Desperate for a housing rebound Home prices won’t rebound until jobs come back. But jobs won’t come back until the housing mess gets fixed. Home clearance sale coming from ‘desperate’ sellers Home prices are already a third off their highs, but this summer could bring the real discounts. Don’t get trapped in an ARM They [...]

The Thriving (Online) Shelter Magazine Industry Digital start-ups like Lonny and Rue try to fill the void left by their vanished print predecessors. At Home With Kelly Coyne and Erik Knutzen: Living Large, Off the Land Kelly Coyne and Erik Knutzen gave up a long commute to promote a do-it-yourself revolution from their home in [...]

Inside Sarah Palin’s new Arizona estate Where people are oldest – Maine tops Florida Florida may have the reputation as a big draw for retirees, but it’s actually the northern end of the Eastern Seaboard that has the most aged population in America. Foreclosures for sale: Big supply, low prices There’s a three-year inventory of [...]

Light Bulb Saving Time In design circles, an energy law sparks anxiety and stockpiling. House Proud: Bopping to Her Own Beat The songwriter Allee Willis has filled her Los Angeles home with pop items that others may deem “completely ridiculous.” Shopping With S. Russell Groves: Spoons for Thinkers A modernist architect and designer who worked [...]

Winners of the rental economy There are still many factors discouraging even the most savvy homebuyers from purchasing a home, but a new class of renters is expected to bring a bright spot to the troubled U.S. real estate market. Prices for rental apartments are expected to rise nationally — by approximately 4.5% in 2011 [...]

Top 10 turnaround towns Homes in these markets are listing for higher prices and selling more briskly than in recent years. Who pays the most in property taxes? Of the 10 counties with the highest property taxes in the United States, all are in New Jersey and New York. Connecticut and New Hampshire also had [...]

Sales of Home Safes Surge, Driven by the Recession and Recent Disasters Makers of residential safes say recent events like the mortgage crisis, the tornadoes in the South and the earthquake in Japan are prompting more people to keep their valuables at home. In the Garden: A Wine to Call Our Own A writer’s quest [...]

Tycoon in the making Malynda Williams didn’t set out to be a real estate tycoon. But the 50-something has managed to acquire four properties over the past three years, and she’s looking for more. Nation of renters and hoarders If you need any more proof of how sorry a state the housing market is in, [...]

Mortgage denied: Sometimes, for no good reason Getting a mortgage just keeps getting tougher, and many homebuyers are getting rejected for loans they could easily afford. Foreclosed? The tax man may want his cut Did you lose your house to foreclosure this year? Did your lender forgive some of your mortgage debt because the house [...]

On Location: A Country Home, by a Modernist at Play A unique 20th-century gem designed by John M. Johansen fits neatly into the weekend lives of a Manhattan architect and designer. The Serial Sleepover Artist Kenya Robinson, an artist, has offered herself up as a guest to anyone who would have her as part of [...]