Real Estate

A house for sale, in escrow, in Laguna Woods, California. Scott Mlyn | CNBC Anyone out shopping for a home on the resale market knows the pickings are slim. They’re about to get slimmer.  The number of homes for sale this month was actually 7% higher than June of last year, according to Realtor.com. But,

Pottery Barn Teen and Pottery Barn Kids recently launched a collaboration with Rifle Paper Co that’s just the right mix of cheerful and charming. It’s what every contemporary design lover has been waiting for. Allison Spampanato, Senior Vice President of Product Design And Development for Pottery Barn Kids tells me, “Working with the team at

Svetikd | E+ | Getty Images Have the money to buy a home? If you follow through, it may not be money well-spent. For generations, Americans have thought of homeownership as a hallmark of success. Even today, 74% of U.S. adults say owning a home is a cornerstone of the American dream — ranking higher

There are new signs of a resilient housing market and a home renovation rebirth with potentially bullish implications for three of our Club names. Shares of Stanley Black & Decker (SWK) and Caterpillar (CAT), whose tools and machinery are used in homebuilding, have been on the upswing in recent weeks. Additionally, after a lull in

A recent analysis reveals that homeowners pay nearly $15,000 a year in hidden costs. We’ve already covered why monthly mortgage payments are higher than anticipated because of such factors as property taxes, insurance, and issues revealed during the underwriting process. However, a new study by Zillow and Thumbtack reveals that utility payments and essential home

In this article MSFT GOOGL NVDA META TSLA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A shopper stands in front of a Tesla Motors showroom at a retail shopping mall in Hong Kong. Sebastian Ng | Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our new, international markets newsletter.

When your home is on the market, every detail is important – but some may be more important than others. And it appears that paint color may either hurt a home’s sale price or help it sell for more money. A new paint color analysis by Zillow reveals that in the living room, kitchen, bathrooms,

As home inventory continues to fall in major metropolitan cities across the United States, the need for fresh housing supply has pushed a wave of new development projects, many of which are hitting the market now. Check out luxury new construction homes in four distinct markets currently available for $1 million to $4 million. Glenwood

A sign is posted in front of a home for sale on June 09, 2023 in San Francisco, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Sales of previously owned homes were essentially flat in May compared with April, according to the National Association of Realtors. They rose 0.2% to a seasonally adjusted, annualized pace of 4.30

Woodstock Ranch in Santa Ynez, California, is a private equestrian community offering peaceful country living within some 2,400 acres. Old-growth oak trees dot hillsides green from the winter rains. Spring brings bright patches of wildflowers. Cattle meander lazily in the summer sun. For some homeowners, whose parcels range from about 20 to 60 acres, fencing

A real estate agent shows a prospective buyer a home as he shops for a house in Coral Gables, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty Images The average rate on the most popular mortgage, the 30-year fixed, fell for the third straight week, but demand for mortgages didn’t move much. Total mortgage application volume increased 0.5%

In this article AMZN Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT When Amazon first announced plans for a second corporate headquarters in 2017, it set off an epic bidding war. Virginia beat 237 competitors to win the project, and when it finally opened last week in the Crystal City section of Arlington, Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin

Westend61 | Getty As interest rates have climbed, homebuyers have been confronted with higher borrowing costs. That has led more home purchasers to opt for one strategy, purchasing mortgage points, as a way to defray higher monthly payments. Mortgage points let buyers pay an upfront fee to lower the interest rate on their loans. In

There’s no doubt been a change in the way people work post-Covid, and many firms are embracing hybrid schedules. In certain sectors, this shift from remote to in-person has stirred demand for work areas. As WeWork’s Chief Revenue Officer Ben Samuels mentioned in a Yahoo!Finance interview, there’s been a real scramble for space in some

How a retired Pennsylvania couple changed the lives of hundreds of struggling residents of affluent Chester County by challenging inflated real estate tax assessments on their mobile homes. Chester County, Pennsylvania, with its rolling farmland and proximity to both Philadelphia and the corporate haven of Wilmington, has the highest median income (nearly $110,000) and percentage

CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Friday said he feels the Federal Reserve needs to be transparent with its plans, especially in the wake of restaurant chain Cava‘s highly successful IPO, which he believes is a sign the market is heating up. Cramer thinks a prosperous IPO market could lead to an influx of money on Wall

Suppose that you sue (or threaten to sue) your landlord and are about to collect a settlement. But someone mentions taxes, so you want to confirm, you won’t pay taxes on this, right? Wrong. In fact, if you use a contingent fee lawyer like most tenants do, you might end up paying taxes not only

View Press | Corbis News | Getty Images Rent prices in the U.S. are now out of reach for many low-wage earners. A full-time worker in the U.S. needs to make $28.58 an hour, on average, to afford the rent on a modest two-bedroom apartment in their area. In California, Hawaii, Massachusetts and New York,

That the Glenrock estate in Tallong, Australia, has had only five owners in more than 200 years is a testament to its allure and sustainability. At the heart of the more than 2,300-acre agricultural holding is a grand 1830s Georgian and Greek revival mansion painstakingly restored over a 12-year period. The historic homestead, expanded since

The threat of tornadoes is rising as the weather conditions that create them are becoming more frequent and widespread due to global warming, experts say. That means a lot of areas that rarely see these storms are now in their paths. The U.S. experienced six times more billion-dollar severe storms in the past decade than