Real Estate News

Have you ever shaken a wrapped present to guess what's inside? Well, that's what happened to mortgage rates this week. They bounced around as markets wondered if the Federal Reserve will give us a rate cut at its next meeting.The average rate on the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage fell eight basis [...]

People often don’t know what to do with unwanted fabric items like clothing, bedding and shoes. [...]

This week’s listings are in Kips Bay, the Upper West Side and Fieldston. [...]

This week’s properties include a three-bedroom homes in Mamaroneck and West Norwalk. [...]

When interest rates fall, you may want to refinance your mortgage. But can you explain what you hope to get out of refinancing?"If you want to refinance, I say, 'Well, what do you want to do? What do you hope to accomplish by refinancing?'" says Carolyn Morganbesser, assistant vice president [...]

Devices that conceal unwanted noises are the next frontier in advanced toilet technology. Would you like some peaceful birdsong, or perhaps a burst of artillery fire? [...]

The Neighborhood Homes Sold listing is a weekly feature of the Sunday Chronicle. This list is provided by California REsource, a title abstracting company. The addresses, sales price, number of bedrooms, square footage and year the homes were built are based on information supplied from Bay Area counties' property transaction records, [...]

A Tudor Revival in Clayton, a bungalow in West Palm Beach and an adobe farmhouse in Arroyo Hondo [...]

The designer Frances Merrill has outfitted the L-shaped kitchen in her Los Angeles home with homemade window curtains and an English china set. [...]

If November's fickle rates are a sign of what's to come, mortgage rates will likely rise in December. Analysts went into this month with a growing sense that the Federal Reserve would vote to lower the federal funds rate at its Dec. 9-10 meeting. However, any cuts to mortgage rates [...]