Hurricane scams are not new, but in the internet and social media age, they not only pursue their victims in person, but also online and with technologically-devious phone approaches. Victims are often vulnerable seniors or disabled individuals, but can just as easily be professionals, executives and entrepreneurs distracted or even overwhelmed by the stresses of

Jianbi Chen | iStock | Getty Images Now that struggling renters are no longer protected by a national ban on evictions, it has become even more pressing for those households to get approved for federal rental assistance. Congress has allocated more than $45 billion in rental assistance to address the crisis hitting tenants and their

In a sea of fix-and-flip home renovation shows, HGTV’s Cheap Old Houses offers viewers a new spin on real estate inspiration in the form of, well, cheap old houses. Based on Elizabeth and Ethan Finkelstein’s wildly popular Instagram account of the same name, the 10-episode series follows the couple as they traverse the US in

The mansion at 1108 Wallace Ridge in Beverly Hills, California is 18,000 square feet and unfolds over two levels. Mark Angeles It took six years for this $65 million megahome to rise up on a ridge in Los Angeles. Back in 2014, an outdated mansion sat on the half-acre lot at 1108 Wallace Ridge. It

Canada and Mexico residents accounted for the largest segment of international investors in U.S. residential real estate over the last year, while overall foreign investment in properties dropped to its lowest volume in roughly a decade, according to a recent study from the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR).  The 2021 International Transactions in U.S. Residential Real

In this article UWMC Starting later this year, U.S. homebuyers will have the option to pay for their mortgage in bitcoin. United Wholesale Mortgage, which made its public debut in January via a special purpose acquisition (SPAC) merger, announced plans this week to accept cryptocurrency for home loans, in what is being billed as a

A case could be made that no prior moment in the long history of offices has been quite so uncertain as this one. No pundit can claim to know for sure how soon and how fully employees will return to their office workplaces. What’s more, there’s no certainty that when they do come back the

Investor Peter Boockvar is sounding the alarm on a housing price bubble brought on by the Federal Reserve’s Covid pandemic policies. He warns first-time homebuyers are most vulnerable to dramatic losses. “I feel bad for the people who bought homes over the past year because they’re the ones that paid the very elevated prices,” the chief

There are so many residential design innovations and features that enhance wellness. These include steam showers, bidet-style toilets, combi-steam ovens, induction cooktops, smarter home technology and low maintenance surfaces like engineered stone and porcelain slab. Then there are design details, styles and trends that can put your home’s wellness potential at risk. Here are six,

People protest for a moratorium on evictions on Aug. 4, 2021 in New York. Stephanie Keith | Getty Images Millions of Americans who remain behind on their rent could now be at risk of being pushed out of their homes after the Supreme Court rejected the Biden administration’s most recent eviction ban. The Centers for

It’s market standard to handle this particular issue this way. In the last 10 deals we’ve done, we’ve always resolved it this way. You’re off market to ask for something different. That’s the argument one often hears in any interesting negotiation of commercial real estate documents. Instead of arguing based on what makes sense given

Before David Taylor, 38, could even finish touring homes he and his wife, Destiny, 37, were interested in buying, other buyers would offer $20,000 or $30,000 more than the listing price, in cash. After months of getting beaten out before they could even bid, their agent clued them in to a home in Christiansburg, Virginia,

If miles of green grass dotted with grazing bison are your idea of paradise, this property in the heart of Kauai’s North Shore is for you. Called the Hanalei Bison Ranch, the 228-acre fruit farm, bison ranch and tilapia fishery is the largest property on the coveted North Shore. It’s now for sale at $32

People wait to visit a house for sale in Floral Park, Nassau County, New York. Wang Ying | Xinhua News Agency | Getty Images After rising for three weeks, mortgage rates came back down a bit last week, but it didn’t seem to have much effect on mortgage demand. Total application volume rose 1.6% last

Realtor.com recently released its 7th annual Hottest Zip Codes report, showing the 2021 hottest housing markets are hotter than ever, with homes in the top 10 selling in less than a week – three times faster than last year’s list.  The United States is in the middle of one of the most robust housing markets

The setting sun reflects off One World Trade Center and the skyline of lower Manhattan in New York City as the moon rises on March 7, 2020 as seen from Jersey City, New Jersey. Gary Hershorn | Getty Images New York City now holds the top slot as the most expensive apartment rental market in