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Posted on Oct 13 2017 - 10:38am by Zoe Eisenberg
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The season of spook is upon us! For a little fun, we've rounded up a series of spooky seats for you to rest your backside on as you count your candy and cackle - muahahaha! Meat Seat

Cannibalism is trending right now, according to a slew of cannibal-themed films release this year. Feast your eyes on this merry meat seat, made from paper, wood and wax.

Posted on Oct 12 2017 - 1:30pm by Suzanne De Vita
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The annual Trick-or-Treat Index from Zillow puts San Francisco in the sweet spot: No. 1 for trick-or-treaters. Analysts at Zillow began with the Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), concocting a formula that includes home values, how close homes are in proximity to each other, and the share of 10-year-olds (and younger) in a given market. Bubble, bubble… "Searching...

By Liz Dominguez Last month, Amazon announced the search for its second headquarters (HQ2). The online marketplace giant has not yet slipped about what city they are leaning towards. Perhaps a look at CEO Jeff Bezos' real estate investments will give us an inkling. Check out Bezos' current homes. Are any of these located in a city that fits the bill for HQ2? Bezos...

Would you ever live in a haunted home? A new survey from Realtor.com shows most folks won't shy away from a spooky space--so long as the price is right. In September, Realtor.com surveyed more than 1,000 online respondents. The verdict? Thirty-three percent were open to living in a haunted house, 25 percent might be, and 42 percent are not open to the idea. So what...

Posted on Oct 5 2017 - 12:10pm by Housecall
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By Liz Dominguez Are you getting ready to find your retirement paradise? There are a lot of things to consider before making the big move. Lucky for you, U.S. News & World Report just unveiled their 2018 Best Places to Retire list to help you make your decision. These rankings reflect a number of factors that can affect your retirement, such as happiness, housing...

Posted on Sep 29 2017 - 10:19am by Housecall
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By Liz Dominguez Is your crippling student loan debt keeping you from becoming a homeowner? According to an article titled The Case for Student Loan Forgiveness, student loan debt is one of the highest debt categories in the U.S., coming in second to only mortgage debt. Add up the debt from the 44+ million borrowers in the U.S. and it comes out to a whopping $1.44...

Posted on Sep 18 2017 - 4:11pm by Zoe Eisenberg
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Ever wondered who is living the good life, and where? A new study done by MONEY with the help of realtor.com® runs down the top 100 best places to live in the U.S. But how does one quantify "best," a term that feels quite subjective? The study's methodology focuses on towns with a population of 10,000 to 100,000, to avoid the big cities and spotlight smaller suburbs...

Posted on Sep 18 2017 - 2:16pm by Zoe Eisenberg
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Ever wonder how much bacon you need to bring in to live comfortably in some of our country's largest metros? HSH.com recently revealed the salaries needed to live in a median-priced home in 50 of the hottest areas of the US, and the numbers may surprise you. While the national average of median home prices cost $255,600, requiring a salary of just over $56,000, the...

Posted on Aug 30 2017 - 9:38am by Housecall
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By Andrew Dennis When the film-makers of yesteryear contemplated the future, it didn’t look like a very happy place—and not much has changed. You don’t need to look much further than the dystopian dramas that Hollywood is so fond of producing. But while sci-fi movies rarely predicted the nature of society, they did happen to predict a few items of futuristic...

Posted on Jul 7 2017 - 10:42am by Suzanne De Vita
Comments Off on Hi, My Name Is…Owner of a Valuable Home

Call it a household name. A new analysis from Zillow finds a home owned by a person named Alison or Stuart is likely to be worth roughly two-thirds more than the typical home in the U.S.—for both of them, that equates to over $332,000. The link varies based on location, with some names suited more to one region than others given sociocultural influences. Ali and...