Real Estate

A contractor works on a new home under construction in Tucson, Arizona, U.S., on Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2022. Sales of new U.S. homes retreated in January after a flurry of purchases at the end of 2021, indicating a jump in mortgage rates may be starting to restrain demand. Rebecca Noble | Bloomberg | Getty Images

Boating enthusiasts looking for a snug harbor between Baltimore and Annapolis, Maryland, need look no farther than Little Round Bay, a deep-water cove on the Severn River. This custom coastal retreat, designed by local architect Cathy Purple Cherry, encompasses 2.72 acres in Crownsville’s Herald Harbor area. A long wooden walkway leads through the treed grounds

The three most important things in real estate: location, location, location. And the U.S. real estate market is in a weird place right now. Mortgage rates are nearly double what they were a year ago, reflecting the Federal Reserve’s campaign to rein in inflation. But they have also been volatile, including some sharp declines from

Some 80 years ago, a group of concerned citizens banded together to form a coalition whose sole purpose was to protect their little town of Cherry Hills Village from encroaching commercialization. The area’s pastoral beauty with wide-open fields sprinkled with patches of cottonwoods and placid bodies of water had attracted the attention of Denver residents

Villa Doma puts its own spin on living large in the Turks & Caicos Islands. The 11,000-square-foot modern mansion is set on 120 feet of beach in the Blue Mountain area on the central north coast of sand-ringed Providenciales. Designed for hosting family, friends or a corporate retreat, the secluded Caribbean escape consists of a

Blue Heron’s cliffside spec house spans three levels in San Diego’s La Jolla neighborhood. Blue Heron This newly built cliff-side mansion overlooking the Pacific Ocean in Southern California comes with an ambitious $32.5 million asking price. It’s one of the most expensive homes for sale in San Diego County, and that price tag puts it

First constructed more than 200 years ago, Franc Vila’s manor house in Pego, Spain, is an irreplaceable find. Graced with palms, terraces and two medieval towers, the six-bedroom, six-bathroom, four-story home is a timeless sanctuary just 5 kilometers from the Mediterranean Sea. Fully modernized, the light-infused interiors are at once stately and comfortable. The home

In this article RDFN Stockton, California DenisTangneyJr | iStock | Getty Images After the frenzy of bidding wars, the U.S. housing market is starting to cool, particularly along the West Coast, as mortgage interest rates rise. That’s forcing some sellers to adjust. “Sellers have to be more realistic,” said Bill Kowalczuk, real estate broker at

Having been approved by the International Code Council within the 2021 International Building Code (IBC), mass timber construction stands ready to change a lot of thinking about how New York City buildings can be constructed from here forward. The newly-constructed Timber House project in Park Slope, Brooklyn, provides the latest evidence of mass timber’s potential.

Daniel Acker | Bloomberg | Getty Images More home sellers are dropping their asking prices as rising mortgage interest rates and inflation have slowed down competition in the housing market. Some cities are seeing more price cuts than others. Boise, Idaho, took the lead in June, with 61.5% of sellers cutting their asking prices, according

Cherry Hills Village is a well-heeled community in the greater Denver area, about 10 miles from downtown yet somewhat of a world away. Its lush parklike neighborhoods are filled with luxury homes in a variety of architectural styles – some exceeding 10,000 square feet and sitting on lots of more than an acre. Just the

Cody and Zach Vichinsky changed the luxury real estate game on Long Island by specializing in properties worth more than $10 million, including homes seen on Succession and in Wall Street. So why is greed no longer good? By Luisa Kroll In August 2021, Bespoke Real Estate in Water Mill, New York, secured the exclusive

Soaring inflation is putting markets on edge and triggering fears of recession. The latest consumer price index this week revealed a searing 9.1% increase year-on-year in June, prompting Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen to say that inflation in the U.S. is “unacceptably high.” The causes behind the steep jumps include high commodity and energy prices triggered

What was once the stately home of Civil War Union General Philip Sheridan’s widow and their three daughters for nearly five decades and later transformed into a Greek Embassy is awaiting yet another rebirth. Built in 1920, the grand 8,685-square-foot property located in Sheridan-Kalorama, an exclusive neighborhood in Washington, D.C., offers the unique opportunity for

Chinese property broker Beike expects housing demand to decline domestically over the next decade. Pictured here on June 28, 2022, is a new commercial residential complex in Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China. Future Publishing | Future Publishing | Getty Images BEIJING — China’s massive residential real estate market is only going to see demand

The week ending July 9 saw active inventory in the housing market continue to grow at a double-digit annual pace, even as new sellers took a step back from the market around the 4th of July holiday. “This year’s summer housing markets are feeling the heat of record-high home prices on top of scorching inflation

Known as the Black & White House, this custom contemporary home reveals its stunning architectural beauty the moment you drive up. Located on a wooded acre lot, the five-bedroom home was built in 2007 by David Jameson, a renowned local contemporary architect. “David Jameson is one of two modern architects in our area and he

Antiquity and Silicon Valley are two concepts often not paired together. The very name of the region roughly shaped by the San Francisco Bay, Santa Cruz Mountains to the west and Diablo Range to the east is synonymous with technological innovation—where the future, not the past, is king. However, a hundred years ago this wasn’t

Few places seemed more risky during the early, pre-vaccine peaks of the Covid-19 pandemic than nursing homes and senior housing facilities. That includes Arbor Court Retirement of Topeka, the oldest retirement community in Topeka, Kansas. “There was a lot of fear,” says Linda Clements, the director of business development at Arbor Court of Topeka, an

A Chelsea Tower rental apartments billboard. Jeff Greenberg | Getty Images The average monthly rent for a Manhattan apartment surpassed $5,000 for the first time — and brokers say demand and prices are headed even higher into the fall. The average apartment rent in June was $5,058, the highest on record, according to a report