Pending home sales remained flat in September despite a healthy decline in mortgage rates, in an early sign of continued weakness for the fall home buying season. Signed contracts for existing homes were unchanged last month from August, and down 0.9% from a year ago, according to data released Wednesday by the National Association of … Read more
The demand for home loans rebounded with a 7.1% increase for the week ending Oct. 24, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA). It’s a turnaround from a week ago when mortgage applications decreased by 0.3%. The surge comes as mortgage interest rates dropped to 6.19%, the lowest level in over a year for the … Read more
National growth in home values continues to slow, with prices now falling in 9 out of the 20 major metro areas tracked by a key index. The value of single-family homes in the U.S. as measured by repeat transactions rose 1.5% in August compared to a year earlier, according to data from the S&P Cotality Case-Shiller … Read more
Renovations on actress Emma Stone‘s extraordinary Texas mansion appear to have finally been completed—five months after she put the palatial pad on the market for $23.5 million. New listing photos shared with Realtor.com® reveal that the “landmark” dwelling has undergone an incredible transformation since it was listed at the end of May, with once-bare rooms … Read more
Musician Avril Lavigne‘s former Malibu mansion is back on the market just two years after she sold it to a new buyer—who is asking a staggering $14.5 million for the home, almost double what they paid for the pad in 2023. Lavigne, 41, snapped up the California blufftop estate in 2020 for $7.8 million. But … Read more
Disgraced British royal Prince Andrew and his ex-wife, Sarah Ferguson, have reportedly agreed to vacate their longtime home, Royal Lodge, after months of back-and-forth with King Charles—but are said to be demanding that they be given two homes in return for moving out. Andrew, 65, and his former spouse have spent the past 20 years … Read more
Billionaire Russell Weiner secured a buyer for his waterfront home on North Bay Road that Keith Menin gut-renovated and recently listed for sale. The deal is one of 13 contracts signed in Miami-Dade County between Oct. 20 and Oct. 26, according to the latest Eklund-Gomes report, which tracks listings of homes and condos asking $4 … Read more
Lily Allen and actor David Harbour have listed their marital townhouse in Brooklyn for just under $8 million—mere days after the songstress spilled some very intimate details about their bitter breakup in her new album. The sprawling Carroll Gardens property, which has been listed by Carl Gambino of Compass, was put on the market on Oct. … Read more
A striking California residence that was built to serve as the governor’s mansion for Ronald Reagan and his wife, Nancy, has come on the market for $7.5 million. Though it is a far cry from 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., 2300 California Ave. represents its own very significant heritage, having been commissioned by the couple in the … Read more
A picturesque Craftsman-style Florida abode that was built by Sears & Roebuck founder Alvah Roebuck has snagged itself a buyer only days after hitting the market for just $600,000. Located in the small coastal town of Gulfport, a community of brightly painted cottages that attracts all manner of creatives and free spirits, the quaint dwelling … Read more