In the 1970s, an architect and sculptor came together to design what is now known as the Mushroom House, a 4,000 square-foot property in Perinton, New York’s Powder Mills Park that resembles a mushroom. The property, built on concrete

Free pizza for life and an extra $26,000 doesn’t sounds so bad, does it? A Portland couple found themselves in an interesting situation when they received four offers within three days on their Portland home. Fortunately for one of

A Maryland couple has filed a $2 million lawsuit against a realtor for allegedly selling them a $410,000 home they claim is infested with snakes. To make matters worse, the couple claims the former owners were aware of the

The short term benefits and long term detriments of international buyers in the U.S. market International investors in the real estate market has been something of a hot topic over the past few years. Since the housing market crash,

Builder confidence in the market for newly built, single-family homes in June rose five points to 59 on the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI). That is the highest level of confidence since Sept. 2014.

What counties in the Metro Atlanta housing market saw the most sales activity last month? Earlier this week, Atlanta Agent reported that home sales in Metro Atlanta were soft in May, rising just 1 percent from April to May and

Many wonder why renters are not buying homes at a higher rate, but when one analyzes the numbers, it makes perfect sense. First, there was the notable study from John Burns Real Estate Consulting, which found that only 14.7 percent

The Providence Group of Georgia, LLC is now selling new single-family homes priced from the $550,000s at Highpointe at Vinings in Cobb County. Highpointe is a gated community that will feature a combination of both new floor plans and

  On June 17, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announced a proposed amendment to delay the effective date of the TILA-RESPA Integrated Disclosure (TRID) from Aug. 1 to Oct. 1, 2015. In the announcement, CFPB Director Richard Cordray described

In 1918, New York City’s then-mayor, William Russell, had a 17-room mansion constructed for his daughter on an island in Islesboro, Maine. Known as Grace Estate, the waterfront property, now valued at $9.5 million, sits alone, surrounded by Penobscot

How builders should prepare for TILA-RESPA Pending the approval of a proposed amendment to extend its compliance deadline to Oct. 1, in less than two months, the real estate industry will find itself operating under of TILA-RESPA. Depending on

Brokers and their businesses face 10 big dangers – none of them easily solved The real estate industry is on a precipice, and how it falls from that point will determine its future. That was the central statement – if not

New construction up in 2015, rising on the shoulders of the multifamily sector Housing starts may have been down 11.1 percent from April to May in the Census Bureau’s latest report, but building permits were an entirely different story.

A 14-foot-wide dome-shaped house constructed with curved wooden beams that spins with the help of a small motor sounds futuristic, but you can find these Domespace properties all around the world, including in the U.S. Shiva Vancet, CEO of

Single-person housing is becoming a long-term solution, even into older years One of the most pronounced trends since the 1940s is the rise of the single-person household. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, single-person households were the second most common household type

Atlanta housing market on a tear this spring, but ABR’s latest numbers show market stepped back in May Home sales in the 11-county Atlanta housing market reversed course in May, falling 3.3 percent year-over-year to 4,583 sales, according to