Real Estate

Senior couple repairing kitchen cabinet at home Momo Productions | Digitalvision | Getty Images Alex Marrero and his wife bought their first home this spring in Coral Springs, Florida — and the couple has already spent nearly $17,000 on home maintenance, repairs and installations.  While they knew they needed to do improvements from “the minute

A mockup of what Revolut’s new global HQ in Canary Wharf will look like. The firm said it plans to display its logo on two signs on the sides of the new building – mimicking legacy banks like Barclays and Citigroup. Revolut British financial technology firm Revolut announced Thursday that it’s planning to move its

A new home is marked sold at a subdivision called Pintail Commons by Landsea Homes in Johnstown, Colorado on June 10, 2024.  RJ Sangosti | MediaNews Group | Denver Post | Getty Images Mortgage rates dropped for much of last week, causing total mortgage application volume to surge nearly 16% compared with the previous week,

Sturti | E+ | Getty Images It’s no secret that buying a home has gotten more expensive in the U.S. But the cost of keeping and maintaining a home has gotten significantly pricier, too, which might come as a surprise to some buyers.  The “hidden costs” of homeownership add up to an average $18,118 annually, or

Cultura Rm Exclusive/twinpix | Image Source | Getty Images Home equity is near all-time highs. But tapping it may be tough due to high interest rates, according to financial advisors. Total home equity for U.S. mortgage holders rose to more than $17 trillion in the first quarter of 2024, just shy of the record set

Experts are torn about where exactly the housing market is headed in the latter half of the year. “Mostly, we think the housing market is going to improve over the next half of the year,” Glenn Kelman, chief executive of Redfin, a real estate brokerage site, said on a May 22 appearance on CNBC’s “Money

The original house used in the “Home Alone” movies on Nov. 8, 2021. Erin Hooley/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images An array of iconic homes are for sale — and buyers will almost certainly pay extra for that pedigree. However, that premium is hard to quantify since some uber-wealthy buyers will pay almost anything

Some Americans believe that real estate is the best long-term investment. If you’re among them, real estate investment trusts, or REITs, might be the easiest way to tap the market.  About 36% of surveyed Americans ranked real estate as the top long-term investment, more than cited stocks or mutual funds (22%), gold (18%), and savings

A view of the street near the Dubai Mall in Dubai, United Arab Emirates on November 29, 2023. Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty Images DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The Dubai Mall, one of the largest malls in the world, is set to get even bigger with a planned expansion that will cost an

A home available for sale is shown on May 22, 2024 in Austin, Texas.  Brandon Bell | Getty Images Mortgage interest rates last week moved to the highest level since early May, and that pushed mortgage demand lower for the second straight week. Total mortgage application volume fell 5.2% last week, compared with the previous

Consumers confronted with high housing prices sometimes point to private equity when buying homes as a contributing factor. But experts say that while the housing market has multiple issues, it’s hard to determine if real estate investor activity is truly deterring people from becoming homeowners across the U.S. Real estate investors purchased about 44,000 U.S.

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