I bought an apartment in Brussels for under $600K: Take a look inside
My husband Martin and I met in Brussels in 2012, when I literally stepped on his toes at my neighborhood farmer’s market. At the time, I was working as a …
Home buying
These 6 Major U.S. Cities Still Have Affordable Homes
Only six major U.S. cities have median home prices that a household making the local median income could afford. An April report from Clever Real Estate compared the income needed …
Strained Chinese cities struggle to pay home buying subsidies
A newly built property is seen from the air in Hangzhou city, Zhejiang province, China, Dec. 15, 2023. Chinese cities have promised subsidies and other incentives to prop up the …
Renters tighten purse strings as prices in Alberta grow at fastest pace in 40 years
Nikkie Miranda feels stuck and frustrated, weighing what she’ll have to sacrifice when her rent increases again this winter. Three years ago, when she moved into a two-storey, three-bedroom semi-detached …
She Bought a House Without Using a Realtor. Would You?
This article originally appeared on Business Insider. In October, Diem Nguyen bought a home in the San Francisco Bay Area for $1.6 million — without a realtor. The 36-year-old tech …
Lenders Offer Buy Now, Refinance Later Free—What’s the Catch?
Mortgage rates have soared over the past year and now stand at 7.79% for a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage, per Freddie Mac. Amid the skyrocketing rates, many would-be buyers have been …
Credit score needed to buy Barbie Malibu Dreamhouse
In the real world, it would be pretty expensive to live like Barbie — especially when it comes to housing. Consider Airbnb’s life-size Barbie Dreamhouse rental in Malibu, an all-pink …