Architecture Coach: Small-Home Living

More buyers are being lured to the simplicity and affordability that small homes bring. Plus, these smaller homes are often situated within walking distance to restaurants, stores, and shops.

Buy & Sell

The basic question is: What month of the year carries the highest number of active properties? The answer is...

Home & Garden

Here's a clever way to handle crowds: pairs of tables that can be pushed together to form longer (or wider) banquet tables.

Top Properties

The tallest man made structure record was held by the CN Tower in Canada. However, that record has been broken by the Burj Dubai, a 555.3m building co...

Home & Garden

Every winter, thousands of people are hurt as they slip and fall on icy sidewalks, driveways, patios and stairwells. Strained backs are another proble...

Commercial

Winter Park Colorado hotels have dotted the snowy landscape since the 1940s, when the Winter Park Ski Area opened up nestled in the heart of the Rocky...

Live From San Diego: What Does \'International\' Real Estate Really Mean?

By Dawn Miller, 2009 NAR Conference Blogger Dawn Miller In the real estate world where the averag...

November 13, 2009 | 3:46pm

FHA Eases Concentration, Other Condo Rules

By Robert Freedman, Senior Editor, REALTOR® Magazine In an effort to give condo lending a boost...

November 11, 2009 | 1:55pm

  • 1 of 6

Top Eco-Friendly Materials in Building Your Home
If you are building, renovating or starting an additional feature for your home, you should include in your plans of employing a structure design built with mat...

8 Reasons to Stage Your Home for Sale
Staging can be pricey. Especially if you go with someone good. The designer alone can run on the range of $1400-$3000 and rental of materials as much as $300-...

Rules for Tasteful Holiday Décor
Sellers don't have to forgo all holiday trimmings just because their home is on the market. But they should decorate in a way that won't turn off buyers.

10 Ways to Make Your House Greener
Everybody's talking about the importance of eco-friendly living. We found some of the coolest and smartest products - at every price point - to help home owner...

Architecture Coach: The House That Romance Built
The Romantic styles that dominated residential architecture in the United States before 1860 remain popular today in houses old and new.

Walls, Windows & Floors: Indoor Shutters
Not a fan of curtains or shades? We like the way painted and unpainted shutters filter the light in unexpected ways.

Top Eco-Friendly Materials in Building Your Home
If you are building, renovating or starting an additional feature for your home, you should include in your plans of employing a structure design built with mat...

8 Reasons to Stage Your Home for Sale
Staging can be pricey. Especially if you go with someone good. The designer alone can run on the range of $1400-$3000 and rental of materials as much as $300-...

Rules for Tasteful Holiday Décor
Sellers don't have to forgo all holiday trimmings just because their home is on the market. But they should decorate in a way that won't turn off buyers.

Buy & Sell

Porto Cupecoy: Free condo to mega yacht-slip buyers

Would you be interested in picking up a condo for free? How about one valued at $500,000, and located in the Caribbean to boot? We found a real estate deal on t... Read More

Madoff's NYC, Palm Beach homes get price cuts

It's still not cheap, but Livin' La Vida Madoff may now cost a bit less. Asking prices for homes once occupied by now imprisoned Ponzi schemer Bernard... Read More

Brightening Up Your Home for Sale

If you are selling your home in the fall or winter months, it is important to ensure that your home doesn’t appear to be dull and dim for prospective... Read More

How I Sold It: Tiny Mountaintop Home

The property, with no dining or family room, was 30 minutes from the nearest major town. But a mother-daughter sales team managed to find a young buye... Read More

Finance & Mortgage

Reverse Mortgages for Seniors - Benefit or Burden?

With the advent of the Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM), or reverse mortgages, seniors have had an opportunity to take advantage of the equity in their ho... Read More

Four Tips for Smarter Foreclosure Shopping

Foreclosures can be good deals for homebuyers, but with 1.5 million of them on the market, shopping carefully is important. Read More

Mortgage Applications Drop Again

Mortgage applications declined 2.5 percent last week on a seasonally adjusted basis compared to the previous week. On an unadjusted basis, they were d... Read More

Mortgage rates drop below 5 percent: Freddie Mac

U.S. mortgage rates fell below 5 percent for the first time in three weeks, a key level that may boost home loan demand and help the hard-hit housing ... Read More

Top Properties

Ultimate luxury home on Long Island

Unrivaled luxury and European style reinterpreted on one of Old Westbury's highest hills, just 20 miles outside of New York City in Long Island. This gorgeous ... Read More

Atlanta homes: Living the good life

Ranked as the 3rd largest city in the United States, Atlanta is one of the fastest growing metropolitan areas. Also the most populous city, Atlanta is... Read More

Seattle's Most Expensive Home $25 Million

The most expensive home in Seattle is currently listed at $25M and what a magnificent home it is. Located on the northern tip of Mercer Island, it ha... Read More

Sovereign: Atlanta's highest luxury-condo community

Luxury Properties: Just one look at this building is all it takes to see that this is someplace special. The high-society high rise, Sovereign Buckhea... Read More

 
IBTimes.com Web
Partners
International Business Times© 2009 The Ibtimes Company. All Rights Reserved. Terms of service | Privacy Policy | Advertising | About Us | Contact Us | Archives