Real Estate Access

Tariffs, elevated mortgage rates, and the cost of maintaining a home amid soaring insurance and energy costs have caused pessimism amongst the home builders tasked with adding housing inventory. The information comes from the National Association of Home Builders NAHB/Wells Fargo Housing Market...

Comedian and former talk show host Ellen DeGeneres has a reputation for moving in and out of homes at a clip. However, she has surely broken her own record after moving to the UK in the wake of Donald Trump‘s election win and purchasing an $18 million residence in the leafy Cotswolds. However...

California’s devastating wildfires have pushed the state’s insurance crisis to new heights, with two major carriers announcing rate increases affecting 660,000 policyholders amid estimated fire damages exceeding $250 billion. The fires, which claimed 28 lives and destroyed more than 15,...

LA's Pacific Palisades Fire wreaked unimaginable damage on its way to destroying thousands of homes in the exclusive enclave, but some homes survived despite being directly in the fire's path. It was more than luck. One belonged to an architect who foresaw the danger and designed his home with...

Two major federal buildings in San Francisco, including the one named after Nancy Pelosi, may soon be sold off as part of President Donald Trump's effort to shrink the federal government's real estate footprint. According to the San Francisco Chronicle, the administration is targeting these...

As far as engagement presents go, a $35 million Beverly Hills estate takes some beating. That’s the lavish gift Selena Gomez and music producer Benny Blanco bought themselves in the same month they announced they were due to be hitched. According to Realtor.com, Gomez, 32, and Blanco, 36,...

Prefabricated, factory-built homes could be arriving to aid LA fire victims much faster than many predicted. Bloomberg reported that Joe Gebbia, the billionaire co-founder of Airbnb (NASDAQ:ABNB) and a board member of Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) plans to donate $15 million to Steadfast LA, a foundation...

Singer-songwriter John Legend famously sang, “We’re just ordinary people,” but he and his wife, Chrissy Teigen, have far-from-ordinary bank accounts. It’s just as well because after the L.A. wildfires, the soulful crooner, 46, told The Wall Street Journal, the family is...

Michael Jordan's legendary Chicago estate has taken on a new life under its latest owner. After sitting on the market for over a decade, the sprawling Highland Park mansion finally sold for $9.5 million in December. But instead of keeping it as a private home, the new buyer, John Cooper, is already...

Action hero Jason Statham is used to uncovering some unlikely scenarios in his movies, but he probably never imagined he’d come across one in real life. That happened when he and model wife Rosie Huntington-Whiteley listed their Beverly Hills home for $19.9 million—10 years after they...

Living on minimum wage in 2024 isn't just tough—it's nearly impossible. New data shows that rent alone takes up 90% of a full-time minimum wage earner's paycheck. And that's before food, utilities, transportation, or any other basic expenses. Minimum Wage Hasn’t Kept Up—Not Even Close The...

HGTV star Christina Haack is known for flipping houses. However, amid a contentious divorce from husband number three, she’s also seen a few spouses come and go. Unfortunately, these haven’t proved as profitable as her real estate transactions.  According to Realtor.com, the...

When you apply for a mortgage, the rule of thumb is that your payment should not exceed more than 30% of your income. This ratio is important because borrowers whose mortgage exceeds 30% of their income are at increased risk of foreclosure. Unfortunately for many California buyers, high property...

Property owners whose homes were damaged or destroyed by the fires in Los Angeles' Pacific Palisades and Altadena find themselves facing an impossible choice. Rebuild and expose themselves to the risk of another fire or sell their properties for between 50% to 70% less than their peak value before...

You may not have heard of Paul Merage, but you are likely familiar with his worth and it's quite possible you have contributed to his fortune. Merage is the man who invented the immensely popular Hot Pockets snacks that have become fixtures in vending machines and freezers all over the country. Now...