Real Estate

With much of the optimism of the past decade wrung out of the housing market, I have been fielding a lot of questions about what to do with an existing home. Should you still try and sell now? Or perhaps rent it out? As a comprehensive financial planner, I strive to guide my clients to

There is nothing quite like reminiscing about that favorite luxury resort to transport you to another world full of fond memories and over-the-top experiences. What if you could have those same amenities all from the comfort of your own home? These five properties, while singular, all share one common attribute: each evokes the feel of

In certain movies, the background becomes a character. More than a backdrop, the environment in which the central characters live, work or interact with each other makes the place where the story happens as important a part of the story as the plot. An example is the 1998 film The Truman Show, in which Jim

The former estate of jazz icon Billie Holiday has surfaced for sale at $3.5 million in the leafy Benedict Canyon area of Beverly Hills, California. Completed in 1926, the four-bedroom, three-bathroom private residence was last sold in 2015 for $2.15 million before hitting the market earlier this month. “The house feels like a European Villa,”

California has a housing problem. It needs to build 2.5 million new units by the end of the decade to meet residents’ needs, according to the Statewide Housing Plan, and at least 1 million of them need to be affordable. This is not a recent problem for the state, nor is it an easy one

Spring boarding off the success of the first Mr.C-branded residences built next to the family’s flagship hotel in Beverly Hills, California, moguls Ignazio and Maggio Cipriani have expanded their sights (and their sites) to include such locales as Manhattan, Punta del Este, Uruguay and Miami. Up next: Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. The 27

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The city of West Lake Hills near Austin, Texas, is equated with luxurious homes, scenic surroundings and high quality of life. Lesser-known, perhaps, it’s also an occasional canvas for architectural expression. Built in 2019 and designed by architect Michael Hsu, this modern masterpiece employs wood, stone, glass and metal. From the curb, it appears low-slung

Creating timeless decor is an art and there’s no doubt that Pepper has mastered it. Launched in 2018, the brand has become a go-to for traditional and contemporary design enthusiasts. Best known for its cheerfully bold yet tasteful prints, Pepper offers a curated and customizable selection of home accessories including pillows, curtains, throws, table linens,

The housing market has changed considerably in recent months as higher mortgage rates, rising inflation and economic uncertainty have sidelined many buyers. At the same time, sellers still have the upper hand in most markets throughout the country, according to this month’s Knock Buyer-Seller Market Index, which analyzes key housing market metrics to measure the

Return to office is still a work in progress—complicated by the threat of an economic slowdown and the resulting shift in the employer/employee power balance—yet only 16% of employees today are working exclusively from home, according to recent JLL research. The fastest-growing workplace isn’t home or the office, but some third place—a coffee shop, hotel

By nature of location, a Fifth Avenue residence should be both luxurious and elegant. After all, the historic thoroughfare that travels all the way down Manhattan has earned its stripes over the years as the world’s most expensive shopping street, Millionaire’s Row and Museum Mile. This three-bedroom condo in a converted early 20th-century skyscraper delivers

Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin On August 16, President Joe Biden signed into law the Inflation Reduction Act, which provides some $370 billion in energy and climate spending and tax breaks over the next decade. It’s the most aggressive federal action to combat climate change in the nation’s history and is

As Hurricane Ian rips through Florida as one of the most powerful storms ever recorded in the U.S., CoreLogic, a data analytics provider, estimates that 7.2 million single- and multifamily residences with a combined total reconstruction value of $1.6 trillion are within the moderate and high flash flood risk bands, as forecasted by the National

A decade ago, purists winced when the first references to “NoMad” — denoting the area north and west of Madison Square Park — were first widely circulated. Just what we need, some moaned, a cutesy shorthand buzzword for a made-up Manhattan enclave that had never really been considered a neighborhood before. But in the ensuing

In September of 2018, designer and artist Malene Barnett took to Instagram to protest the lack of black representation at the New York Design Center’s annual “What’s New, What’s Next” symposium. After garnering more than 1,500 likes and some 370 comments, Barnett’s virtual provocation became reality: She went on to found the Black Artists +

Topline New home sales unexpectedly surged much more than economists projected in August even though same-day data showed prices collapsing due to a dearth in demand—fueling volatility that some experts argue could signal that the housing market slowdown could hike up the odds of a recession. Key Facts About 685,000 new single-family houses were sold

Tunafjärden is a peaceful bay in the Stockholm archipelago. In the summer, boats line the docks that spill off the narrow lots of waterside properties. In winter, a skim of ice hardens to create an unbounded backyard skating rink. The multiple islands and meandering waterways mean there’s an ample supply of waterfront homes and places

Slow-moving Hurricane Ian puts more than 1 million homes along the Florida Gulf Coast at risk of storm surge heights up to 10 feet and a reconstruction cost value of approximately $258.3 billion. These figures assume Hurricane Ian makes landfall as a Category 4 hurricane. In Florida, more than 15 million people are facing the

Housing markets that had the fastest growing rents over the last two years are now witnessing a dramatic pullback. None of the top 40 largest markets saw year-over-year asking rents expand in August, pointing to the overall deterioration of market conditions, according to Apartments.com. “After a 20-month run of positive monthly growth dating back to