Latest housing survey from MacArthur Foundation finds many Americans skeptical of housing and the wider economy What a difference a year makes – or, in the case of the MacArthur Foundation’s “How Housing Matters” survey,  what a difference a

A deserted Manhattan sounds like something you would only see a movie like The Day After Tomorrow, right? Wrong. A replica of the bustling metropolis, complete with knock-offs of Rockefeller Center and the Hudson River, is located in the

RealtyTrac’s Q2 Zombie Foreclosure Report shows macro progress and micro struggles Zombies are plaguing the nation, but no amount of shotgun shells and machetes are likely to help. Less likely to shuffle after a person’s brainy bits than they

RealTek Holdings, LLC was recently formed to serve as a technology-driven real estate holding company. The new company’s main focus is acquiring and integrating other brokerages and real estate software companies under one house with multiple brands. RealTek Holdings’

Multifamily construction has boomed in Houston, but was it too much, too quickly? Houston’s multifamily construction hot streak may be coming to an end, as a new report from the CMD Group, an Atlanta-based construction research firm, showed multifamily

Looking to get away from it all in the same fashion as Marie Antoinette? For $18 million you can own a replica of her private getaway, Le Petit Trianon, in San Francisco. Constructed in 1902, this stunning recreation is

CoreLogic’s April Foreclosure Report revealed another month of positive stats…for most markets Since late 2008, when the walls of the world’s economy started to tumble, approximately 5.7 million foreclosures have been completed in the U.S., and even more if

Down payment trends may hint at first time homebuyer confidence The average down payment for single-family homes, condos and townhomes was down to 14.8 percent of the purchase price for Q1 2015, the lowest number since Q1 2012, according

For almost 75 years, a number of legends have surrounded a chair on top of a West Creek, NJ home. While the four-story house is odd in and of itself, with a steeple-like tower and pagoda-styled roof, what strikes passersby

Houston’s strong luxury housing market is showing now signs of slowing down Sales prices for Houston’s luxury housing market are leading the charge this year, according to a new Redfin analysis of the nation’s luxury markets. Redfin’s study analyzed the top 5 percent of

A redevelopment trend that has caught fire across the country is converting churches to residences. In Phoenix, the Phoenix Construction Group transformed the St. Theresa Church in Watertown into Bell Tower Place. The church-turned-condo features 11 condominiums. One of

Latest jobs report features interesting implications for housing May was a positive month for the U.S. labor market, with the economy adding 280,000 jobs and the unemployment rate holding steady at 5.5 percent, according to the latest analysis from

Are real estate agents employees, or independent contractors? Massachusetts’s highest court weighs in The highest court in Massachusetts has settled the matter – real estate agents are independent contractors, not employees. That was the state’s Supreme Judicial Court’s decision

New development promises multifamily units amid multifamily construction slump In a recent report from the Atlanta-based CMD Group, researchers revealed a startling drop in multifamily construction starts in Houston throughout 2015’s first quarter. From a year prior, new apartment

With an oversupply of golf courses and a decreasing interest in the game, golfing communities are depending on other amenities to draw in buyers. For example, Bluejack National, a 755-acre luxury golf community featuring the first Tiger Woods-designed golf

Floods are threatening Houston’s market, but one agent says now is time to buy Houston can take solace in the fact that many areas were left unaffected by the torrential rain and subsequent flooding that’s plagued the city in