Do you find yourself playing the blame game during the transaction with other agents? Ryan Zomorodi recommends these tips to stay on the high ground and keep the transaction moving forward.
Prancing Horse Estate on California’s Central Coast Gallops Onto the Market for $19.9M
Want a permanent staycation? The Prancing Horse Estate & Vineyard in Carpinteria, CA, just might fit the bill.
“I call it ‘adult Disneyland,’” says listing agent Neyshia Go, of the Go Group at Sotheby’s International Realty. “It has everything you could possibly want without ever having to leave.”
This sprawling compound includes vineyards, an eight-car garage, L.A. Lakers–themed basketball court, pool, rooftop gym, and equestrian facilities. But the star attraction is the 11,000-square-foot mansion.
The property is listed for $19,985,000.
Regulators fire warning shot over bow of mortgage comparison sites
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau warned on Tuesday that operators of mortgage comparison-shopping platforms may be violating RESPA if they manipulate search results to coerce kickbacks.
Save Money (and the Planet): An Energy Efficient Mortgage, Explained
Are you a buyer with your eyes on a charming older house or a bargain fixer-upper?
As you’re researching what it will take to buy the property, you’ll likely come across some hefty costs for updates to replace the outdated furnace and drafty single-pane windows. And that might leave you thinking you can’t afford the home after all—especially if those costs come on top of making your mortgage payments.
Well, hang on. We’ve got some good news on a type of mortgage you probably never heard of.
An Energy Efficient Mortgage, or EEM, allows you to make energy upgrades to your home and roll those costs into your mortgage loan. Here’s what you need to know to determine if an EEM is right for you.
Black Knight, myCUmortgage vie to power credit unions’ home loans
Ohio-based myCUmortgage signed nine credit unions serving more than 380,000 members as new partners in 2022.
Podcaster Jon Favreau Lists His Los Angeles Home for $4.4M
Political podcaster Jon Favreau is trading up in the City of Angels.
Indeed, the former speechwriter for President Barack Obama and current co-host of the podcast “Pod Save America” is moving to the coveted Windsor Square neighborhood. So he’s unloading his gorgeously renovated Los Angeles lair, which he picked up in 2020 for $3.5 million.
Favreau has listed the four-bedroom, five-bath, 3,400-square-foot residence for a cool $4.4 million. It features a sea-inspired blue, green, and white palette and blond wood floors.
The home was built in 1920.Realtor.com
Stunning Beach House Made of Glass Charms the SoCal Market for $7.5M
An award-winning architectural design in Manhattan Beach, CA, is a showstopper of a beach house.
The concrete, steel, and glass home offers unobstructed ocean views.
“I’ve never seen anything like it,” says Lauren Forbes with Compass. She’s co-listing the home with Todd Jones of Rodeo Realty. “There are two separate wings on the top that almost look like trains or beautiful glass buildings that are separated.”
One of the home’s most striking details is its outdoor entertaining space, which is positioned between the wings.
‘Teen Mom’ Chelsea DeBoer’s Latest Home Makeover Has Us Wondering: Is She OK? Take a Look
Former “Teen Mom” star turned designer Chelsea DeBoer and her husband, Cole, are known for taking some big, unexpected risks on their renovation show, “Down Home Fab.”
But in the latest episode, “French Glam Bungalow,” you have to wonder: Have they gone too far?
The stakes are high, as client Landon is Chelsea’s friend as well as her hairstylist. It’s risky enough working for a friend, but when that pal holds your hair in his hands? That takes some grit!
“Friends as clients, that can be tricky,” says Chelsea. “It’s a huge compliment that Landon and [partner] Ty like our design style so much that they want us to redesign their home, but there’s always a little bit of fear mixing business and personal.”
Price growth slowdown continued in December as mortgage rates peaked
Home price growth fell 0.4 percent between November and December, while year-over-year single-family price growth dropped to 6.9 percent, according to new data released Tuesday by CoreLogic.
The Rate of Home-Price Growth Hits Lowest Since Late Summer 2020. These Markets Have the Highest Risk of Price Declines.
Home prices are starting to reflect the insipid housing market.
After months of weak data indicating that home sales have stalled, home prices are finally starting to reflect the slowdown that began last year.
