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

New study from CoreLogic reveals how prices are changing around the country Marking more than three years of consecutive year-over-year growth, home prices nationwide, including distressed sales, pushed forward another 6.8 percent in April, according to a new report

The Dinerstein Cos. has hired Patrick Dennis to become the new president of construction for the company as they make headway with their first luxury tower. Dennis, a Texas A&M University graduate, was the director of West Coast construction

Love “The Great Gatsby”? You can now own the home where F. Scott Fitzgerald began writing the classic tale for $3.9 million. While the property may not be the exact mansion mentioned in “The Great Gatsby,” it is believed

By the end of 2016, Dubai expects to have an extravagant development project floating in the Persian Gulf. The Kleindienst Group revealed its plans for “The Floating Seahorse” at the Dubai International Boat Show in March. The buoyant structures

This year proving to be surprisingly nuanced for Houston new construction Residential construction spending in the Houston area totaled $791 million in April, a stark 24 percent decrease over the $1.038 billion of April 2014, according to the latest report from Dodge Data &

After two hours of removal, a New York City woman’s home is free of the rather large bee problem under her bedroom floor. Mary Jean Dyczko, a Queens resident, had 40,000 bees living under her bedroom floor near an

To celebrate the opening of their new Houston office building and raise money for Lemonade Day Houston, the Houston Nations Reliable Lending Mortgage team threw a Cinco de Mayo Miami themed party. Lemons were incorporated into every aspect of

The Hispanic demographic struggles to recover from housing crash, but could become a big shaker in future markets Between now and 2020, roughly four out of every 10 new households in the U.S. will be headed by someone of