Real Estate

A default on the nation’s debt, if Congress is unable to raise the federal debt ceiling in coming weeks, would boost mortgage rates by at least two percentage points and cause a slump in home sales as costlier financing puts real estate beyond the reach of more Americans, according to Jeff Tucker, a Zillow senior

Grammy award-winning musician Billy Joel has called Oyster Bay, a hamlet on Long Island in New York, home since 2002. Now, the “Movin’ Out” crooner is saying goodbye to the property. The “Piano Man” singer recently listed the 26-acre property, known as Middlesea, for $49 million. First built in 1994, the property sits on 2,000

If a gated community with a guarded entry seems like a modern-day security measure, think again. Homes in a neighborhood in Alanya, a city in the Turkey province of Antalya, are surrounded by miles of medieval castle walls complete with watchtowers. Alanya Kale was built as a fortress on a rocky peninsula surrounded on three

Construction workers work on a home, as a subdivision of home is built in San Marcos, California, January 31, 2023. Mike Blake | Reuters Homebuilders are getting a big boost from the lack of existing homes for sale, and that appears to be outweighing some of the challenges they’re facing from financial markets. Builder confidence

Anecdotal evidence suggests upscale buyers are as interested in big city pieds-a-terre after the pandemic as they were before Covid’s arrival. The difference? Purchasers are tending to seek not customizable residences, but homes that feature turnkey living. The change may flow from Covid-era supply chain uncertainties lingering longer than expected. Buyers don’t want to wait

“Outdoor luxury kitchens are a high growth category,” according to a new study just published this month by the National Kitchen & Bath Association. The reasons driving this surge include people entertaining more at home because of Covid, a desire to connect with nature for wellness, new products exciting homeowners, and a keeping up with

In terms of sales volume, multifamily is the largest asset class in commercial real estate, followed by industrial, office, and retail, per data from Real Capital Analytics. The segment currently has a national vacancy rate of 6.7%, according to CoStar, which projects that rent growth will moderate during the next 12 months from 3.7% to

After conducting series of deep-dives in housing markets such as in Seattle, Denver, and Phoenix, for example, a general trend seems to be emerging. Major housing markets, like the three mentioned, and for this study — Las Vegas — all experienced supercharged housing activity from 2021 until mid-2022 and has since been cooling off a

Beach homes are seen on September 30, 2020 in Southampton, New York. Kena Betancur | AFP | Getty Images An oversupply of summer rentals in the Hamptons is spurring price cuts of 20% or more, as affluent Wall Streeters and tech workers cut back on their summer spending. There are now about 5,700 seasonal rentals

Just a few hundred people of Chinese heritage still live in Washington, D.C.’s Chinatown. Many have been pushed out to cheaper and safer areas. Noah Sheidlower | CNBC Penny and Jack Lee, now married, grew up in the 1960s and 1970s among the thousands of people of Chinese heritage who lived in apartments lining the

In Malibu, California, sand is gold. Where homes are sited―whether sandcastle-close along Broad Beach Road or atop Point Dume cliffs―is all about the correlation to beaches glinting in a sunset’s glow. The main show is the Pacific Ocean and its sonic swells―that serene rhythmic roll homebuyers crave to hear 24/7 and will gladly pay millions

By the middle of the 1980s, television host and media mogul Merv Griffin was making retirement plans from his hit talk show, The Merv Griffin Show, which had been on the air for more than 20 years. The success of his production companies, Merv Griffin Enterprise and Merv Griffin Entertainment—responsible for creating the game shows

Only four owners have called Denholm mansion in the Sydney suburb of Woollahra home in its more than 100-year history. Among them was former Liberal Party heavyweight Sir John Atwill, who during his 50-year ownership received a variety of distinguished guests including the venerable Margaret Thatcher. Befitting this provenance, the landmark estate recalls the elegance

A stylishly renovated multiroom apartment in New York City comes with large living spaces and is situated in the Lifesaver Lofts, a turn-of-the-last-century factory that once manufactured the iconic candies. The building is located in Manhattan’s Chelsea neighborhood, less than a block from both the High Line and the Chelsea Piers sports complex as well

Investment in luxury second-home markets has cooled following a sales run-up during the pandemic years 2020-21. But that’s not to say a lot of folks aren’t still toying with investing in such sunny spots as the Caribbean, Hawaii and Costa Rica. “The pandemic-related market run experienced in Hawaii’s ultra-luxury real estate sector was logistically unsustainable,

The San Francisco Office Tower was worth $300 million four years ago, but is now for sale, with some estimating it will sell for 80% less, as reported in The Wall Street Journal (and by the way, it’s mostly empty). Meanwhile, in Dallas, nearly 6 million square feet of office space is under construction, amid

Michigan is home to the good ole “Motor City” of Detroit, the University of Michigan, and some fascinating colonial era forts at the tips of the Upper and Lower Peninsulas. Indeed, Michigan is a beautiful state with its fair share of very wealthy cities. In a recent study, we analyzed and identified the 50 richest

When Lee Xian Jie first stepped foot in the traditional farmhouse located in Ryujin-mura, a village in Japan’s Wakayama prefecture, it was “quite rundown” — with floors so rickety they shook beneath him with every step he took.  After all, the main structure of the abandoned home was 300 years old, Lee said. But when

An incredible piece of American history can now be yours. The estate where the late Jackie Kennedy Onassis, the former First Lady to president John F. Kennedy, spent her childhood summers is now listed for a cool $55 million. Located in East Hampton, New York, the home is called Lasata, which means ‘place of peace’

A former equestrian property in Westport, Connecticut, comes with a main house and separate cottage, plus a converted barn on subdivided acreage. The 4.54-acre estate in Westport’s Old Hill section was once part of a larger equestrian property. Along with a four-bedroom, 5 1/2-bathroom main house, there is a two-bedroom cottage and a 1,200-square-foot barn

Every so often, an architect comes along whose vision and designs are so tied to the fabric of the city in which they erect their masterpieces that it becomes difficult to imagine the same place without their influence—would Chicago be the same without Daniel Burnham or Barcelona without Antoni Gaudí? In Denver, that architect is