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Following the deadliest wildfire in the state of California, Chico, Calif., has seen an influx of new residents that made it the highest performing housing market in the country at the end of [...]

Mortgage rates posted more drops this week, lowering the borrowing costs of potential home shoppers and refinancers. Rates are now at a nine-month low, which helped boost mortgage [...]

We’re willing to bet you spend a whole lot of time in your kitchen, so odds are fairly good it’s also one of the most cluttered rooms in your house. Somehow, everything that [...]

Rising home prices are helping homeowners get richer and richer. Equity-rich properties represented 25.7 percent—or nearly 14.5 million—of U.S. properties in the third quarter, a record high, [...]

The popularity of ride-sharing services and the coming of driverless cars paints a picture of garages disappearing from American homes. But we’re not there yet. Americans are still mostly [...]

All baby boomers will be age 65 and above by 2029, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. At that point, more than 20 percent of the U.S. population will be over the traditional retirement age. If [...]

Issues related to drone usage, imagery copyright, and mold are putting homeowner associations at increased risk of litigation, according to national insurer USI Insurance Services. Some residents [...]

Voice assistants, like Amazon’s Alexa and Google Assistant, are finding more uses in real estate, and not just for calling up homes for sale but also for easing the transfer of money. Some [...]

Mortgage rates hit their highest level in more than seven years this week at nearly 5%, a level that could deter many home buyers and represents another setback for the slumping housing market. [...]

It seems everywhere you turn, there’s a new message on the many benefits of decluttering. One of the trend’s best-known spokespersons is Marie Kondo, whose first book, The Life-Changing Magic of [...]