real estate

The most expensive property to ever list in the Alexandria portion of Fairfax County is a piece of George Washington’s original Mount Vernon estate.  The River View Estate was first deeded to George Washington’s personal secretary. But now, the house, guest house and carriage house could be yours for just $60 million. Visiting the 16-acre estate is reserved for the...

Booming. That’s how real estate experts describe Connecticut’s housing market right now. According to data provided by the Greater Hartford Association of Realtors (GHAR), there were 832 single-family homes sold in the Hartford area last month, an increase over last August by nearly 24%. “It’s at an all-time high,” said Holly Callanan, Greater Hartford Association of Realtors CEO. Callanan...

With low interest rates, the real estate market in Connecticut is seeing an increase in sales but a low inventory.

Exceptionally strong demand, historically low supply and record low mortgage rates are combining to fuel the fastest home price growth since 2018.

Taylor found out how Connecticut is becoming a popular place to live, thanks to the pandemic.

The Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office is accusing four real estate firms of discriminating against low-income renters by denying them the opportunity to lease an apartment because they received public assistance through the Section 8 voucher program. “I think that there’s these implicit biases that take place within the industry,” said long-time realtor Linda Champion, managing broker for Champion Urban...

With thousands of college students expected to remain off campus this fall due to the coronavirus pandemic, apartments in Greater Boston are losing out on renters. Without students moving into apartments as they normally would before the start of the school year, rental prices — infamously high in the area — are going down. Tenants are happy to reap the…

If the outbreak roars back in New York City, Anil and Joyce Lilly will not be sheltering again in their Bronx apartment. They just bought a house an hour north in the Hudson Valley. “We need more elbow room,” said Joyce Lilly, explaining their move to Washingtonville, New York. “Because we were locked into the apartment for three months, a…

The virus is impacting how we spend money, how we shop and, perhaps, even where we want to live.

The Ithaca Tenants Union is trying to get rent canceled in their city, where the unemployment rate is 11%. The group’s co-founder, Liel Sterling, and organizer Sam Kwan explain their strategy and how others can do the same in their own cities and towns.

Millennial real estate agent Jonathan Alpart addresses how expiring eviction protections due to the coronavirus are affecting the housing market and provides tips for first-time buyers, including talking to your real-estate agent about a COVID-19 Addendum.

If millennials once piled into the cities, fueling downtown renewal and growth, apparently they are now piling out. The stay-at-home orders brought on by coronavirus have more potential homebuyers looking for properties in the suburbs. Millennials are now the largest cohort of buyers.

Rent or buy: it’s a decision many millennials are pondering. A recent study shows that it’s cheaper to purchase rather than rent in the majority of the top 50 markets.

It is an unexpected upside of the coronavirus crisis – it appears more people are wanting to move to Connecticut from other states. Most of the new interest is from buyers from New York City, according to those in the real estate industry. Realtors in the southwestern part of the state are finding a silver lining amid the pandemic. “This…

Realtors in Connecticut have seen an increase in inquiries and offers from out-of-state buyers during the pandemic.

Realtors in the southwestern part of the state are finding a silver lining amid the pandemic – out-of-state buyers, many from New York City, looking at homes in Fairfield County.

Cubicles and desk spaces were practically second homes for some, and now architects — both physical and financial ones — are are wondering if those spaces will ever be filled again

New leases for Manhattan apartments plunged by 71% in April, and vacancies soared as the rental market froze amid the coronavirus pandemic and more residents left the city, according to a new report.

At a two-hour open house in Atlanta on Saturday, about a dozen mostly masked families toured the six-bedroom, six-bathroom, newly built home priced at just over $3 million. Noah Graubart and his wife were looking for something close to their children’s new elementary school.