A three-bedroom condo in Dayton, OH, that beckons buyers to flex their “HGTV designer muscle,” despite looking more like a property from an episode of A&E’s “Hoarders,” is the week’s most popular home on Realtor.com®. If you can see past the horrifying piles of personal belongings, baskets of laundry, and stained carpeting, the listing notes
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Miami’s tony Star Island, a private enclave that’s long attracted A-listers, has a hot new and currently the only listing: the former waterfront estate of Rosie O’Donnell, now on the market for a jaw-dropping $54 million. O’Donnell, who snapped up the property in 1999 for just $6.75 million, later sold it in 2003 to Dr.
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Solstock | E+ | Getty Images Halloween trick-or-treaters and jack-o-lanterns can be downright scary — for your homeowners insurance policy. There is a 14% jump in homeowners insurance claims on Halloween compared to other days of the year, according to Travelers Insurance. Theft on premises claims jump 46%. Trips or falls, thefts, fire and pet-related accidents
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Stanley Black & Decker stock plunged Tuesday on the company’s quarterly earnings release — a move Jim Cramer said investors should capitalize on. Shares of the toolmaker shed nearly 12% Tuesday after third-quarter revenues and its implied fourth-quarter guidance came in lighter than Wall Street expected. Still, Jim described the decline as unwarranted. “I would
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Residential buildings under construction at China Vanke Co.’s Isle Maison development in Hefei, China, on Nov. 27, 2023. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images China’s struggling real estate sector may not start turning around until the second half of next year — even with the latest stimulus measures, three research firms predicted this month. After
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Thinking of buying a house? You might want to check if it comes with any spooky roommates. As Halloween approaches, Zillow’s recent state-by-state analysis reveals a spine-chilling reality: In most of the US, sellers are under no obligation to disclose if their property has a haunted past. Only New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts and Minnesota
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The Los Angeles residence where “Friends” actor Matthew Perry passed away last year is now in the hands of a new owner. The home quietly sold for $8.5 million in an off-market deal, according to the New York Times. The property’s new owner, Arizona real estate developer and producer Anita Verma-Lallian, closed the transaction via
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There’s a new president in California. The Golden State’s famous White House replica sold Wednesday for a cool $23 million. Known as the “Western White House,” the 24,400-square-foot Georgian Colonial mansion was put on the market in June 2023 — and was sold well below its original $38.9 million asking price. The Western White House
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It’s an out-of-the-box undertaking. What is expected to be the “world’s largest building” has officially broken ground in Saudi Arabia. The ambitious $50 billion project — called The Mukaab — in capital city Riyadh is part of a wave of futuristic construction across the Arab nation, the Sun reported. A rendering of the massive Mukaab,
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A completed planned development is seen in Ashburn, Virginia, on Aug. 14, 2024. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds | AFP | Getty Images Mortgage demand moved lower again last week, even though mortgage interest rates didn’t move. Total mortgage application volume dropped 6.7% from the previous week, hitting its lowest level since July, according to the Mortgage Bankers
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Sales of previously owned homes fell 1% in September compared with August, to a seasonally adjusted, annualized rate of 3.84 million units, the slowest pace since October 2010, according to the National Association of Realtors. Sales were 3.5% lower than in September 2023. Sales fell in three out of four U.S. regions, with just the
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The double-townhouse residence of the late jet-setting couple Mica and Ahmet Ertegun has sold for $9.3 million, Gimme Shelter has learned. The proceeds of the sale, at 121-125 E. 81st., went to their charity, said brokers involved in the deal. The home was asking $12.9 million. Mica, a noted interior designer who fled Romania after the
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