Set 40 miles outside of Los Angeles and butting against a 3,000-acre nature preserve, a striking modern glass house coined the Farralone Estate sits in almost perfect privacy. Click Here To View More
Profits? It’s Not That Flippin’ Easy
It’s tough to resist the entertainment factor in those reality TV shows like “Flip That House.” But here’s a little secret you may not know: Not [...] Click Here To View More
What to Know About a Down Payment
When you buy real estate, it’s very exciting. First, you shop until you find your dream home (or maybe your dream home minus some bedrooms and [...] Click Here To View More
Advice for Buyers Bidding on a Home With Multiple Offers
In case you missed the news, markets are starting to pick up, which means more home buyers are likely to get off the sidelines. But, given [...] Click Here To View More
Off-Beat Homes Perfect for the Off-Beat Personality
We rounded up some of the most unusual examples of real estate, with homes that vary from a grass-covered dune to a rotating dome. Click Here To View More
Beverly Hills Home Where Howard Hughes Crashed Listed for Sale
A relatively new listing in Beverly Hills draws attention to the original details of the immaculate Spanish-style home at 805 N. Linden Drive that was designed [...] Click Here To View More
Home Values Show Largest Gain Since 2006; Many Markets to Hit Bottom by Late 2012
According to Zillow’s first quarter Real Estate Market Reports, which came out today, national home values posted their biggest monthly gain in nearly six years, and [...] Click Here To View More
Celebrity News: Tebow, Martin, De Niro, Osbournes, Hogan, Lively-Reynolds
When it comes to celebrity real estate, not everyone’s livin’ la vida loca. That includes the man who famously crooned about living the crazy life. Singer Ricky [...] Click Here To View More
“Rocky” Ownership of Desert Mediterranean Prompts Stallone to Re-list
Did Sylvester Stallone know he was buying a home in the California desert? Or did something get lost in translation? That is just one of the [...] Click Here To View More
Listed for Sale: “Blue Jay Way” Home Made Famous by Beatles Song
The opening line of one of George Harrison’s most unique songs sets the mood: “There’s a fog upon L.A.” But it’s the plaintive refrain of the [...] Click Here To View More
Zillow Forecast: February Case-Shiller Composite-20 Expected to Show 3.4% Decline from One Year Ago
What will the February Case-Shiller Indices show next Tuesday? Zillow predicts that the 20-City Composite Home Price Index will decline by 3.4 percent on a year-over-year [...] Click Here To View More
How to Get Financing for Rental Properties
These days, many people hear in the news that it’s a good time to buy rental property and so they’ve decided that they would like to [...] Click Here To View More
Make Sure Your House is Appealing from the Curb!
Whether you’re prepping your home for sale, or just want it to look good, don’t forget about the exterior — especially the front yard and door! [...] Click Here To View More
3 Reasons Why Sellers Shouldn’t Be Present for House Showings
It’s the dreaded question real estate agents fear when speaking to the seller. “May I be present at the open house or showing?” At this point, [...] Click Here To View More
4 People Who Are Doing it: Living Greener, Off-the-Grid
“Off-the-grid” may conjure images of die-hard survivalists, but the term actually has a spectrum of meaning. “Now more people are starting to understand how quickly we [...] Click Here To View More
30-Year Fixed Mortgage Rate Up Slightly
Mortgage rates for 30-year fixed mortgages rose this week, with the current rate borrowers were quoted on Zillow Mortgage Marketplace at 3.76 percent, up from 3.73 [...] Click Here To View More
Horrors! Scenes from a Home Inspector’s No-No Book
As a home inspector, once you step foot inside a home to inspect it for a customer, there’s usually a surprise or two awaiting. Because when [...] Click Here To View More
Hello: IRS Rains on Lionel Richie’s Sunny Spring With Tax Lien
Oh, what a feeling. To owe the IRS a million bucks. Seems like an unfortunate confluence of events for singer Lionel Richie, who’s currently celebrating the [...] Click Here To View More
Park Yourself at this NYC Garage-Door Brownstone
For a building that’s 150-years old, it sure sports a youthful facade. That’s because this 16-foot-wide, East Village brownstone was brought grinning into the 21st century [...] Click Here To View More
House of the Week: Arizona’s Great Pyramid
Situated on 13 acres in Arizona is a pyramid home that looks like it belongs in Giza rather than Maricopa. Click Here To View More
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