The short term benefits and long term detriments of international buyers in the U.S. market International investors in the real estate market has been something of a hot topic over the past few years. Since the housing market crash,

A Maryland couple has filed a $2 million lawsuit against a realtor for allegedly selling them a $410,000 home they claim is infested with snakes. To make matters worse, the couple claims the former owners were aware of the

In 1918, New York City’s then-mayor, William Russell, had a 17-room mansion constructed for his daughter on an island in Islesboro, Maine. Known as Grace Estate, the waterfront property, now valued at $9.5 million, sits alone, surrounded by Penobscot

Builder confidence in the market for newly built, single-family homes in June rose five points to 59 on the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI). That is the highest level of confidence since Sept. 2014.

Many wonder why renters are not buying homes at a higher rate, but when one analyzes the numbers, it makes perfect sense. First, there was the notable study from John Burns Real Estate Consulting, which found that only 14.7 percent

  On June 17, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announced a proposed amendment to delay the effective date of the TILA-RESPA Integrated Disclosure (TRID) from Aug. 1 to Oct. 1, 2015. In the announcement, CFPB Director Richard Cordray described

How builders should prepare for TILA-RESPA Pending the approval of a proposed amendment to extend its compliance deadline to Oct. 1, in less than two months, the real estate industry will find itself operating under of TILA-RESPA. Depending on

Brokers and their businesses face 10 big dangers – none of them easily solved The real estate industry is on a precipice, and how it falls from that point will determine its future. That was the central statement – if not

Boston one of the least affordable cities for Millennials The average Millennial can’t afford to live in Boston, according to the new Bloomberg Millennial Housing Affordability Index. Bloomberg L.P., a financial software and data company, compared the median home

New construction up in 2015, rising on the shoulders of the multifamily sector Housing starts may have been down 11.1 percent from April to May in the Census Bureau’s latest report, but building permits were an entirely different story.

A 14-foot-wide dome-shaped house constructed with curved wooden beams that spins with the help of a small motor sounds futuristic, but you can find these Domespace properties all around the world, including in the U.S. Shiva Vancet, CEO of

Single-person housing is becoming a long-term solution, even into older years One of the most pronounced trends since the 1940s is the rise of the single-person household. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, single-person households were the second most common household type

CoreLogic’s newest equity report finds rising home values have pushed 90 percent of homeowners into positive equity A new analysis from CoreLogic found that rapacious home price appreciation over the last year has had the well-received effect of dredging the

CoreLogic’s March cash sales report found cash purchases are falling dramatically all across the nation The pool of real estate cash is shrinking as all-cash buyers continue leaving the market, making way for more traditionally financed buyers, particularly first-time

In Toronto, millionaire high school math textbook author Dr. Jim Stewart created a multimillion-dollar mansion, Integral House, referencing the calculus symbol “integral.” The curvy architecture of the property was inspired by the mathematical world to which Stewart devoted his

In the last 10 years, the market share for multifamily construction has grown by an extraordinary amount In April, the most recent month for which we have data, multifamily construction soared 35.5 percent across the country from March. That was