer line. For homeowners, the mortgage, property taxes and insurance only account for a portion of the cost of owning an abode. It’s those surprise emergency repairs that can destroy your budget. Indeed, 18% of homeowners polled by HomeServe USA said that they had

KISS band members Peter Criss (left), Gene Simmons (top), Ace Frehley (right) and Paul Stanley (bottom). (Fin Costello/Redferns) Getty There’s no disguising this. KISS drummer Peter Criss needed an escape from his intense Rock-n-Roll fame. He found it in this enchanting Greenwich, Connecticut manor—a storybook chill estate where he could play with his dog, drums

The estimated cost to end homelessness in the San Francisco Bay Area is $12.7 billion and additional billions annually to fund ongoing services to the needy, according to a report released Wednesday. “By virtually every measure, the Bay Area’s homeless crisis ranks among the worst in the United States,” said a report released by the

Sometimes life will throw big expenses your way. When that happens, tapping into the equity in your home can be a smart way to get the funds you need. In particular, doing a cash-out refinance is one way you can take advantage of your home’s equity, all at a fraction of the interest rate of a

A Beijing district court ruled Wednesday that a blog operator must apologize and pay more than 200,000 yuan ($29,851) to real estate developer Soho China for reputational damage. That’s after a blog run by the operator, Zhuhai Shengun Network Technology, claimed that one of the developer’s properties brought bad luck to its tenants due to

A freestanding fireplace in a New York City apartment. Photo courtesy of HearthCabinet Fireplace, Designer: Marie Aiello Design Studio, LLC Architect: TODO Design & Architecture How to have a beautiful warm fire place in your home with no flue and no vent? Still a relatively new concept, ethanol and isopropyl alcohol gel ventless fireplaces have grown

LOS ANGELES — California may be the fifth-largest economy in the world, but poverty is more prevalent among families with children in the state than in the rest of the nation. “This is a state that has great prosperity,” said Lori Turk-Bicakci, senior manager for the KidsData program at the Lucile Packard Foundation for Children’s

New Yorkers need to earn $85,027 per year to spend less than 30% of their income on rent for a median-priced one-bedroom, Apartment List found. Getty If you’ve aged out of your 20s but are still living with roommates in New York (or one of the country’s other most expensive cities), it’s OK to cut yourself some

Ollie’s Bargain Outlet is one-third of the way to opening 950 locations after opening three Tennessee stores on Wednesday, CEO Mark Butler told CNBC. The discount retailer is also eyeing new establishments in Oklahoma and Massachusetts, which would expand the chain to 25 states across the country, he said. Ollie’s store count currently stands at

It’s too early to make a bet on Zillow and its fledgling home-flipping business even under new management led by co-founder Rich Barton, CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Tuesday. The online real estate marketplace expects core business revenue to grow 56% within the next five years, but their cash-burning plan to buy and sell homes could

Photocredit: Getty Getty There’s a lot of info out there for first-time buyers, but what about sellers? Selling your home for the first time can be an emotional and often overwhelming process. In light of that, I’ve decided to lay out four things that first-time sellers should know before putting their home on the market.

Columbia Square Living’s penthouse is available for $30,000 per month. Christopher Stinner Photography Hollywood’s most expensive penthouse is searching for a star—a matinee idol, genius songwriter, an auteur. Perhaps the next Quentin Tarantino, some exceptional game changer worthy of this panoramic perch atop historic Columbia Square. Kelly Wearstler’s design creates an American Craftsman-California mod vibe.

For any investor, measuring opportunity against risk is critical. And for real estate investors in particular, risk is rising exponentially in the age of climate change. To that end, big real estate firms are pouring significant resources into calculating climate risk and its likely effect on property portfolios—everything from increasingly extreme weather to sea-level rise.

