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Chicago buyers start looking in April or MayGetty Here’s the best time to list your home, according to recent research from realtor.com in the 50 largest Metros around the country. Look to the first week of April in many areas this year as the right time to list your home and take advantage of a robust

Home prices may be cooling off right now, but rents are heating up yet again. After taking a breather in 2018, due to new supply on the market, rents for both single-family homes and multifamily apartments are now rising at the fastest pace in nearly a year, according to Zillow. The median monthly rent in

When he’s not managing scandals at his alma mater, Rick Caruso manages his portfolio of Southern California real estate, which includes LA’s popular Grove shopping center. © 2018 Ethan Pines Billionaire real estate developer Rick Caruso finds himself in an uncomfortable position this week. The University of Southern California, where Caruso is chair of the

Builders claim they’re feeling better about their business, but the sales numbers are still not reflecting that. So all eyes are on the spring market, which could determine the fate of both the stocks and the earnings of the biggest builders. Sales of newly built homes fell sharply in January, down nearly 7 percent month

Gallup Park in Ann Arbor, Michigan, a recipient of LWCF state assistance fundsGetty The Land and Water Conservation Fund is back, reauthorized within the omnibus public lands legislation known as the John D. Dingell Jr. Conservation, Management and Recreation Act, and signed into law by President Trump on March 12. The LWCF had expired over

Mortgage interest rates are now decidedly lower than a year ago, and home shoppers are buying in, but most are wealthier consumers purchasing more expensive homes. Total mortgage application volume rose 2.3 percent last week from the previous week, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s seasonally adjusted index. Volume was essentially flat compared with the

Share to facebook Share to twitter Share to linkedin There’s nothing worse than investing your time and energy into a deal only to watch it all go up in flames. It’s especially frustrating when you know you could have gotten the deal closed if only someone would have been flexible, even a tiny bit. Instead

21 Mins Ago A plan to tax the rich on multi-million dollar second homes is gaining traction in New York City in order to raise funds for the MTA transit system. State Senator Brad Hoylman (D), who introduced the bill, joins “Squawk Box” to discuss the legislature’s interest in the law.

For decades now, Silicon Valley has been considered the center of the tech world when it comes to innovation.Propy Major brands including Uber, Lyft, Slack, Pinterest, and Airbnb are predicted to IPO this year which could result in new wealth, not only for cities where these companies are headquartered but surrounding cities as well. The

Greystone is a majestic mountain estate with Old World influences in Park City, Utah.Summit Sotheby’s International Realty Nestled among the mountains in Park City, Utah is a majestic estate that’s secluded on 12 acres yet close to everything. Aptly named Greystone, the one-of-a-kind architectural masterpiece is hitting the market with a $10,750,000 asking price. The

Dazey LA sweaterDazey LA On International Women’s Day, I give you a list of 42 independent businesses founded by women that sell beautiful and useful objects, clothing, and self-care wares. If I had all the time in the world, this list could be much longer. There is no dearth of female founders nowadays: A 2018 report found a 114 percent

U.S. homebuilding increased more than expected in January as construction of single-family housing rebounded after four straight monthly declines, but building permits for these units fell to the lowest level since mid-2017. Housing starts jumped 18.6 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.230 million units in January, the Commerce Department said on Friday.

DeepMind’s new office.DeepMind DeepMind is moving out of Google’s U.K. headquarters and into a large new London office. The artificial intelligence lab, which was acquired by Google in 2014 for around £400 million, will move into a new building in King’s Cross at some point in 2020. It will include a double helix staircase, a lecture theatre,

Strong demand for housing last year kept home prices surging, and that means more homeowners are now sitting on more cash in the form of home equity. Collectively, homeowners with mortgages saw their equity increase by just over 8 percent in 2018, according to CoreLogic. That is from a combination of home value gains and

Jump over the cliff photo credit: GettyGetty How do you know if you are sitting on a unicorn or are about to throw away the next few years of your life on a pipe dream? The truth is, you never REALLY know until you give it your best shot; but taking the plunge and committing

