Marin’s 10 most expensive home sales of 2023
With all the bustle of the holidays, many Marin residents risk being distracted from their normal focus — real estate. Fortunately, there’s help. Data on the top residential sales of …
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Is December 26 the worst day to buy a home in California?
Welcome to homebuying’s slowest day of the year. My trusty spreadsheet looked at some curious house-hunting stats from real estate tracker Attom, which tallied closed transactions and median pricing patterns …
How to pick an architect and how to manage the build
Experts suggest thinking about how you’ll use your home in future when considering a building project. 10’000 Hours | Digitalvision | Getty Images Extending your home or remodeling your kitchen …
Mortgage rates slide below 7% for first time since August
Mortgages rates dipped below 7% this week for the first time since August — and they could keep sliding further. After reaching their highest point in the last two decades …
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to share why some condos are ineligible for loans
Federal loan guarantor Fannie Mae will make its secret “blacklist” of condos it will not finance available to condo associations and unit owners next year. Its counterpart Freddie Mac, meanwhile, …
The rise of all-cash homebuyers, and what it means for the market
Mia Taylor | (TNS) Bankrate.com For many Americans, owning a home is a major life goal. An overwhelming 74% of U.S. adults consider homeownership to be a part of the …
Want to buy property in the UK? Now could be the time, experts say
Luxury properties in the Kensington and Chelsea district of London, UK, on Monday, Aug. 21, 2023. Jason Alden | Bloomberg | Getty Images The U.K. property market has been a …
Realtors predict a housing rebound from 2023’s dismal sales
Even with the happiest place on earth just a stone’s throw away, Realtors are feeling more like Disney’s Grumpy than Happy these days. “When I look at the statistics, we …
German housebuilding is collapsing — and could drag the economy down
A construction site of residential buildings on the Elbe dike near downtown Wittenberg. Soeren Stache | Picture Alliance | Getty Images Germany’s Olaf Scholz once set the goal of building …
Man buys into small town to draw more travelers
Matt Rogatz now owns a hotel, guest house, spa and former jail in Green Lake, Wisconsin. Source: Our Green Lake For the past two years, property developer Matt Rogatz made …