Looking for a kitchen fit for a culinary mastermind? Chef Wolfgang Puck‘s private Mediterranean-style villa in Beverly Hills Flats could be the house for you. The 6,025-square-foot homes offers five bedrooms, seven baths, a courtyard, a pool, outdoor entertainment areas and

State officials caught off-guard by price of initial construction The full cost of a set of seven new trolley stations as part of Boston’s Green Line extension is being questioned after a contractor set the cost for the first

Boston is changing. With shifting demographics, a more conglomerated metropolitan area and the impending effects of climate change on a coastal city, influencers in Massachusetts’ capitol are dictating plans to transform the metro to better reflect its contemporary makeup.

Home prices were up again in July, according to a new report from CoreLogic. Year-over-year, home prices, including distressed sales, jumped 6.9 percent nationwide, while excluding distressed prices increased 6.7 percent. The price increases reflect an overall strengthening of

Commuters waste dozens of hours and thousands of dollars due to Boston’s traffic problems Boston is home to many things: historical relics from the Colonial era; beloved franchises in hockey, baseball, basketball and football; and, according to new research, some of

According to Fatherly.com, Boston was ranked as the No. 1 city for children to play outdoors. The full study, “The 25 Best U. S. Cities For Kids To Play Outside,” is an examination at the state of play and play

Housing is well prepared for higher interest rates, according to a new survey The U.S. housing market is strong enough to stand up to an interest rate hike this year, according to a new Reuters report. The report, which surveyed 22

The Dome Penthouse, Tommy Hilfiger’s New York condo, is currently on the market for $75 million. The Manhattan residence offers 5,655-square-feet of living space, with four bedrooms and four-and-a-half bathrooms on the 18th and 19th floors of the 5-star Plaza

Residential construction spending in the Boston area was up 117.7 percent year-over-year in July, and so far in 2015 is 42 percent ahead of where it was last year. Those stats came courtesy of the latest Dodge Data & Analytics report, a monthly

The 2010s may be on track to change tradition, with cities expanding faster their suburbs for the first time in 40 years, according to the Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies. According to new research by the Census Bureau,

Signings rebound slightly after June’s decline After a negative June, pending home sales saw a small increase in July, according to a report released by the National Association of Realtors. The Pending Home Sales Index (PHSI), a forward-looking indicator

Are you a fan of The Silence of the Lambs? If yes, the house where serial killer James “Buffalo Bill” Gumb starves and skins his victims can be yours for the very low price of $300,000. The three-story Victorian home

Average fixed mortgage rates in the U.S. have fallen to their lowest levels since May of this year amid substantial and ongoing global volatility out of China, according to Freddie Mac’s Primary Mortgage Market Survey. The average 30-year fixed rate mortgage dropped

One man’s Bigfoot video has sparked interest in a rental cabin in Henderson County, North Carolina. Whether the video truly captures Bigfoot fleeing from a small barking dog or not, the video certainly provided free advertising for Carolina Mornings,

Hispanics and other minorities primed to begin housing boom Minorities are projected to have higher homeownership rates than whites from 2020 to 2030, especially among Hispanics, according to a new Urban Institute study. Although white homeownership growth will be

The latest new home sales stats from the U.S. Census Bureau show many things are at work in the new construction marketplace According to the latest new construction report from the U.S. Census Bureau, new home sales in July