May 2026

Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds’ Custom New York Home Hits $2.1 Million Snag

Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds’ Custom New York Home Hits $2.1 Million Snag

Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds’ quest to build a custom eco-friendly estate on a sprawling 110-acre parcel in upstate New York has reportedly hit a significant hurdle—amid claims that the couple owes $2.1 million in unpaid fees to contractors they hired to work on the enormous property. Just weeks after Lively’s highly-publicized legal battle withRead …

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America’s Boomtowns Face a Rising Threat From the ‘Hidden’ Capital Gains Home Equity Tax

America’s Boomtowns Face a Rising Threat From the ‘Hidden’ Capital Gains Home Equity Tax

When Realtor.com® first exposed the hidden home equity tax a year ago, it looked like a penalty on patience. The risk was most acute in places where decades of appreciation had pushed long-tenured homeowners past the capital gains exclusion for primary home sales—potentially exposing them to federal tax rates as high as 20%. Now, newRead …

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Capital Gains Tax on Home Sales May Keep Millions From Moving

Capital Gains Tax on Home Sales May Keep Millions From Moving

A 30-year-old tax provision could be discouraging 13.1 million Americans from selling their homes, lest they face a whopping tax bill on their profits when they want to sell. New data from the National Association of Realtors® shows 15% of all owner-occupied households nationwide could face a major tax bill if they sell their homes.Read …

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Sellers Left $1.9 Billion on the Table Over Three Years by Using Dual Agents

Sellers Left $1.9 Billion on the Table Over Three Years by Using Dual Agents

Private listings and dual-agent transactions can be costly to home sellers, with those in California, Florida, New York, and New Jersey losing the most, according to a new study. Over the last three years, homes sold as private listings, which don’t appear on a Multiple Listing Service, typically sold for 1.3% less than comparable salesRead …

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Prince Harry and Meghan Celebrate Eighth Anniversary at Montecito Home

Prince Harry and Meghan Celebrate Eighth Anniversary at Montecito Home

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have marked their eighth wedding anniversary with a touching private celebration held with their children, Archie and Lilibet, at the family’s sprawling home in California—thousands of miles away from the Windsor church where the couple tied the knot in 2018. Harry, 41, and Meghan, 44, who relocated to Montecito, CARead …

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Chip Gaines, 51, Reveals How His Life at Home Is Changing as He Grows Older

Chip Gaines, 51, Reveals How His Life at Home Is Changing as He Grows Older

HGTV star Chip Gaines has opened up about his pre-sunrise routine at his sprawling Texas farmhouse, which requires more “coffee” and “grace” as he embraces aging. The 51-year-old home renovation expert lifted the lid on how his day-to-day life has changed as he’s gotten older, laying bare his very candid thoughts on aging in aRead …

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Wildfire Forces Evacuation of 10,000 Homes in Southern California

Wildfire Forces Evacuation of 10,000 Homes in Southern California

Over 20,000 people were forced to evacuate their homes in suburban Los Angeles as a massive wildfire that ignited Monday continued raging in Southern California. Some 750 firefighters battled the fast-moving Sandy Fire through the night as it raged in Ventura County, damaging at least one home in the area, according to local reports. MoreRead …

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What To Know as the Housing Bill Returns to Congress This Week

What To Know as the Housing Bill Returns to Congress This Week

Congress will again take up its major bipartisan housing legislation package this week. The 21st Century Road to Housing Act, a wide-ranging housing reform package, will come to the House floor for debate Tuesday. Sources on both sides of the aisle tell Realtor.com® that some congressional leaders would like to see a vote Wednesday orRead …

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Spencer Pratt Vows To Quit L.A. for Good if He Doesn’t Win the Mayoral Election

Spencer Pratt Vows To Quit L.A. for Good if He Doesn’t Win the Mayoral Election

Los Angeles mayoral candidate and former reality star Spencer Pratt has vowed to leave the city for good if he fails to secure victory in the June primary or the November general election—declaring that he does not want to raise his children in a place that is filled with “naked zombies.” Pratt, 42, threw hisRead …

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