The Post takes a look at two of the Paris venues that must stay during the 2024 Paris Olympics. AFP via Getty Images World-class athletes won’t be the only ones feeling like champions during the 2024 Olympics in Paris. With the effortless elegance that is at the heart of the French capital, whatever the season, … Read more
Jarai Howard, a 29-year-old tech worker with a growing family, is looking for his second home in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, but the process has turned into a nightmare. Howard intended to snag a newly built $700,000 home with the help of a real estate agent. He figured it would be easy since he already … Read more
On the southern shores of Brooklyn, this two-bedroom co-op is tucked away on the other side—and it looks really snappy. In Coney Island’s Trump Village complex, this Neptune Avenue condo just hit the market, but it looks fresh out of the 1970s. Listing photos show the space, which is asking $405,000, with wall-to-wall carpeting, abundant … Read more
Home prices hit a new record in May amid a persistent housing shortage, even as high mortgage rates continued to drive away affordability for millions of Americans. Prices rose 5.9% nationally in May from a year earlier, the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller index showed on Tuesday, up from a 6.4% pace last month. On a monthly … Read more
According to a new CNN poll, most current renters in the US say they can’t afford to buy a home, with over half of Americans saying they are pessimistic about ever achieving their goal of home ownership. CNN’s study found that 86% of current renters in the United States can’t afford to buy a home … Read more
A New Jersey community is riding the wave of a suburban and exurban housing boom that is reshaping America. Blackwells Mills, a Somerset County suburb roughly 9 miles from Rutgers University, has climbed into the national spotlight as the second-fastest growing housing market from 2013 to 2022, according to StorageCafe, part of the real estate … Read more
Just months after going on the market, the Los Angeles home of late actor Paul Reubens, best known for portraying the character Pee-wee Herman, has sold. The Reubens estate listed the property in late May, with an original asking price of $4.99 million that was reduced to $4.5 million last month. Now, reports Realtor.com, a … Read more
This New York power couple has sold their home – and for a profit no less. Jeffrey Levine, a hugely influential New York developer, and his wife, Randi Charno Levine, currently the US ambassador to Portugal, have parted ways with their Greenwich Village home for $22 million. The sale appears to have occurred off-market, meaning … Read more
Kanye West has finally found a buyer for his crumbling Malibu mansion, but not without leaving a trail of controversy and lawsuits in his wake. The property, which the rapper purchased for $57 million in 2021, is now in escrow, according to TMZ. The mansion, known for its stunning views of the Pacific Ocean, was … Read more
Kelly Kreth was living the Manhattan dream. Ten years ago, she lucked into a rent-stabilized apartment in a concierge elevator building in Yorkville. Her current rent is only $2,105.42 per month. In its 1964 white-brick building, comparable market-rate apartments rent in the mid-$3,000s. Her house – decorated in black, white and red – was as … Read more
A Hamptons property that made headlines in June when it went on the market for $120 million — making it the most expensive listing for sale on the East End at the time — is now available for many millions less. Known as “Dune Cottage,” the East Hampton offering just received a $25 million price … Read more
The once-booming tech haven of Austin, Texas, is now leading the pack in the fastest-falling home prices across the country, according to a new report. Thanks to high mortgage rates and cooling demand, Austin property values fell 3.5% last year, outperforming the top 100 US markets. Austin’s recent years of rising property values were fueled … Read more
Peter, Paul and Mary, the iconic American folk trio, have been part of music culture with songs like “Leaving on a Jet Plane” and “Puff the Magic Dragon” for more than half a century. Now, a magical pre-Revolutionary War farmhouse in Connecticut where the late singer-songwriter and activist Mary Travers lived from 1966 until her … Read more
Prospective home buyers are getting smarter when it comes to buying a home as mortgage rates continue to hover around 7%. One way is through home loan assumption – meaning the buyer takes over the original home mortgage (and interest rate) after the purchase. But, the loan can only be assumed when it is backed … Read more
The housing market has definitely stalled recently. Sellers with low mortgage rates are staying in their homes, leaving buyers with few listings to choose from. And homebuyers face significant economic challenges as median home prices and mortgage rates remain high. With sellers and buyers at an impasse, misconceptions and outright myths are popping up from … Read more