Author: Pam Finkelstein
You want to make sure to look at things critically. We’ll talk about why arriving early is a mistake and share other stumbles buyers make in the final walkthrough, with insight from top real estate professionals, as well as tips on all the things you should do as... Read More
The 3-acre spread includes a 1920s main house, guesthouse, recording studio, movie theater and glass funicular that runs from the pool to the tennis court. When Microsoft Corp. co-founder Paul Allen died in 2018, he left behind a country-spanning collection of prized real estate including an expansive ranch... Read More
A home inspection is the buyer’s last opportunity to discover problems with the house before purchasing. Learn what the inspector will look for and how you should handle any issues that are turned up in the process. (Feed generated with FetchRSS)... Read More
The information will help not only mortgage financers and servicers but also homeowners, homebuyers, and renters understand and prepare for weather-related fire, heat, drought, and storm perils. Mortgage lenders and financial servicers who are better prepared for climate-related disaster are positioned to anticipate and accelerate local economic recovery... Read More
Expect a 160-degree field of view, oriented horizontally rather than head to toe. Plenty of video doorbells offer people detection, but only a few of them can perform that trick on the device itself rather than in the cloud, and the new Kami Doorbell Camera happens to be... Read More
According to Zillow and Thumbtack’s Hidden Costs of Selling Analysis, the average homeowner spends over $15,000 in “hidden costs” to sell their home. While a real estate agent’s commission is one of the most expensive costs, it definitely isn’t the only one. From staging fees, home improvements, repairs... Read More
Lakers general manager Rob Pelinka is still making trades in the off-season. Pelinka, who joined the Lakers in 2017 after a long career as a sports agent, listed the property earlier this year for $3.95 million. It sits a few miles away from the Newport Coast home of... Read More
Madison Realty Capital, which has a Miami office, provided the mortgage to New Jersey-based U.S. Construction for the 1.17-acre site at 1625 S. Ocean Blvd. The 14 units at 1625 Ocean are priced from $3.9 million to $7.5 million. Ranging from 3,500 to more than 5,000 square feet,... Read More
Buying a home without seeing it sounds pretty scary — especially when it’s consistently drilled into the psyche of buyers that it’s the biggest purchase they’ll ever make. It’s well past time the industry back off a little on that “biggest purchase” line because fear doesn’t exactly help... Read More
The Grammy-winning singer just dropped $5.445 million on a Colonial-style spot a few miles east in Toluca Lake. The purchase came days before the “American Idol” alum finally unloaded her Tennessee mega-mansion for $6.3 million. She had been shopping the 20,000-square-foot showplace around since 2017. Read More
What exactly are home equity shares? And should people be leery of these strange flyers? Home equity share agreements are most common in areas where residential properties have gone up in value significantly, and thus tend to have a lot of equity. But if you can’t pay back... Read More
Built in 1923 by Elmer Grey, the dramatic villa also comes with a guesthouse, pool, spa, cabana and secret garden across more than an acre. Records show Rhimes picked up the historic estate for $8.8 million in 2014, but she’s not the only notable name tied to the... Read More