Julie Taylor; Realtor.comShortly after my daughter Seena graduated from high school, my husband and I decided to sell our California home of 17 years and move out of state to save money. Seena was getting ready to go to college in the Midwest, and the home sale proceeds would pay for her tuition. Yet while this transaction made financial sense, emotionally...

RedditWhen “The Texas Chain Saw Massacre” premiered five decades ago, it struck terror into the hearts of moviegoers everywhere. The independent horror film told the story of a group of five friends who fall prey to a family of cannibals while traveling to visit the grave site of one of their relatives. Led by the terrifying Leatherface, an escaped...

MLS via Realtor.com; Getty ImagesAfter years of skyrocketing home prices and stubbornly high mortgage rates that almost reached 8% last October, the U.S. housing market may be finally cooling off—sort of. Mortgage rates are still high, hovering around 6.32% for a 30-year fixed loan​, while the median home price was $425,000 in September. Yet, in a...

The housing market had a week that might give homebuyers and sellers whiplash—but there’s still good news on the horizon. Although mortgage rates plummeted to two-year lows in late September, rates jumped to 6.32% for a 30-year fixed loan in the week ending Oct. 10. That’s “the biggest leap in the past six months,” says Realtor.com Chief Economist...

Realtor.comImagine yourself in a home worthy of a short story—or even a novel. It’s no fairy tale—you can buy a wonderful storybook home right now, and you don’t even need to wish upon a star to make this dream a reality. You simply need to know where to shop. That’s why we sifted through pages and pages of listings to highlight the most enchanting—and...

Getty ImagesThe Mormon Church is expanding its real estate empire with a massive $289 million deal for 46 farms across eight states, further solidifying its place as a major player in the US agricultural industry. The real estate arm of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Utah-based Farmland Reserve Inc., is acquiring the farmland from...