Real Estate

As housing affordability has become a flashpoint nationwide, state legislatures across the country have introduced over 60 rent control-related bills, adding to the rent regulations already implemented by more than 200 local governments, according to the National Apartment Association (NAA). While 33 states preempt local governments from adopting rent regulation laws, New York, California, the
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When it comes to buying a home now, there are plenty of challenges. But homeownership can be a great way to build wealth and to maintain housing stability, said Kamila Elliott, a certified financial planner and co-founder and CEO of Collective Wealth Partners, a boutique advisory firm in Atlanta. Achieving that goal now can be challenging, with
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A rare Victorian-era home―its gas-lit heyday marked by white-glove soirees―has come to market in San Diego’s Bankers Hill district. The 1889 Queen Anne-style home, with its dome-topped tower, wraparound gingerbread porch, carriage house and impeccably maintained interior is priced at $6.485 million. “This is one of San Diego’s best,” says Bruce Coons, an architecture historian
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Architect Eric Strain’s elemental three-box residential design―placed on the unforgiving Mojave Desert floor near Las Vegas―is reminiscent of a Zen retreat that’s at once urbane and contemplative. “It’s a journey around and through these three boxes, both inside and outside,” says Strain, whose 2011 design is located in Summerlin’s 800-acre Ridges community comprised of a
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Most homeowners are planning to remodel at some point down the road, but not everyone will get their money’s worth in improved home value. Of all home improvement projects, the most popular are sparkling bathroom overhauls, according to newly released data from the Contractor Growth Network, followed by big-ticket kitchen and basement renovations. In some
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