Dreaming of Real Estate Riches? Don’t Bank on Home Flipping—Here’s Why

realtor.com® Real Estate News 3/23 8:30A Clare Trapasso

Getty Images After binge-watching a few hours of HGTV, home flipping may seem like a good way to make some extra cash. But the shows don t always dwell on the financial risks facing investors who jump...

Rebecca Romijn’s Knockout NYC Townhome Is Up for Rent—Just $17,500 a Month

realtor.com® Real Estate News 3/23 8:00A Jennifer Kelly Geddes

Jesse Grant/Getty Images for Paramount+ / Realtor.com Talk about stunning! New York City brownstones and townhomes are in a class by themselves, simply because there are far fewer of them around,...

U.S. New Home Sales Rise for the Fifth Consecutive Month

realtor.com® Real Estate News 3/23 7:28A Aarthi Swaminathan

Getty Images The numbers:  A dip in mortgage rates propelled U.S. home buyers to purchase new homes, boosting sales for the fifth month in a row. The strength in new home sales is due to the low...

‘Westworld’ Actor James Marsden Is Renting Out His L.A. ‘Starter Home’ for $6,595 a Month

realtor.com® Real Estate News 3/23 4:00A Jennifer Kelly Geddes

Lionel Hahn/Getty Images The Hollywood star of 27 Dresses and Westworld fame is ready to collect the rent. Yup, James Marsden , who got his start in the X-Men franchise movies, has listed his tidy ...

The Safest Places in America: Live Here If You’d Rather Skip the Natural Disasters

realtor.com® Real Estate News 3/23 2:00A Clare Trapasso

Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images Those trying to avoid natural disasters and the fallout from climate change might want to move to the Southwest. Counties in New Mexico, Colorado, and...

Flips or Flops? We Check In on 8 of Tarek El Moussa’s Current Home Listings

realtor.com® Real Estate News 3/23 12:00A Lisa Johnson Mandell

Ekpr.NYC /CC / Realtor.com It s always fun to see what the homes renovated on reality television  really sell for. Do the sale prices given on the show accurately reflect the true sale? Did some...

Built in 1731, A Pennsylvania Farm With Revolutionary War Ties Is This Week’s Oldest Home

realtor.com® Real Estate News 3/22 3:56P Kellie Speed

Realtor.com A 12-acre farm in West Chester, PA, where the first shots of the  Battle of Brandywine were fired, is the oldest property on the market this week on Realtor.com®. The place played a...

The Fed Just Raised Interest Rates Again—Here’s Why That’s Bad News for Both Homebuyers and Sellers

realtor.com® Real Estate News 3/22 10:58A Clare Trapasso

Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images The Federal Reserve s latest rate hike may be like a late frost creeping over the fragile spring housing market . In the wake of the Fed increasing its rates by 0.25% on...

Chip and Jo 2.0? Dave and Jenny Marrs Launch a Charmingly Familiar Venture

realtor.com® Real Estate News 3/22 10:30A Lisa Johnson Mandell

HGTV On Fixer to Fabulous , Dave and Jenny Marrs have been making over their hometown of Bentonville, AR, one house at a time. Now they ve stepped it up and are revitalizing the whole town. In the...

Do The Taxes You Pay Make Your State a Better Place? Find Out Here

realtor.com® Real Estate News 3/22 8:30A Jennifer Kelly Geddes

Walter Bibikow/Getty Images Tax season is here—and while many gripe about forking money over to Uncle Sam, the real question is: Are your tax dollars being put to good use? Odds are, you re aware that...

Motocross Icon Brian Deegan Is Speeding Away From His $3.9M North Carolina Home

realtor.com® Real Estate News 3/22 7:30A Jennifer Kelly Geddes

Dennis Grombkowski/Bongarts/Getty Images / Realtor.com The Deegan clan is headed to the Sunshine State. Brian Deegan , the most decorated freestyle motocross rider in X Games history, is pulling up...

Kim Kardashian Still Trying To Unload Her Swanky Calabasas Penthouse for $2.7M

realtor.com® Real Estate News 3/22 4:00A Kellie Speed

Stefanie Keenan/Getty Images for SKIMS / Realtor.com Reality star Kim Kardashian  still needs buyer for her stylish Calabasas, CA , condo. The three-bedroom home has been on and off the market over...

With Mortgage Rates in Flux, Is ‘Buy Now, Refinance Later’ Good Advice?

realtor.com® Real Estate News 3/22 1:00A Kathleen Willcox

Getty Images / Realtor.com If you’re in the market for a home but are discouraged by the current high mortgage rates , you’ve probably heard the advice “buy now and refinance later —maybe from your...

Build It and They Will Come: 10 Surprising Cities Where New-Home Construction Is Booming

realtor.com® Real Estate News 3/22 12:00A Evan Wyloge

Robert Knopes/Universal Images Group via Getty Images Where are America’s new homes? That question keeps boiling up to the surface, as buyers grapple with the current state of the housing market ....

How Long Will That Home Renovation Really Take? Here’s a Timeline To Save Your Sanity

realtor.com® Real Estate News 3/21 12:30P Meera Pal

Getty Images Many homeowners have likely imagined the renovations that would transform their homes into the fabulously stylish and seamlessly functional abodes of their vision-board dreams. But for those who have gathered the funds (and the...