The average contract interest rate for 30-year fixed-rate mortgages with conforming loan balances ($766,550 or less) decreased to 6.43% from 6.44% Applications for a mortgage to purchase a home did rise 3% for the week but are still 4% lower than the same week... More »
California officials are turning the screws on the city of Beverly Hills, where approval of a new hotel and apartment complex is moving too slowly for state housing bosses and the governor.The lightning rod is a planned mixed-use development near Wilshire Boul... More »
A few months after being toppled by a towering pine tree, a Monrovia home — or what’s left of it — is up for grabs for $499,999.The humble bungalow made headlines when it was crushed by a tree in May with two renters and two dogs inside. None were injured, but... More »
A saltbox-style house in Ancram, a Tudor Revival cottage in Richmond and a four-bedroom home in St. Louis.Ancram, N.Y. | $925,000A 2007 saltbox-style house with four bedrooms and three and a half bathrooms, on a 3.6-acre lotThis property is on a picturesque co... More »
The TV host is trading his 3,500-square-foot apartment, painstakingly assembled over nearly 21 years, for a penthouse in the same neighborhood.Andy Cohen, the TV host, author and longtime producer, spent 21 years building his dream West Village home — a fantas... More »
After being tied up in litigation for years, an assemblage of 13 properties on the cliffs west of Hoboken will see what the market has in store for them.It’s rare for a sizable parcel of land to come up for sale in Union City, N.J., the third most densely popu... More »
There are so many reasons to want a little house on the Russian River.For Mark Jensen and Johanna Grawunder, the draw was partly sentimental: Mr. Jensen had spent part of his childhood in the area around Healdsburg, Calif. Also, his San Francisco-based archite... More »
China's troubled housing market will continue to see softness as a slew of government stimulus and support measures have not been "satisfactory" in propping up the sector, according to a JPMorgan economist. The "housing market crash is still not over yet," Hai... More »
Rupert Murdoch-owned REA Group said Monday that it is contemplating a takeover offer for U.K. property portal Rightmove in a bid to create a global digital real estate business. The Australian property business said it saw the potential acquisition as a "trans... More »
A 1931 Spanish-style house in Glendale, a floating home in Sausalito and a waterfront retreat in San Rafael.Glendale | $3.147 MillionA 1931 Spanish-style house with five bedrooms and four and a half bathrooms, on a 0.3-acre lotThis house is in the Verdugo Wood... More »
When Iria Leino, a Finnish-born painter, died at 89, the rent on her 4,000-square-foot loft in a former knitting factory in SoHo was $650 a month.Ms. Leino (pronounced LAY-no) lived in the same building complex from 1966 until her death of leukemia in 2022. Sh... More »
Younger adults are showing a preference for the renting lifestyle, studies show, and not just because they are priced out of ownership. From cars to clothes and homes, experts weigh in on when it makes sense to buy vs. rent.Vm | E+ | Getty Images ... More »