Friday, 15 November 2024

News

'Summer Luxury Market Update

Realtor.com's latest data on 85 luxury markets confirms today's definition of luxury is extremely localized with some markets showing declining sales and price growth. While others like Tampa are summertime hot.

'Top 25 Cities Where Home Values Are Soaring

While across the U.S. many housing markets have been undermined by a recent slowdown, in many other markets times have been good. Looking at the year-over-year change in median home values for the 300 largest cities, sourced from Zillow, reveals an impressive number of cities that have seen home values appreciate by more than 10% in just one year: 25 cities in total.

'The Housing Slowdown Is Hitting These Cities Hardest

Across the U.S., housing markets have been gripped by a general cooling off after years of surging home values and sales. Such a development is only natural, but it often impacts cities very unevenly, with some housing markets feeling the slowdown to a much more serious degree than others.

EDITOR'S PICKS

'New Zillow Zestimate Accuracy

Zillow just updated its Zestimates of house values. If you follow Zillow's estimate of your house's value, you might want to check it out now and see if it changed.

By Staff Reporter
'The Surprising Story Of Rugby, Tennessee

A cluster of Victorian English houses is an unexpected sight along a rural two-lane Tennessee road. With gingerbread and gables, they look like imports from a Charles Dickens novel. In fact, Rugby was an unexpected Tennessee town as its architecture looks today.

By Staff Reporter
'A Step In The Right Direction: Boris Johnson's Plans For Stamp Duty

tamp duty slashed in Boris Johnson no-deal budget" says a headline in today's Times newspaper. It's an interesting piece, and definitely worth a read.

By Staff Reporter
'A Prefab Home On A Cliff In Bavaria, Germany: Building The Impossible

Some places in the world seem almost impossible to build. But as they say - where there is a will, there is a way

By Staff Reporter
'Get A European Passport Thrown In For Free When you Buy This House

Buyers of expensive properties are used to having a little perk thrown into the deal. Most would expect a decent bottle of something. Some even get an expensive car. But buyers of the Heart of Europe, a new development in Dubai, can receive real citizenship to a European country with their purchase.

By Staff Reporter
'Cybersecurity in Real Estate - The Multibillion-Dollar Problem Of Weak

Its introduction forced companies to consider data, privacy and security issues as part of their daily operations

By Staff Reporter
'City Planning Can Be Transformed by Municipal Digital Twins

Urban planning has always faced challenges. Its planning takes place behind closed doors and is a bureaucratic process. Urban plans must be defended to the public, but communication with citizens that lack specialized knowledge is difficult.

By Staff Reporter
'For $98M Five-story NYC Penthouse With Private Pool And Hot Tub

A five-floor, 19,000-square-foot penthouse north of Madison Square Park in Manhattan, featuring more than 4,500 square feet of outdoor space with a private lap pool and glass-walled hot tub, has hit the market for $98 million, making it one of the priciest condos on the market in New York City.

By Staff Reporter
'This Former Slave Became A Real Estate Mogul And Left The World A Better Place

I recently augmented my UC Santa Barbara UCTV Innovator Stories series, bringing back to life Lost Voices from unsung entrepreneurs of the past. I've focused on entrepreneurs from underrepresented groups, whose stories are less familiar, even to students of entrepreneurship.

By Staff Reporter
'U.S.'s Most Expensive Neighborhoods, Study Reveals

Apartmentguide.com recently crunched the numbers in the "25 most populated cities" to scope out the most expensive neighborhoods.

By Staff Reporter
'Reasons Why You Should Take Home Ventilation Seriously

A newly built home in San Francisco, Residence 950, takes indoor air quality very seriously. Built-in 2018 by Troon Pacific, the 9,500-square foot home on Russian Hill has hospital grade air filtration via a Zehnder whole-house ventilation system, which changes all the air in the home every two hours; a central whole-house vacuum system that keeps all areas allergen and dust-free and a below-grade air barrier to keep out all allergens and mitigate dust.

By Staff Reporter
'10 Victorian Homes Under $300K You Can Buy Right Now, Fancy, yet Frugal

Victorian architecture is an expression of the "More is more" philosophy of design, producing ornate, intricate homes

By Staff Reporter