Northern Virginia’s housing market saw a dramatic rise in available homes this fall, with active listings climbing 39.4% in October compared with the same month a year earlier, according to HousingWire Data. The region recorded 8,194 active listings in October, up from 5,877 annually — a level of supply that hasn’t been seen in several years. That surge far exceeded local sales growth and...

Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) endorsements saw an artificial increase in November due to the federal government shutdown, an effect that may continue into December. Meanwhile, activity in the secondary market slowed down, according to reports released this week. In total, the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) insured 3,905 HECMs in November — a nearly 77% increase from 2,211 in September...

If we’re being honest, most of our home “offices” are just laptops perched on kitchen counters, dining tables, or that one IKEA desk that wobbles if you breathe too hard. Meanwhile, fictional characters are out here doing paperwork in architectural masterpieces that look like they were designed by starchitects and lit by Beyoncé’s tour crew. Some of these spaces belong to superheroes. Some...

In an area of the country battered by tornadoes, the Marrs family works to restore...

If you’re expecting visitors over the holidays, you might be slightly anxious about how you can help them feel at home. Fortunately, just a little bit of decluttering and organizing will enable you to create a calm and welcoming space, ready for everyone to sit back, relax and enjoy the...

Anyone who has taken on a house in need of some love and personality may dream of transforming it in one go. In reality, not many of us have the money or stamina for that and instead tackle the work room by room. That was the case in this London home. The owners had previously worked with interior...

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Number of homes pulled off the market rose to a historic high in September Nearly 85,000 U.S. homeowners withdrew their properties from the market in September--up 28% from a year earlier and the highest level for the month since 2017 -- according to a nationwide analysis of historical listing data compiled by Redfin. The firm reviewed delisting patterns back to 2016, defining a delisting as any property...

Connecticut will officially join other states in rolling back decades-old zoning limits to make ground-up homebuilding easier and more plentiful. Last Wednesday morning, Gov. Ned Lamont signed compromise legislation created during a special session in mid-November, months after he vetoed the original bill as the state addresses an estimated 100,000-unit housing shortage. According to sister-title...