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Buying a home can be stressful. There are so many questions to be answered and decisions to be made, such as where you should live, what can you afford, and how do you find a real estate agent. Eventually, a whole new set of questions start coming, like, what color should you paint the kitchen? T...

A housing trend that will continue to increase is renting. Renting can make financial sense for both the landlord and the tenant. Nearly 35% of occupied homes were rented out in 2010, that's opposed to 33.8% in 2000, according to census data compiled by USA Today. More than 500 cities have seen a...

  Last known photo of Huguette Clark, taken by Associated Press When Barbara Cleary ofChristie's International Real Estate was contacted to be the listing agent of Huguette Clark's 52-acre estate in 2005, she didn't know much about the home other than it was a "beautiful piece of property." Clear...

Source: People.com For Britney Spears, 2007 was not a good year. Recently divorced from Kevin Federline, or "K-Fed," Spears was attempting a come-back tour in the midst of a child custody battle, stints in and out of rehab and some heavy media attention after a self-inflicted buzz cut. It was al...

If you have ever applied for a mortgage, chances are at some point in the process you may have asked: Is all of this paperwork really necessary? After many years of working as a mortgage broker, consumers have commented to me that they find the paperwork confusing. And although I understand the r...

In an in-depth, data-driven special report, "10 Best Markets for Real Estate Investors," Inman News analyzed hundreds of housing markets nationwide to develop a list of those that may be best suited for investors. The full report -- available at no charge atwww.inman.com/reports/10-markets-inves...

Real estate search engine Trulia is aggregating crime statistics from multiple partners including CrimeReports.com, EveryBlock.com and SpotCrime.com to provide crime maps in 50 metro areas. Trulia's crime maps, which launched today, allow users to view crimes in a specific area, toggle between m...

LPS: More than 4M loans in foreclosure or at least 90 days late Foreclosure starts dipped below the 200,000 mark during April for the first time in years, but the foreclosure pipeline remained bloated by more than 4 million homes whose owners are in foreclosure or delinquent by 90 days or more. T...

The National Association of Realtors National Open House June 4-5 2011. Eight in 10 adults agree that buying a home is the best long-term investment a person can make. That is according to a recent nationwide Pew Research Center survey, demonstrating the value that Americans continue to place on ...

Source: NY Daily News Slowly, but surely the Madoff collection of mansions is diminishing. The latest luxury Madoff home to hit the market is the New York estate of Peter Madoff - Bernie Madoff's younger brother. The home is listed for $6,495,000 on the high-end Old Westbury real estate market. ...