Real Estate

Ever since the new Barbie movie starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling was announced, Barbiecore has been everywhere. When the trailer was released in April 2023, the surge of interest in all things pink was only renewed in both the fashion and home categories. Fortunately, pink is one of the easiest colors to decorate with.

Homes in Centreville, Maryland, US, on Tuesday, April 4, 2023.  Nathan Howard | Bloomberg | Getty Images Today’s homebuyers are exceptionally sensitive to mortgage rates with house prices so high — and they’ve found their tipping point. After years of government intervention following the great recession and the first years of the Covid-19 pandemic that

Not every home in Los Angeles’s storied Bird Streets neighborhood comes with panoramic views and guaranteed privacy. Those that do get it right, melding the beauty of the hills above Sunset Boulevard with the peacefulness of living in a gated retreat. The view home at 9405 Sierra Mar Place in Los Angeles is one example.

Eric Hsu remembers a time when he was 10 days away from payday and had just $32 left. He had no savings. “I used the remaining money I had to buy loaves of white bread and I ate that for all three meals until my pay came in,” he told CNBC Make It. “Sometimes I

People like to hunt for treasure along the Southern California coast. Amid the sunbathers, surfers and castle builders, it’s not uncommon to see beach hunters sweeping metal detectors over the sand. But not all the great finds are hidden underneath the sunbaked surface. Some are in plain sight, such as this awe-inspiring beach house right

They are majestic and beautiful and critical to the world economy. Coral reefs, often called the “rainforests of the sea,” support roughly 25% of all known marine species. They are vital not just to sea life, but to human life. And the planet has lost half its coral reefs since the 1950s due in large

During the onset of the pandemic, the flexibility to work remotely coupled with record-low interest rates had many home buyers toying with the idea of moving to vacation home markets as shifting priorities and preferences altered where and how people wanted to live. Vacation home sales skyrocketed during the second half of 2020 and through

Richard Baker | In Pictures | Getty Images Only two months ago, SL Green & Co. chief executive Marc Holliday was sounding happy. The head of New York’s biggest commercial landlord firm told Wall Street analysts that traffic to the company’s buildings was picking up, and more than 1 million square feet of space was

A penthouse in Manhattan’s Chelsea neighborhood comes with a large private terrace that takes in unobstructed western views of the city skyline and sunsets, providing a calm resting place in the bustle of the city. It also has access to a shared outdoor kitchen for easy al fresco dining. The three-bedroom, 3.5-bathroom residence is on

In this article ZG Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A prospective home buyer is shown a home by a real estate agent in Coral Gables, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty Images Today’s home sellers may be able to command higher prices due to recent increases. Certain luxury features may help sell your home for

A gated 75-acre estate in the heart of Bedminster, New Jersey, hunt country can accommodate an array of equestrian pursuits, with multiple riding arenas and thoughtfully designed modern barns surrounded by meticulously detailed landscaping. The property draws inevitable comparisons to world-class equestrian properties in Lexington, Kentucky, and Wellington and Ocala, Florida, said Sharon Ortepio of

A “For Sale” sign outside a house in Albany, California, on Tuesday, May 31, 2022. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Mortgage rates fell last week, but demand for home loans didn’t move higher as a result. Other aspects of today’s housing market are outweighing the benefit of lower mortgage rates right now,

A new report by data analytics provider CoreLogic reveals in many ways a tale of two very different housing markets. At one extreme, the West is slowing, and at the other extreme, the East is rising. Even as home prices grew for the 133rd straight month in February, the 4.4% increase still was nothing to

Unexpectedly strong home sales at the start of this year just reversed a sharp, several-month decline in home prices. Mortgage rates are behind the swing. Home prices nationally rose 0.16% in February, when seasonally adjusted, according to Black Knight. That is the strongest one-month gain since May of last year. Home prices are now 2.6%

Simpleimages | Moment | Getty Images It can be hard to separate financial fact from fiction. CNBC polled eight personal finance experts to help answer one question: What are the biggest money myths out there for consumers? Here are 9 of the top fallacies the financial gurus debunked. Myth #1: Giving up a daily coffee

Low inventory and rising interest rates will likely be a factor in the spring real estate market in North Central New Jersey. The recently released February 2023 market report from Turpin Realtors, which covers Essex, Hunterdon, Morris, Somerset and Union counties, is a predictor of the upcoming prime season. “February typically is when we begin

Grand Cayman is a resort mecca with white sand beaches, scuba diving, snorkeling and deep-sea fishing. The largest of the Cayman Islands, it boasts fine dining, a stress-free environment and picture-perfect weather. A draw for real estate investors and expats: The entire British Overseas Territory is a tax haven with no property, income, capital gains

A for sale sign is posted in front of a home for sale on February 20, 2023 in San Francisco, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images It might seem like a great time to list your home for sale. Buyers are flooding back into the market, mortgage rates have fallen off their recent highs, and

With continual interest rate hikes made by the Federal Reserve beginning in 2022, housing markets across the United States have been experiencing significant disruptions in activity. And this disruption is particularly noticeable in the levels of available housing inventory. Over the course of one year, from 2022 to 2023, countless American housing markets have seen

A house is available for rent on March 15, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. Mario Tama | Getty Images Apartment rents have increased slightly for the past few months, as the seasonally stronger spring activity kicks in. But in March they were only up 2.6% from March of 2022. That’s the smallest annual gain since

Single men have long been more likely than single women to own a home, but that gap narrowed sharply in recent years, nearly closing in 2021. However, a recent survey shows that it widened again last year, shining light on the home buying challenges single women face, including lower salaries and a more volatile workforce