It’s Not a Great Time to Buy a Starter Home
When it comes to the housing market in the United States, there’s a widening gap between conventional wisdom and real estate reality. Take so-called “starter homes,” for example. In postwar…
That Rental Listing Might Actually Be a Scam
Photo: dc_slim (Shutterstock) We are right smack in the middle of moving season. Leases are ending and starting; U-Haul vans and boxes are hot commodities; IKEA and The Home Depot…
How to Delete Your House’s Pictures From Sites Like Zillow, Redfin, and Realtor
Photo: Sharaf Maksumov (Shutterstock) Our personal data shows up in so many public online spaces. But while there are ways to review and delete your data from social media profiles…
Why So Many Homes Are Being Taken Off the Market Right Now
Photo: pryzmat (Shutterstock) Buying a home in the colder months is often a smart move, but this year is a bugger. A new report from real-estate firm Redfin shows that…
Who Should (and Shouldn’t) Sell Their Home Right Now
Photo: Billion Photos (Shutterstock) With the federal government threading the fine needle of keeping inflation down by increasing interest rates, the housing market is still in a very different place…
How to Assess Your Home’s Risk From Climate Change
Photo: johnmoorefour (Shutterstock) Seems we can’t go more than a few days without an alarming headline about the climate crisis—from an impending “megastorm” in California, to an “environmental nuclear bomb”…
Is Owner Financing Ever a Good Idea?
Photo: Monkey Business Images (Shutterstock) If you’ve been planning to buy a house, you may have noticed that it recently got a little more challenging. With inflation spooking politicians and…
Sellers Are Already Lowering Home Prices in These Cities
Photo: Andy Dean Photography (Shutterstock) As inflation and interest rates rise in tandem, the price of homes in certain United States cities begun to fall—or at least level off. According…
17 of the Trickiest Ways Restaurants Get You to Spend More (and How to Avoid Them)
Photo: Lesterman (Shutterstock) Running a restaurant requires a lot of hard work—hard work that’s only gotten harder in recent years with rising labor costs, supply chain difficulties, and the impact…
How to ‘Appraise’ Your House Without Paying Someone Else to Do It
She’s smiling because she bought in 2018.Photo: fizkes (Shutterstock) A home appraisal is a standard step in the mortgage approval process. If you’re buying a home or refinancing your current…