September 2026

EXCLUSIVE: Los Angeles Lakers Legend Elgin Baylor’s Longtime Home Hits the Market for $5.4 Million Late legend Elgin Baylor’s longtime Los Angeles home has hit the market for $5.4 million, offering a new owner the chance to score a sprawling estate perched high above the city. The six-bedroom, eight-bathroom residence, located at 2480 Briarcrest RoadRead …

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4 Underused Housing Hacks To Cut the True Cost of Homeownership Once you buy a home, there are plenty of ways to trim around the edges of your budget. You can turn down the thermostat, shop around for homeowners insurance, or finally cancel that streaming service you forgot you had. But none of those movesRead …

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Kamala Harris’ $8 Million Malibu Mansion Targeted by Trespasser Who ‘Illegally Entered’ Property Former Vice President Kamala Harris’ $8.15 million Malibu, CA, property was targeted by an alleged trespasser after a woman illegally entered the grounds—prompting authorities to step up patrols around the high-profile home. Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department deputies responded to Harris andRead …

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Scammers Are Trying To Sell Homes They Don’t Own—and Attempts Have More Than Doubled A growing real estate scam starts with an audacious premise: A criminal pretends to be a property owner and tries to sell a home or piece of land that does not belong to them. And title professionals say they’re seeing aRead …

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Best Week To Buy Is Almost Here—and It Could Save Home Shoppers $14K As children head back to school and the air turns crisp, the housing market is entering its sweetest spot: the peak homebuying week of 2026, offering savvy shoppers more options, bigger savings, and less competition. The new Realtor.com® Best Time To BuyRead …

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Can the Housing Market Survive More Fed Rate Hikes? Policymakers at the Federal Reserve are set to vote this week on interest rate policy, and markets are anticipating that they will raise rates for the first time in three years. Fed Chairman Kevin Warsh and the other members of the Federal Open Market Committee willRead …

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Housing Week Ahead: Fed Rate Decision, Top Construction Metros, and Pending Home Sales The upcoming week brings a packed slate of housing data from the Realtor.com economics team, kicking off Monday with our Best Time To Buy report from senior economist Hannah Jones. On Tuesday, senior economist Joel Berner examines builder sales incentives, following upRead …

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The ‘Ghost Condos’ of L.A.: Why Is a Chinese State-Backed Company Holding Hundreds of Empty Units? In the middle of Los Angeles, four gleaming skyscrapers stretch toward the clouds. The glass-fronted development, dubbed Metropolis, includes two condo towers, one rental tower, and the luxury Indigo Hotel. All told, the block-long expanse includes more than 1,500Read …

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I Left a $3,000 Oakland Rental To Buy a $165K House in Rochester—and Cut My Housing Costs in Half Thinking about buying a home, but not sure how to afford it? Welcome to the Down Payment Diaries, where real people spill about how they saved and splurged on their path to homeownership. If you’d likeRead …

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