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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 …

Former NBA Star Channing Frye Lists His Massive Portland, OR, Home for Nearly $6M Read More »

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 …

Deed Fraud Is On the Rise—Here’s How To Protect Your Home Read More »

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 …

It’s now cheaper to rent than buy a home in the 50 largest US metros Read More »

It’s no secret that the pandemic upended the housing market—and the fallout is still reverberating today, affecting homebuyers and sellers. A quick recap: In the past four years, list prices shot up, the number of properties on the market plunged, and home sales dropped dramatically. “Some of the problems that existed before the pandemic wereRead …

The Pandemic Roiled the Housing Market—but Small Signs Show It’s Finally Bouncing Back Read More »

Cheap rent alert: Rental prices are continuing to come down, particularly in the South. Across the country, rents fell in 29 of the 50 largest metropolitan areas in February, according to a recent Realtor.com® report . That’s been a boon for tenants, many of whom saw big run-ups in prices over the past few years.Read …

The 5 US cities where rents are falling the most might come as a huge surprise Read More »

Californians are facing yet another setback on the housing front after a major insurer said it is pulling out of 72,000 home-insurance policies—and the insurance industry’s steady retreat from the state could have a serious effect on home prices and sales, experts say. Insurance giant State Farm, which stopped accepting applications for homeowners insurance inRead …

California Homeowners Face an Insurance Crisis. What Will It Mean for Home Prices in the State? Read More »

Home prices reached a new record high in early 2024. Nationwide, home prices rose 6% in January from a year earlier, according to the latest S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Home Price Index released on Tuesday. That was the biggest year-over-year increase since November 2022. “U.S. home prices continued their drive higher,” Brian D. Luke , headRead …

Home Prices Hit New Record High in January, Says Case-Shiller Read More »