The suburban Chicago house that was used as the setting of the 1990 comedy film classic “Home Alone” has been listed for sale at $5.25 million. The Wall Street Journal reported the redbrick Georgian residence in Winnetka, Illinois, still attracts fans of the movie who...
An outrageous claim to a landmark property, an overlap of real estate and politics, and a tuneful agent begins his new job. From the wild and wooly world of real estate, here are our Hits and Misses for the week of May 20-24. Miss: Beyond Belief. The weirdest real...
The typical American family needs to spend 38% of its household income to make a mortgage payment on a median priced new single-family home, according to the latest quarterly Cost of Housing Index data from the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB). For...
A total of 9,416 homes were sold in Virginia during April, an increase of 1,164 units or 14.1% more than one year earlier, according to data from Virginia Realtors. The growth in sales was powered by a 19.1% year-over-year increase in new listings, the highest upswing...
A total of 1,122 housing units were sold in Delaware last month, up 10% from 1,022 one year earlier, according to new data from the Delaware Association of Realtors. The sales increase was attributed to 17% year-over-year increase in new listings. April’s active...
Independent mortgage banks and mortgage subsidiaries of chartered banks reported a pre-tax net loss of $645 on each loan they originated during the first quarter, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA). This represents a decline from the...
