The luxury home market is gaining momentum, with prices rising and many areas where upscale housing once struggled now turning into a seller’s market, according to the Institute for...
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Fla. Officials Post Sex-Offender Signs Near Homes
Officials in Bradford County, Fla., are posting permanent signs in red outside of homes of convicted sexual predators in local communities. The “public notice” signs include the...
10 Cities Where Luxury Homes Sell the Most
Where do luxury homes tend to sell the most? Coldwell Banker’s Luxury Market Report recently revealed the top U.S. cities with the highest number of luxury home sales in the $1...
Buyers Camp Out to Try to Snag New Homes
About 30 home buyers — all pre-qualified — have lined up in tents and camped out in order to be first in line for an opportunity to buy a new home in Huntington Beach, Calif. The...
REO Inventory Posts Big Drop From a Year Ago
The amount of foreclosed homes on banks’ books has dropped by 18 percent in the last year, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. reports. The FDIC also says that levels have been...
Fire Safety Experts Call for Sprinklers in New Homes
New homes have been found to burn much faster than older homes due to a change in building materials the last decade. The increased use of prefabricated, lightweight construction...
Luxury Homes Linger Longer Than Lower-Priced Houses
While the market for lower-priced and entry-level homes is showing signs of momentum, the luxury-home market seems to be stagnant....
Homes Grew Bigger in 2011?
Homes grew by 88 square feet last year, marking the first year in four years that average new-home size increased instead of decreased, according to Census Bureau data. Homes last year...
Investors Purchase Homes by the Thousands
Large investor firms are taking advantage of the deep discounts found in some housing markets, and they’re finding that buying one or two homes is just not enough — they want...
More Adults Move in With Relatives
Nearly 1 in 3 adults — or 30 percent — live with their relatives, according to a new study. ...
Coldwell Banker
- Gold Medal Doesn’t Guarantee Win in Real Estate
- Low Mortgage Rates Spark Serial Refinancing
- Actor Pleads Guilty to Mortgage Fraud
- Top Real Estate Execs Weigh in on Housing Recovery
- Why Are Mortgage Applications Falling?
- Don’t Get Caught Flat-Footed on MID, REALTORS® Warned
- Mortgage Applications Fall 7.3%
- Big-Ticket Homes in Higher Demand
- Inventories, Asking Prices Get a Boost
- REALTORS®: On the Right Path, Ready for Action
