Realtor.com A lavish estate in Evansville, IN, designed to look like the White House is this week’s most popular home on Realtor.com®. While this extravagant residence is not located at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., it has hosted some presidential-worthy events over the years. The property is owned by Ste

Realtor.com A decidedly un-Florida-looking house in Florida has hit the market for $16.9 million. The eye-popping property’s unusual aesthetic really stands out among the palm trees. That’s probably because the Gothic Revival home’s architectural details originated in a different place entirely. “Th

Getty Images (3) The housing market today remains in a hazy no man’s land, with neither buyer nor seller willing to surrender what little control they have. Buyers face the dual enemies of high home prices and mortgage rates, which have been bouncing between 6% and 7% this year and ticked up this we

Getty Images As the new year kicked off, the wild run-ups in rental prices that terrorized tenants last year appear to have leveled off. January was the 12th month in row where rent growth slowed, according to the Realtor.com® monthly rental report. Monthly rents were down $80 from the peak in Augus

Realtor.com A former whaler’s house in Swainton, NJ, is the oldest property to hit the market this week on Realtor.com®. The waterfront property boasts more than 15 acres of wooded privacy. Inside, the home has lots of charm and character with many period details still remaining. Other vintage homes

Photo by Brandon Bell / Getty Images The numbers: Mortgage rates are up sharply, putting pressure on the housing market once again. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 6.5% as of February 23, according to data released by Freddie Mac on Thursday. That’s up 18 basis points from the previous week

Getty Images / Realtor.com Former big leaguer Ryan Klesko is selling four bungalows on his private island in Florida’s panhandle region. The former slugger owns the island with an anonymous business partner. Black’s Island, as it’s known, is on the Gulf Coast and was discovered by Captain James Blac

Getty Images While winter is generally a slow time for real estate as homebuyers hunker down and wait for spring, certain cities—and in fact, one entire state—are defying those odds. The Realtor.com® Hottest Markets List for January has ranked Manchester, NH (a more affordable alternative to Boston,

Realtor.com Oprah is not in the house. Some homebuyers connected to Georgia’s booming film industry will be moving into a home Ms. Winfrey began building but never completed. An offer is pending on the very large, unfinished mansion in Conyers, GA. The list price was $3.5 million. “When you’re in th

Photo. courtesy of Crosby Land Company The South Carolina hunting lodge where a scandal-plagued lawyer’s wife and son were shot to death and a housekeeper mysteriously died is about to make its way out of legal purgatory as the blockbuster trial against Alex Murdaugh continues. Netflix will drop its

Getty Images Mortgage rates are back up, hitting a fresh high for the year. The average on the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage was 6.87% as of Tuesday afternoon, while the 15-year was at 6.07%, according to Mortgage News Daily. Rates are officially at the highest level for the year. But to be clear, rat

Realtor.com / Getty Images Fox News Host Jesse Watters has moved out of his Manhattan rental and purchased a home in Bernardsville, NJ, for a cool $2.8 million. The stately, five-bedroom mansion boasts 10,296 square feet—significantly larger than the cozy, 1,853-square-foot New York City condo he re

Getty Images The rent isn’t just too damn high—the apartment that you’re renting may well be getting too damn small, too. In 2022, the average size of new apartments was 887 square feet, a drop of 54 square feet over the past 10 years as developers increasingly focused on putting up more studios and

Realtor.com Paging Rapunzel: If you’re looking for a waterfront property in Newport, RI, where you could perhaps let down your hair, this fanciful penthouse (with its own turret!) could be for you. It’s currently listed for $1,450,000. While you won’t own every bit of the Gilded Age stone castle, kn

Getty Images The numbers: U.S. existing-home sales fell 0.7% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4 million in January, the National Association of Realtors said Tuesday. This is the 12th straight monthly decline in existing-home sales. The 12-month losing streak is the longest since NAR began tr

Realtor.com Within weeks of landing on the market, a concrete house with Pacific Ocean views has found a buyer. The 5,616-square-foot minimalist abode in Cardiff by the Sea, CA, is listed for $8,998,000—down from its initial $10 million ask in 2022. The home is pending sale, according to Realtor.com

Getty Images / Realtor.com Talk about a quick turnaround! British-born actress Thandiwe Newton, best known for her work on HBO’s “Westworld,” has quickly sold her rustic Topanga, CA, home in the heart of the Santa Monica mountains. She owned it for just four months. Purchased in September 2022 for $

Photo-Illustration by Realtor.com; Photos: Getty Images ((3) If the housing market of just a year ago still seemed to be moving at quantum speed, today it’s more akin to an interminable traffic jam—with no exit ramps or HOV lanes in sight. As higher mortgage rates have made buying a home ever more e

Photo-Illustration by Realtor.com; Photos: Getty Images ((3) If the housing market of just a year ago still seemed to be moving at quantum speed, today it’s more akin to an interminable traffic jam—with no exit ramps or HOV lanes in sight. As higher mortgage rates have made buying a home ever more e

Realtor.com A stacked-stone castle looks like it could be almost anywhere in Europe, but it’s actually in the hills overlooking Fayetteville, AR. Dromborg Castle is more than 8,800 square feet of luxury, set on 40 acres with a pond. The house is listed for $4,999,000. “’Drom’ means dream and ‘borg’