5 Trendy Home Design Details for 2024

5 Trendy Home Design Details for 2024

5 Trendy Home Design Details for 2024 From mixed-up backsplashes to fluted accents, here are a few of the home trends that add a more customized touch. By:  Melissa Dittmann Tracey Design... Read more »
Average Home Value Increase Per Year, 5 Years, 10 Years

Average Home Value Increase Per Year, 5 Years, 10 Years

Understanding Home Appreciation Home appreciation is a fundamental concept in the world of real estate and property investment. It refers to the increase in the value of a residential property over time.... Read more »
Home prices are on an epic run

Home prices are on an epic run

Home sellers are partying like it’s 2006. Real estate prices posted an annual gain of 6.3% in February, according to the latest S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Indices. On a national level, home prices... Read more »
LA’s First M Home Sale of Year Points to Pacific

LA’s First $20M Home Sale of Year Points to Pacific

The first luxury house sale of 2024 came from Pacific Palisades, rather than the typical locales in Malibu, Beverly Hills or Brentwood. The mansion located at 211 Alma Real Drive traded for... Read more »
For LA Agents, Luxury Home Sales Surge in December

For LA Agents, Luxury Home Sales Surge in December

Los Angeles residential agents ended 2023 on a mixed note — but luxury agents saw a boom in December.  In a year-to-year comparison, December business was good, with a 4.5 percent uptick... Read more »
Q1 2024 BrokerPulse: Leaders predict flat home prices, lower interest rates

Q1 2024 BrokerPulse: Leaders predict flat home prices, lower interest rates

After a 2023 of real estate brokers saying they feel “neutral” or “pessimistic” about the housing market, some 48% of those surveyed for the Q1 2024 HousingWire BrokerPulse survey are optimistic that... Read more »
Tapping home equity in retirement has advantages and pitfalls: Harvard researcher

Tapping home equity in retirement has advantages and pitfalls: Harvard researcher

Older Americans are forced to navigate a series of serious financial challenges compounded by their needs for both housing and later life care. While home equity can certainly be a beneficial tool... Read more »
Are you ready to buy a home?

Are you ready to buy a home?

Question: I am tired of paying rent and thinking about buying a home, but I’m worried about the added cost and responsibility. How do I know if I am ready?—Kate The transition... Read more »
Tapping home equity in retirement has advantages and pitfalls: Harvard researcher

Home equity could make a difference for long-term care funding (but there’s a catch)

As the U.S. population grows older with each passing year, looking for new and novel ways to fund long-term care for the aging population could include home equity. A reverse mortgage can... Read more »
Home Depot’s sluggish sales may be warning sign for housing

Home Depot’s sluggish sales may be warning sign for housing

Some cracks may finally be starting to show in the foundations of what has been a very strong housing market. Home Depot reported quarterly sales that missed forecasts Tuesday and the CEO... Read more »