Renting rather than owning a home has benefits and drawbacks, but one upside that is universally affirmed is that renting affords you flexibility. A 30-year-mortgage sounds scary, while a one-year lease means you can pack up and go elsewhere—including to a place with lower monthly costs, if you need to. But what if that flexibilityRead …
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When Pete Axthelm wrote in 1970 that “basketball belongs to the cities,” he was writing about the Knicks, New York, and the asphalt playgrounds that had helped make the sport inseparable from urban life. More than 50 years later, as the New York Knicks face off against the San Antonio Spurs on Wednesday for GameRead …
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Hotel heiress Paris Hilton’s children have found themselves a new home in the form of a luxurious custom “doggy mansion” that the family has set up for their pets on the grounds of their $63 million Beverly Hills home. Hilton, 45, who shares son Phoenix Barron, 3, and daughter London Marilyn, 2, with her husbandRead …
Paris Hilton Takes Her Kids on Tour of ‘Doggy Mansion’ at $63 Million Estate Read More »
For many older millennials—now in their 40s—it’s time to play catch-up. According to a report by Transamerica Center for Retirement Studies, the median retirement savings for this group sits at $73,000. That’s $427,000 less than the $500,000 target most 40-somethings believe they’ll need and nowhere near the $1.6 million experts actually recommend. “Unfortunately, I seeRead …
Millennials Have 20 Years To Save for Retirement-and Are $427K Behind Read More »
Olympic skier Eileen Gu’s lavish family home in San Francisco is reportedly at the center of a bitter neighborhood dispute that stretches back more than 10 years and has seen multiple complaints filed against the gold medalist’s family over everything from sewage problems to unsightly garbage piles. Gu, 22, who competes for China, spent muchRead …
Millions of homeowners up and down the East Coast are bracing for a brutal heat wave this week. Over 100 million people are in the path of what promises to be an intense early-summer scorcher, according to the Weather Channel, with the high temps already moving in for parts of the country. For homeowners, theRead …
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Actress Jennifer Aniston is known for fiercely protecting her privacy—and it seems that, even where her A-list pals like Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco are concerned, the actress refuses to implement an open-door policy at her $21 million Los Angeles mansion. At least, that is, when they’re putting together an entertaining Instagram skit. Aniston, 57Read …
Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco Cause Chaos in Jennifer Aniston’s Mansion Read More »
As headlines dominate with talk of the Super El Niño, Cotality’s 2026 Hurricane Risk Report found that 32.2 million properties face moderate or greater hurricane wind risk this year, representing over $12 trillion in potential reconstruction costs. According to the report, the New York metropolitan area is the largest hurricane exposure zone in the nationRead …
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You can’t put a price tag on a happy home, but you can put one on whatever updates or costly renovations you make to it. Sweat equity is more than just putting new cabinets in your kitchen or repainting your rooms—it’s investing in what is likely your greatest asset and making it even more valuable.Read …
Homeowners Build Sweat Equity. Renters Just Sweat. Read More »
