Did someone say floor-to-ceiling windows? Better Homes & Gardens / Amazon If you’re like me, you have no plans to ever live in a tiny house—but you do love to see what they look like on the inside. With each one I virtually tour, I always have the same questions in the back of my mind: Where’s the hidden storage? What size bed can fit in there? And how much does it cost? Ever since I...

Design a kitchen space that feels fresh yet timeless with these twists on the modern aesthetic. Nathan Schroder Photography If you've been looking for a way to simplify your cooking space, consider a contemporary aesthetic for your kitchen. Similar to modern home style in that the goal is a streamlined, uncluttered, space, contemporary kitchen design uses elements like clean lines, updated...

Like many homeowners looking to change homes in the past few years, this Charlotte, North Carolina, couple encountered a very tight and competitive real estate market. Knowing they loved their neighborhood, they decided to stay put and update their home to make it new to them. They searched...

Asking Rents Hitting Highest Levels Since 2022 According to Redfin, median U.S. asking rent rose 0.8% year over year in May 2024 to $1,653 -- the highest level since October 2022. That's the second consecutive increase (rents climbed 0.9% year over year in April) following 11 months of decreases. Rents rose 0.5% on a month-over-month basis. Apartment prices are closely tied to apartment supply....

U.S. home prices are growing at their slowest pace in nearly a year and a half, according to Redfin‘s home price index that was published on Tuesday. Home prices rose 0.26% month over month in May, down from a monthly increase of 0.44% in April. Last month’s reading marked the smallest monthly increase on a seasonally adjusted basis since January 2023. National home prices were up 7.16% year over...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has proposed that lender and servicer Freedom Mortgage Corp. pay $3.95 million for alleged violations of a 2019 consent order and the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) when it submitted incorrect mortgage data. The proposed order was filed on Tuesday in a U.S. district court in West Palm Beach, Florida, following setbacks in recent months for both...

The Federal Housing Administration (FHA) this week announced a proposed Mortgagee Letter (ML) that would add fraud and misrepresentation to its defect taxonomy list for Title II FHA-sponsored mortgage financing. The defect taxonomy includes a list of attributes that FHA can use to identify potential defects at the loan level based on policy requirements from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban...

The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) on Tuesday announced its submission of a letter to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), which urges the department to avoid reprimanding mortgage servicers for compliance lapses with the new National Standards for the Physical Inspection of Real Estate (NSPIRE) system until it is “fully accessible and usable to each participant.” The...

Members of Generation X are more concerned about their post-retirement ability to support the lifestyles they’ve grown accustomed to when compared with other generations — including baby boomers and millennials — according to the results of a recent survey conducted by Allianz Life. In the company’s 2024 Annual Retirement Study, respondents indicated that 62% of Gen Xers “feel confident about...

Now that Jeff Lewis and his talented team of designers have finished revamping Christina Ricci’s home, the actress is listing her Woodland Hills pad for sale. Fresh off the heels of a Hollywood Houselift appearance, where Lewis brought the team in to renovate the kitchen and primary bathroom for season two of the celebrity home reno show, the 4-bedroom home popped up for sale with a $2,249,000 asking...