It is impossible to build a fully fireproof home, but researchers are now focused on making homes at least fire resistant. They have to, because climate change is increasing the intensity of wildfires around the world, putting billions of dollars’ worth of real estate literally in the line of fire. Wildfires destroyed more U.S. homes

Marigay McKeeDavid Vaughn Marigay McKee has been influential in the fashion world for decades.  After her tenure at Harrods, where she rose to Chief Marketing Officer, and her three years as President of Saks, McKee decided to start her own consulting business. “As a consultant and investor one speaks less and listens more, which is

A slight rise in interest rates caused a pullback in mortgage demand last week. Total application volume fell 2.5 percent week to week, according to a seasonally adjusted index from the Mortgage Bankers Association. Volume was 2 percent lower compared with the same week one year ago. Purchase demand fell 3 percent for the week,

To connect park parcels currently separated by busy roads, a land bridge over at-grade tunnels is part of the master plan for transforming Memorial Park in Houston.Courtesy of MIR As it nears the century mark in 2025, Houston’s 1,500-acre Memorial Park is implementing a master plan of changes intended to preserve, restore and enhance the

New York state regulators have issued a subpoena to the insurance brokerage Aon for President Donald Trump’s company as part of a large probe into the Trump Organization’s business practices. The nine-page subpoena to Aon was issued by the New York Department of Financial Services late Monday evening, according to a source familiar with the

Share to facebook Share to twitter Share to linkedin This house on Vashon Island in Washington State is 1750 SF and built with SIPs and a timber frame by FabCab architects. It was built to high levels of efficiency and certified by Built Green-3 star rating.Photo curtesy of Dale Lang for Prefabulous Small Houses published

U.S. construction spending unexpectedly fell in December as investment in both private and public projects dropped, further evidence the economy lost momentum at the tail end of 2018. The Commerce Department said on Monday that construction spending declined 0.6 percent after an unrevised 0.8 percent increase in November. Economists polled by Reuters had forecast construction

Share to facebook Share to twitter Share to linkedin McLaren driver Fernando Alonso of Spain, center, celebrates flanked by Mansour Akram Ojjeh prior to the Emirates Formula One Grand Prix at the Yas Marina racetrack in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Sunday, Nov. 25, 2018. McLaren veteran Fernando Alonso’s will drives his last ride in

Home buyers are coming back to the market, possibly due to lower mortgage rates. Pending home sales, a measure of signed contracts to buy existing homes, increased 4.6 percent in January compared with December, according to a monthly survey from the National Association of Realtors. Contracts, however were still 2.3 percent lower compared with a

Home buyers should own the appraisal(c) CanStockPhoto / AndreyPopov This article is the second on simple changes in financial regulation that can be implemented by executive action. They do not require funding by the Government or the concurrence of Congress, yet would pay huge dividends to homebuyers. The change discussed last week, requiring lenders to

If you’ve bought your first home in the past five years, you’ve probably learned some tough lessons. And that learning curve could cost you. A new survey from personal finance website NerdWallet takes a look at homebuyer trends. And the research finds that first-time homebuyers more often face disadvantages at the negotiating table. Individuals shopping

Now that Seattle is officially the smartest city in the U.S., with the highest percentage of college graduates, I thought I would lay out some rules and observations for the hordes of smart people who continue to move here. After all, nothing is more important than making life easy for the smart. We always knew

New York City‘s deputy mayor for housing and economic development, Alicia Glen, told CNBC on Friday, her last day in office, that she’d like to see more women running big companies — and if that were the case, deals like the now-scuttled Amazon headquarters plans for Queens might have different outcomes. “Maybe if there weren’t

Marc Andreessen first posited that software was eating the world, and indeed one industry after another has learned software mastery is essential to winning (and keeping) digital-centric consumers. But how will consumers react when money can also function like software? Cryptocurrency, when paired with other blockchain functionality, offers the potential to inject new software-driven features

Millennial homeowners have a bad case of buyer’s remorse, according to a new survey. Nearly two thirds, or 63 percent, of millennial homeowners surveyed by Bankrate.com said they had regrets about buying. That is more than any other age group, defined in the survey as people aged 23 to 38, and nearly double the regret