Real Estate News

In this May 21, 2013 file photo, actor Woody Harrelson attends the "Now You See Me" premiere at AMC Lincoln Square in New York.

This one's pretty impressive. This property is the epitome of a Southampton estate, from the rolling green lawns to the beautiful rambling old house.

The unveiling of new real estate tech options continues after this morning's Nestio relaunch with the unveiling of a new tool from CityRealty : a Market Insight section with a ton of real-time real estate data to fill those long days when there are no new market reports to be had.

Around the U.S., some lenders are offering 90 percent financing again on all loan types.

Tina Niemann, who led a top-selling real estate team with Prudential Alliance Realtors' Ladue/Frontenac office, died June 14 at age 80. Niemann was married to the late John "Jack" Niemann for 60 years.

Republican state Rep. Chad Fincher of Semmes has joined the crowded field to replace U.S. Rep. Jo Bonner in Alabama's 1st District congressional race.

Total sales for the month were up 6 percent compared to May 2012, and median sale prices rose 18 percent over the same period to $275,000, according to data from S.C. Realtors.

What will the real estate industry look like five years from now, and how can brokers and agents prepare for it? Leaders of four companies that have been at the forefront of change - Redfin, Trulia, Zillow and Move Inc. - will share their insights at a July 10 panel at Real Estate Connect San Francisco .

Fraud is not rare, but fraud alleging that licensed real estate agents broke real estate laws in a contract pertaining to their own home IS quite rare.

The median price of a previously owned house in California soared 31.9 percent in May, the largest year-over-year increase in more than three decades as sales of more expensive properties increased and inventory remained tight, a trade group said Monday.

Last week's Real Estate Death Match was one of the closer ones in the brief series history, but the balcony with a view and rooftop pool of the Penn Quarter location proved more alluring than the Woodley Park condo with a private garden.

Orlando-area residents Anne and Brian Fuselier look out over the Indian River recently from the third floor of their vacation home in New Smyrna Beach.News-Journal/DAVID TUCKER NEW SMYRNA BEACH - Anne and Brian Fuselier searched about a year and half - from "Vero to Palm Coast" - before they finally found their dream second home.

Fashion photographer Steven Meisel 's gorgeous mid-century modern house in Trousdale Estates showed up in Architectural Digest last fall, so it was only a matter of time before it hit the market .

The numbers of single-family homes and condominiums available for sale are the lowest they've been for at least five years, according to statistics released by the Realtors Association of Maui.

Boca area realtor Gary Goldberg, accused - among other things - of performing oral sex on a teenage girl in the bathroom of the BP station at Glades and Butts Road has plead guilty.

The Wisconsin Realtors Association says for the 23rd-straight month, home sales is on the rise - up 18.2% from a year ago.

There were more than 9,000 homes put under agreement in Massachusetts last month, the most for any month since the Massachusetts Association of Realtors began tracking data in 2004.

Foreign retirees could live in the United States for longer periods each year if they agree to make hefty cash investments in real estate.

It's no wonder GM isn't officially involved in the use of Chevy as a plot point of current series of 'Mad Men.'

Realtor.com operator Move Inc. announced today it will be able to show consumers in the Chicago, Boston and San Francisco markets sold listings data - including who represented the buyer and seller - thanks to agreements with three multiple listing services.