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After years of heated bidding wars and homes selling for six figures over the list price, home sellers are entering the spring housing market with “more realistic” expectations. As the nation enters the best week to list a home , April 14–20, fewer homeowners anticipate bidding wars and wild offers over the asking price, accordingRead …

Home Sellers Are Becoming ‘More Realistic’ During the Best Time of the Year To List Read More »

What’s one of the biggest problems that always seems to be an afterthought when it comes to building then releasing machine-learning (ML) models? From my perspective, it’s ensuring “validated” models continue to work as they should for an indeterminate amount of time after being deployed into production. ML teams spend months validating data queries, buildingRead …

How Realtor.com Adopted In-house Feature Drift Tooling Built on Open Source Read More »

Dreaming of rolling into a yurt-style home —but still want to be close to modern conveniences? This new listing for an interconnected set of two yurts on 37.5 acres in Poughquag, NY , could be your well-rounded utopia. “It combines country living with city convenience because you are close to a lot of the attractionsRead …

You’ll Want To Get Rolling on This Deal: 2 Yurts in New York’s Hudson River Valley for $1.1M Read More »

America is filled with cities that offer outdoor lovers plenty of places to hike, bike, ski, and surf to their heart’s content. But let’s face it: Not everyone can afford a chalet in Aspen or a beachfront Malibu mansion. Outdoor enthusiasts come in a wide range of income levels, and many of them might wonder:Read …

The Top Cities for Outdoor Enthusiasts—and a Mix of Homes for All Budgets Read More »

Formula One champ Jenson Button and his interior designer wife, Brittny Button, have a new place to park. The couple recently purchased an impeccably designed, Mediterranean-style mansion in Agoura Hills, CA . They picked up the lavish, six-bedroom, nine-bath home for $6,250,000—more than $1 million under the asking price. It sits on 18 acres inRead …

Formula One Racer Jenson Button Buys $6.2M Agoura Hills, CA, Abode Read More »

Well, that was fast. Bill Gates has accepted an offer less than two weeks after listing a midcentury modern home in Medina, WA . The residence, which is just down the street from the Microsoft co-founder’s famed Xanadu mansion, was listed on March 29 for $4,988,800. The sale price has not been released. Gates, who’sRead …

Offer Arrives Quickly for Bill Gates’ $5M Washington Home Read More »

Randall Bell is not a fan of the macabre—even though he’s best known for valuing the real estate where some of America’s worst crimes and atrocities have occurred. The 65-year-old real estate appraiser, who has a doctorate in socioeconomics, saw his career catapult after he valued the condo where Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald GoldmanRead …

When Tragedy Strikes, He Appraises the Real Estate Involved—From Nicole Brown Simpson’s Condo to the Site of the World Trade Center Read More »