June 2024
How to boost your credit score if you’re a first-time homebuyer
If you need a mortgage , a good credit score , also called a FICO score, is essential—and it’s within your control. In a nutshell, a credit score is a simplified calculation of your history of paying back debts and making regular payments on loans. If you’re borrowing money to buy a home, lenders wantRead …
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This Lush Florida Hideaway Is a $4.9M Midcentury Modern Gem
It didn’t take long for a buyer to snap up this standout home, designed in 1965 by a notable architect. In fact, just hours after the Coral Gables, FL , listing went live, someone was eager to see it. “The people who have come to this house are interested in the architect and are creative,”Read …
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‘Late Show With David Letterman’ Band Leader Paul Shaffer Bags a $4M Santa Monica Beach Pad
You might be able to spot famed musician and David Letterman‘s favorite band leader Paul Shaffer bopping around Santa Monica Beach and Pier now that it appears he’s purchased a crazy cool condo in one of the area’s most coveted complexes. It appears Shaffer paid $4 million for the place and will pay an additionalRead …
10 US Cities Where Finding a House Under $200K Is Still Possible
Finding an affordable home in 2024 might sound like an exasperating exercise in futility. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, real estate prices skyrocketed and, for the most part, have not yet come back down to earth. The average U.S. home is now valued nearly 50% higher than this time four years ago. And that’s beforeRead …
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L.A.’s Ginormous Casa Encantada Tries Again To Enchant a Buyer for an Astronomical $195M
When it came on the market in June 2023 , the 40,000-square-foot megamansion in Los Angeles known as Casa Encantada was listed for an eye-watering $250 million. There were no takers. Five months later, the 8.4-acre property resurfaced with a lower (yet astronomical) price of $195 million. In late May, the listing came back onRead …
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The Most Rent-Burdened Midwest City Is in a Key Swing State, Posing Challenges for Biden’s 2024 Campaign
By Keith Griffith Jun 17, 2024 Envelope Facebook Twitter Linkedin Pinterest Share Each April, when the local energy company again starts shutting off late-paying customers after its winter moratorium, Milwaukee resident Elizabeth Brown faces a dilemma: pay her rent on time or keep the lights on. For seven years, Brown, 50, has been living inRead …
We Salute You: The Top 10 Housing Markets for Military and Veteran Homebuyers
Americans in the military have a variety of government benefits available to them for their service—and a new report reveals that certain cities excel at making veterans feel more at home. To celebrate the 80-year anniversary of when the GI Bill of Rights was signed into law on June 22, Realtor.com® has released a newRead …
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Charles Gwathmey-Designed Modernist Barn Turned Home Is Listed in Greenwich, CT, for $4.8M
A rare opportunity to own a home designed by modernist Charles Gwathmey just landed on the market in Greenwich, CT . Part of the group of architects identified as the “New York Five,” Gwathmey might be best known for his 1992 renovation of Frank Lloyd Wright‘s Guggenheim Museum in New York City . He wasRead …