Real Estate

6 Tips for Renovating Your Home Without Getting Ripped Off

By Beth Braverman

Follow these steps to make sure that you’re not spending more than you need to on your home improvement projects.
The Risk That’s Growing Once Again in the Housing Market

By Diana Olick, CNBC

Homebuyers are increasingly opting to put less money down when purchasing their homes, increasing their risk should the housing market, and specifically home prices, falter yet again.
Would Trump Take Away Your Mortgage Interest Deduction?

By Rob Garver

In the complicated world of federal tax expenditures, there is perhaps no provision more loved by its beneficiaries and more hated by academic economists than the mortgage interest deduction. For...
The Most Expensive College Town in America

By Beth Braverman

Living off-campus has long been seen as a way to save money on college expenses, but it’s getting a lot harder to find a deal. Here’s the most expensive college town for off-campus rents.
Big Profits Are Back for Home Sellers

By Beth Braverman

As a lack of inventory pushes home prices to record highs, sellers who put their homes on the market are making more money than at any point since the real estate bubble burst ten years ago.

The Biggest Regret for Homebuyers

By Ester Bloom, CNBC

Maybe you should think twice about that tiny house. More than half of all buyers have regrets about their purchase of a home, Trulia reports , and the No. 1 mistake buyers feel like they made is...
Here’s the Biggest Problem Facing Homebuyers Today

By Beth Braverman

Even as more homebuyers attain financial security and strong enough credit to qualify for a loan, they’re being shut out because of a dearth of homes of sale in many markets.
In the Market for a New Home? What to Look for at an Open House

By Beth Braverman

You can learn a lot spending a Sunday afternoon touring homes, whether you’re ready to make an offer or just trying to get a feel for the market.
15 DIY Projects to Make Your First House Feel Like Home

By Beth Braverman

If you’re like most first-time homebuyers, you’ve stretched your funds as far as they’ll comfortably go in order to purchase your new pad. Even if you don’t have much in the way of a renovation...
6 Tips for Getting the Best Deal on a Mortgage

By Beth Braverman

With the spring housing market in full swing, prospective buyers are battling rising prices and tight inventory. Still, it’s not all bad news for today’s buyers.

Harvard Confirms It: The Rent Is Too Damn High

By Diana Olick, CNBC

Since the housing crisis began in 2008, approximately 4.6 million homes were lost to foreclosure, according to CoreLogic. The vast majority of those homeowners became renters. Even as housing...
Record High for Household Net Worth in 3rd Quarter

By Lucia Mutikani, Reuters

Household net worth hit a record high in the third quarter as home prices marched up and the value of stocks and mutual funds surged, a hopeful sign for the economic recovery. The Federal Reserve...
How Graffiti Could Save Detroit

By Richard Beales and Kevin Allison, Reuters

Christie’s says artworks owned by bankrupt Detroit could fetch up to $866 million. But there’s no need to stop there. With 78,000 abandoned buildings and a Banksy tag potentially worth $1 million or...
Objectors in Detroit bankruptcy ask to appeal directly to circuit court

By Reuters

DETROIT (Reuters) - Organizations that objected to Detroit's bankruptcy separately asked the U.S. judge overseeing the case late on Wednesday to allow an appeal of the case to go directly to the U.S...
Special Report: Thailand secretly supplies Myanmar refugees to trafficking rings

By Jason Szep and Andrew R.C. Marshall, Reuters

RANONG, Thailand (Reuters) - One afternoon in October, in the watery no-man's land between Thailand and Myanmar, Muhammad Ismail vanished. Thai immigration officials said he was being deported to...

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