In the wake of Kim Kardashian’s divorce, there are a number of other fresh celebrity breakups that have resulted not only in broken hearts, but also in broken homes.
Real Estate Markets
The Weird Connection Between Moving and Prosperity
The popular imagination tends to see migration to find work in a new city as an act of desperation. After all, what’s more frightening than leaving one’s friends, family and community behind to seek one’s fortune elsewhere, a …
Could the Fed Spark the Housing Market?
Is the Federal Reserve going to start buying bonds again to stimulate the economy? Some 69% of economists polled in a Bloomberg News survey think so, with 36% of those tagging the first quarter of 2012 as the time for such action.
9 of the Priciest On-Sale Homes in America
See how the 1 percent lives in nine of the most expensive homes for sale across the country.
A ‘Triple Dip’ for Home Prices? Yes, but Not in the Hamptons
Anyone looking for evidence that there are two Americas should check out the latest round of real estate statistics.
On the one hand, the financial-analytics company FiServ warns that home prices are expected to fall 3.6% by …
Would You Live Here? Real Life Haunted Homes For Sale
Haunted houses have been scaring us since Edgar Allen Poe wrote “The Fall of the House of Usher” in 1839. Almost every city has a big old house that children — and some grownups — think is haunted. Many kids earned their …
Drop in Housing Prices Continues to Slow
Housing prices of 20 cities were flat from July to August, according to the latest S&P/Case-Shiller housing index. Year-over-year and on a seasonally adjusted basis, the composite 20 index was down 3.8% from August of last year. …
3 Ways to Know You’re Getting a Great Deal on a Home
From Kim Kardashian’s wails that she lost a $75,000 earring in the ocean, to Real Housewives of Beverly Hills’ Dana Wilkey’s boasts that she dropped $25K on sunglasses, reality TV starlets seem to get a rush out of broadcasting …
Obama’s Housing Refinance Program: Underwhelming Policy, Expedient Politics
Did you know that you can’t be for fixing the housing market and not be for President Barack Obama’s American Jobs Act? That was the underlying message of a conference call with two top Obama advisers on Monday morning, …
We Pay More to Drive Than We Spend on Taxes
By the time the costs of gas, insurance, tolls, parking, and car payments are added up, the average American family spends more on driving than on health insurance or taxes. And for the bulk of society—those who use cars every …
On the Market: Homes of Sports Superstars
We marvel at the superstars of the sports world for their seemingly superhuman feats of athletic prowess, not to mention their supersized salaries. But right now, a number of athletic A-listers have put their homes up for sale, …
Latest Housing Bust Casualty: Babies
Back in 2007, America was experiencing a mini-baby boom. The recession brought that to a quick halt. As early as 2008, the country saw a significant drop in birth rates. Baby booms and busts do tend to follow economic cycles. But …
