A private island sounds fantastic right now, doesn’t it? No nosy neighbors, no homeowners associations, no fences. And if you’d like to indulge (or just dream), we’ve found five private islands without multimillion-dollar price tags. Granted, some are a little rustic, and you can’t necessarily visit them in the winter. But hey, most are aRead …
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Attention, stargazers and investors! A dreamy, off-the-grid compound located minutes from Joshua Tree National Park recently hit the market for $375,000. It takes the top spot on this week’s most popular homes on [Realtor.com®](http://Realtor.com). Located in [Twentynine Palms, CA](https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-search/Twentynine-Palms_CA), the 5-acre desert lot boasts an updated cabin, a bathhouse, a hot tub, and exceptional star-gazing.Read …
Pro hoopster Channing Frye, who spent 14 seasons in the NBA, is ready to offload his enormous [Portland, OR](https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-search/Portland_OR), home for $5.9 million. He purchased the property in 2014 for $2,350,000. The nearly 10,000-square-foot, five-bedroom, seven-bath mansion sits on a pretty 1-acre lot in the city’s Dunthorpe neighborhood. Rhododendron hedges surround this stately Colonial, whereRead …
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A pernicious form of real estate fraud appears to be on the rise, with consequences that can be devastating for homeowners. Known as deed fraud or home title theft, the scheme involves forging documents to record a phony transfer of property ownership. Criminals can then sell the home, take out a mortgage on it, orRead …
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Rental prices are falling—and it’s helping to make it cheaper to be a paying tenant than a homebuyer in America’s 50 largest metropolitan areas. Rentals fell for the seventh month in a row on an annual basis, according to the Realtor.com® February rental report. Prices dropped annually by 0.4%, or $7, to a median ofRead …
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Comedian and writer Larry David, co-creator of “Seinfeld” and mastermind of HBO’s “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” is curbing his real estate. He’s listed one of his picturesque Pacific Palisades, CA , properties for $8,975,000. This extravagant home, designed by Los Angeles -based firm Johnston Marklee, was custom built in 2013, after the half-acre lot was purchasedRead …
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Calling all Halloween and Disney fanatics: Here’s a chance to live in your very own haunted house! A spine-tingling, six-bedroom estate designed to replicate Disneyland’s iconic Haunted Mansion just hit the market in Duluth, GA , for $2.2 million. You’ll have to wait for the popular West Coast attraction to reopen after months of renovationsRead …
The [infamous Colorado Tudor](https://www.realtor.com/news/trends/colorado-home-where-jonbenet-ramsey-was-found-dead-goes-up-for-sale/) where the body of 6-year-old beauty queen JonBenét Ramsey was discovered can’t find the right buyer. The gated, five-bedroom, 5.5-bathroom home in Boulder, CO, was pulled off the market at the beginning of the month. This was the sixth time the home has failed to sell, according to the [New YorkRead …
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Caleb Hall is running out of time. The 25-year-old mechanical engineer and his 23-year-old wife, a nurse, have been looking for a home of their own for the past six months in the Huntsville, AL , area. Their only must-haves are the home must be relatively move-in ready, be in a safe community, and haveRead …
This year’s housing market is off to a strong start. Sales of existing homes, which exclude new construction , jumped 9.5% from January to February, according to a recent report from the National Association of Realtors®. That was the largest month-over-month increase in a year. However, sales did dip a little annually, coming down 3.3%Read …
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