Realtor.com Built in 1948 by a Frank Lloyd Wright devotee, this La Canada Flintridge, CA, home could be mistaken as a Wright design. The hallmarks are there. With an open layout, walls of windows, a stone-stacked fireplace, custom built-ins throughout, and lots of interior wood, the 2,557-square-foo

Realtor.com Checking in! With 12 bedrooms, 10 with en suite bathrooms, the historic Farris Hotel, aka Hotel Dallas, could be just about anything. The building, just off Main Street in Eagle Lake, TX, has come on the market with a list price of $1,650,000. “It was built in 1912 and, throughout its li

Realtor.com Dome homes occasionally bounce onto the market. Recently, we even came across a two-dome home. But what about a home with three domes? Whoa. A 6,427-square-foot, triple-domed home in Bulverde, TX, has a trio of geodesic domes and is listed for $1.3 million. The seller built the domed pro

Getty Images The numbers: The S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller 20-city price index fell a seasonally adjusted 0.5% in November, marking the fifth consecutive monthly decline. Year-on-year appreciation was still up 8.6% annually, down from a 10.4% increase in October. A broader measure of home prices, the

Getty Images / Realtor.com Here’s one way to get to the top in Hollywood. All you need is $7,495,000. That’s what’s being asked for a newly renovated, luxury penthouse in the heart of Tinseltown, near the intersection of Hollywood Boulevard and La Brea. The seller is “Selling Sunset” star Jason Oppe

Realtor.com Many high-end homes come with deluxe perks like outdoor living areas with poolside fire pits and seating. Then there are pricey palaces such as this Sarasota, FL, mansion on Flamingo Avenue that boasts a sunken lounge that’s actually in the pool. This cool pool feature is just one of man

Realtor.com International designer and architect Ettore Sottsass designed only seven homes during his storied career, and one is for sale. Even better, it’s on the lush island of Maui, in Kula, HI. The eye-popping property is a colorful, geometric wonder. “It’s actually a very famous house, and a wo

Realtor.com International designer and architect Ettore Sottsass designed only seven homes during his storied career, and one is for sale. Even better, it’s on the lush island of Maui, in Kula, HI. The eye-popping property is a colorful, geometric wonder. “It’s actually a very famous house, and a wo

Getty Images / Realtor.com After years of playing a detective on NBC’s “Chicago P.D.,” Jon Seda made the leap to portraying a doctor on the sci-fi hit “La Brea.” With this change in shows comes his decision to move on from his four-bedroom, 4.5-bath home in the Lakeview section of Chicago, according

Photo-Illustration by Realtor.com; Photos: Getty Images (5) Homeownership has long embodied the American dream. But for many, it isn’t the most affordable option these days. Or the one that ultimately makes the most financial sense. Brass tacks: In most of the country, it remains cheaper to rent tha

Realtor.com An eclectic Pittsburgh home has landed on the market again, and its wild design has already caused quite the social-media buzz. At first glance, the 1,475-square-foot brick home looks like an average abode. But the trippy interior tells a different tale. “When you walk in the front door,

Realtor.com What constitutes a mansion, anyway? Is it square footage? Price? Luxury facilities? All three put together in some sort of swanky combo? For our purposes, size matters. We found five luxury homes, all measuring more than 7,000 square feet. And prices matter, too—budget prices. Can you be

Getty Images The numbers: U.S. pending-home sales rose 2.5% in December, reversing a six-month losing streak, according to the monthly index released Friday by the National Association of Realtors (NAR). Pending home sales were down for six months in a row, as the U.S. Federal Reserve increased inte

Getty Images / Realtor.com Do ice hockey and horseback riding really go together? They do if you’re Bobby Holik. The former National Hockey League center has slashed the price on his mountain home and horse barn in Jackson, WY, from $22 million to $17,750,000. Holik is best known for his years with

Getty Images Mortgage rates are down again this week, which means things are looking up for homebuyers. The average rate for a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage ticked down 2 basis points to 6.13%, according to Freddie Mac, continuing a pattern of rates seesawing lower since topping 7% in the fall. In fac

Realtor.com A lavish, $59 million penthouse in Aston Martin’s first residential building in Miami drives to the top of this week’s most popular home listings on Realtor.com®. The sprawling, seven-bedroom, top unit will be located in the luxury automaker’s first residential high-rise, which is under

Realtor.com A midcentury modern design in the desert is no mirage. The 3,700-square-foot property was built in 1964 for the Hawkins family and designed by Blaine Drake, a Frank Lloyd Wright apprentice at Taliesin. The home has been owned by only two families. It’s now on the market for $2,495,000. T

Realtor.com A colorful, postmodern mansion with flair to spare has hit the market in Sarasota, FL. The multihued home is considered an architecturally significant structure. “Architect Don Chapell built the home for himself and family, and I’ve never seen a home where there has been more thought, at

Getty Images The numbers: U.S. new home sales rose 2.3% to a seasonally-adjusted rate of 616,000 in December, from a revised 602,000 in the prior month, the Commerce Department reported Thursday. This is the third month in a row that new home sales have risen. Existing-home sales, on the other hand,

Getty Images / Realtor.com Rapper, actor, and TV host Alvin Nathaniel Joiner—professionally known as Xzibit—is hoping to find a new owner for his posh place in the Los Angeles suburb of Porter Ranch. The swanky home was recently listed for $3,850,000. Xzibit purchased the 5,710-square-foot spread fo