Writer Michael Lewis recently rented a colossal mansion in New Orleans and reports the experience was not as enjoyable as he thought it might be. In his essay, he uses the experience as a jumping off point for thoughts on the sub-prime crisis, the burning need for...
And you thought your local housing market was expensive. ABC News offers some perspective with their slideshow of the 33 most expensive homes in the world. I would have thought the most expensive home would be Bill Gates's, but it's not even close. The number one slot...
A Back Bay home may now make the claim to be the biggest home in all of Boston. Investment executive Ofer Nemirovsky bought out four condominums in his and an adjacent building to merge them and create a 24,000 square-foot mansion. I guess he needed the space. The...
As a voter, I take responsibility for putting you in office. As a proud American, I have selected you to represent the majority of the people in this country and do what is best (not for you personally or me personally) for the good of America. Republicans, Democrats...
There's not much you can buy for a dollar these days. But a single buck can buy a house in Detroit. And the home listed at that price still took 19 days to sell. What a fall from grace. The home sold for $65,000 in 2006 but was ransacked multiple times after falling...
The story of former Tonight Show sidekick Ed McMahon's home being in danger of foreclosure just got weirder. A buyer stepped in to save the home and it was none other than Donald Trump. Trump, who had never met McMahon but says he "grew up watching him on TV," plans...
It’s no secret by now that the real estate market is down. You can’t sit back and wait for someone to take your home as it is anymore. It is much easier to sell it if you take an aggressive approach. Here are 5 proactive steps from Popular Mechanics you can take that...
Moving into another home can be a really exciting time. It’s a new beginning and a fresh start. It’s also a breeding ground for some serious stress. In order to experience the smoothest transition possible from home to home, you’ve got to be smart about packing. Even...
If you were offered $1 million for your modest two-bedroom home, would you take it? If you were Edith Macefield of Ballard, Wash., you would stubbornly refuse even as concrete walls completely surrounded three sides of her home. Macefield passed away June 22 at the...
For a long time, cheap gas pushed housing development further and further out of the city and into the so-called "exurbs." Now, with the price of oil rising rapidly, many are reconsidering that decision and moving closer to the city limits as reported in this article...
