• US home sales hit a 14-year high amid coronavirus pandemic

    US home sales hit a 14-year high amid coronavirus pandemic

    US home sales rose at a record pace for a second straight month in July and home prices hit a record as historically low interest rates boosted demand for homes even as the coronavirus pandemic put millions of people out of work. The National Association of Realtors said on Friday existing home sales rose 24.7 …
  • Hamptons real-estate prices at record high

    Hamptons real-estate prices at record high

    The COVID-19 NYC exodus has driven Hamptons real-estate prices to record highs. Now the Southampton house which Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie famously rented in 2009 — and where rumors swirled that Jolie was spotted relaxing nude — is on the market for $15.5 million. The gated estate on Ox Pasture Road in Southampton Village’s …
  • US mortgage applications steadily rise for sixth straight week

    US mortgage applications steadily rise for sixth straight week

    US applications for home mortgages jumped last week, in a sixth straight weekly increase, suggesting the housing market could lead the economy’s recovery from the novel coronavirus crisis even as high unemployment is expected to linger. The Mortgage Bankers Association said on Wednesday its seasonally adjusted Purchase Index increased 8.6 percent from a week earlier. …
  • Dead bodies in the bedroom: ‘Murder House Flip’ renovates notorious homicide homes

    Dead bodies in the bedroom: ‘Murder House Flip’ renovates notorious homicide homes

    How’s this for a quarantine TV show? True crime meets home renovation. Sacramento, Calif., homeowners Tom Williams and Barbara Holmes enlist the help of interior designers Joelle Uzyel and Mikel Welch to make over their five-bedroom Victorian during the premiere episode of the new series “Murder House Flip.” The homicide-to-home decor series debuts Monday, April …