Real estate website Zillow on Tuesday announced a new “Home Loans” division that will allow users shopping for mortgages to receive financing directly from the company. It’s Zillow’s latest push toward having customers directly buy and sell homes. The company said in February it was doubling down on its homebuying and selling business, projecting annual

China’s home prices are hot. Average prices of new homes in 70 Chinese cities rose at an annual rate of 10.4% in February 2019, accelerating from a 10.0% rise in the previous month, according to Tradingeconomics.com. That’s the 46th straight month of price increases and the strongest annual gain since May 2017. Rising home prices

Young woman practicing basketball near the Venice beach in Los Angeles, California. She is having a great time, slamming the ball in the sunset hours. Getty He drives… He shoots… He scores! Here’s a question for you if you watch basketball on even a semi-consistent basis. How many times have you heard those three lines

35 Mins Ago America’s teachers are under financial pressure with student loan debt and low salaries, but one start-up is attempting to help our educators generate wealth through homeownership. Alex Lofton, co-founder and head of growth at Landed, a company offering down payment support and financial coaching to educators in the market for a home,

This panelized house is located n Westport, Connecticut. The house was designed by Sellers Lathrop Architects LLC. The panels were manufactured by Bensonwood and the house was built by The Pratley Construction, LLC. Photo courtesy of Stacy Bass Photography for Prefabulous Small House published by Taunton Press Panelized construction is on the increase in this

There is a new way to take cash out of your home with no monthly payments and no interest. It’s not a loan. It’s not a mortgage. It is a contract with an investor who wants to purchase some of your home equity in cash—but it can be costly in the end. California-based Point is

If you’re shopping for a cheap home this spring, good luck. The median value of homes listed for sale in March hit $300,000, a new record, according to realtor.com. Home values overheated from 2016 to mid-2018, as demand outstripped supply, especially at the lower end of the market. Those gains began to shrink last summer,

Share to facebook Share to twitter Share to linkedin The new floors of the 212 5th Ave penthouse. VisualHouse Pre-war buildings bring glamour, authenticity and a lot of headaches. To make this 1912 former manufacturing warehouse into a 48-unit luxury condo building the developers had to wrestle with a steel structure that didn’t rise in straight lines and

Robert Shaw, Roger Staubach, Jerry Jones, Charlotte Jones Anderson, Stephen Jones Dallas Cowboys If you live in North Texas, you pretty much worship the Dallas Cowboys, and the team’s most famous quarterback, Roger Staubach. Starting next year, Cowboys fans can live right next door to their dream team’s 91 acre world headquarters and practice facility in

The biggest one-week rate drop in a decade unleashed a run on refinances last week, although it did not especially spur spring buyers. Mortgage application volume surged 18.6 percent from the previous week and 28 percent from a year ago, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s seasonally adjusted index. Refinance applications jumped 39 percent for

Rapper-actor-producer 50 Cent (aka Curtis Jackson) (Valery Hache/AFP/Getty Images) Getty It seemed destined at the time. His moniker is 50 Cent. The address is 50 Poplar Hill Drive. The colossal house is 50,000 square feet. It boasts 50+ rooms. The numbers all added up. 50 Cent’s home had 52 rooms, spanning 50,000 square feet. Courtesy

Home price gains are about to take off again, according to Corelogic. The real estate data and analytics company predicts that annual gains in home prices could hit close to 5 percent by 2020, thanks to falling interest rates. Last spring, home values were seeing an annual gain nationally of around 7 percent. But rising

If you’re going through a divorce, deciding how to divide the home you share with your spouse can be one of the more complicated conversations you’ll have. Unlike other assets that must be divided, your home often has many emotions and memories tied to it. For example, if you’ve raised children in it, you may

A sharp drop in interest rates last week suddenly made millions more borrowers eligible to refinance their mortgages. With the average rate on the 30-year fixed now close to 4 percent, 4.9 million borrowers could likely qualify for a refinance that could reduce their interest rates by at least three-quarters of a percentage point, according

Originally built in 1917, Cow Hollow Residence features a First Bay Region Tradition style. Open Homes Photography At nearly $3 million, this isn’t your typical treehouse—no crooked ladders, haphazard flooring or windowless walls here. But it was virtually built from scratch in San Francisco. Make that rebuilt. And it’s just as charming, cozy and harmonious