Home-price appreciation slowed to 6.9% in December, according to the CoreLogic Home Price Index.
The rate of home-price growth is the lowest since the late summer of 2020. Home price growth also slowed by 0.4% from the month before.
Broker Tamir Shemesh lands at Nest Seekers after SERHANT. exit
Following the announcement of his untimely departure from SERHANT. after just one year, Tamir Shemesh has now joined Nest Seekers International, his fourth brokerage in the past six years.
Douglas Elliman enters Wellesley, MA, bringing on Joni Shore Group
The move into Wellesley will be bolstered by Joni Shore's three decades-plus career in real estate, which now exceeds $600 million in sales volume, according to news revealed exclusively to Inman.
Baseball Icon Albert Pujols’ Kansas Mansion Hits the Market for $2.3M
Recently retired Major League Baseball legend Albert Pujols is ready to walk off from his time in the Sunflower State.
After finishing his 22-year career back where it began with the St. Louis Cardinals, Pujols is easing into a new life.
First up on his to-do list? The sale of a $2.3 million, 10,000-square-foot home.
Pujols recently listed his five-bedroom, 7.5-bath mansion in Leawood, KS, which sits just south of Kansas City and right on the Missouri border. It’s about four hours west of St. Louis, where the slugger starred for more than a decade.
Mapping out 253 cities with quarterly declines in home value
Where are home prices falling? Let's map out the 253 cities that saw quarterly declines in the final three months of 2022. But there are indications that this isn't a repeat of the 2008 crash.
Most homebuyers forking out big bucks to buy down mortgage rate
While mortgage rates have eased and home prices have fallen in many markets, affordability "still has a stranglehold on much of the market," according to research released Monday by Black Knight.
The Agency expands further into Europe with new Portugal franchise
The new Lisbon office follows The Agency's first foray into Europe — in The Netherlands — last spring. The office will be led by Managing Partner Ayres Neto, The Agency revealed to Inman.
How To Revive a Lawn That Took a Beating This Winter
Between the parade of cyclones that pummeled California and the record-breaking frigid temperatures in the northeastern United States, the weather this winter has challenged many homeowners. And we’re betting there’s a good chance your lawn has seen better days.
Thankfully, spring is around the corner. And while it’s not time for your lawn mower to come out of hibernation just yet, now is a great time to make a plan to revive your lawn.
In addition to the following lawn maintenance tasks you can tackle right now, there are also a few preliminary steps you can take to nurse your grass back to its former green self. Consider this your lawn fix-it game plan.
Mitigate snow mold
Snow mold can destroy your lawn.Getty Images
Super Bowl Showdown: Kansas City vs. Philadelphia Real Estate, by the Numbers. Which Is the Hotter Market?
Photo-Illustration by Realtor.com; Photos: Getty Images (4)
As the Philadelphia Eagles and the Kansas City Chiefs prepare for their clash in Super Bowl LVII, NFL fans have visions of Jalen Hurts and Patrick Mahomes engaged in a classic duel in the desert. And while we certainly appreciate elite quarterbacking as much as the next person, there’s a different pitched, drag-down, thrill-a-minute competition we can’t peel our eyes away from: the current real estate market!
So let others prognosticate and pontificate about turnover differential and complicated defensive schemes. Right now, the Eagles are slight favorites in the point spread, but what we want to know most is whether Philly soars over Kansas City when it comes to real estate.
So instead of passing yards, fumbles, or sacks, our own Realtor.com® metrics tell the true tale of the tape when it comes to these two major housing markets. Philadelphia has nearly four times as many homes on the market at this moment, but where can home shoppers score a deal worthy of a Gatorade bath?
We broke down the game film on home affordability, housing supply, and market heat to determine which of these two cities should truly raise the roof and pop the corks.
Get out of your head! Shut down negative self-talk with these proven strategies
Whether you’re in leadership, a broker-owner or an agent, negative self-talk plagues virtually everyone, writes trainer Bernice Ross. Here's how to turn off that negative voice in your head and move forward anyway.
How A Couple Transformed This Frumpy Two-Family House in Brooklyn
You’d never know that this gracious Brooklyn home was once a frumpy two-family house. Here’s how one couple transformed it.
