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Millennials are drawn to the bright lights of big cities, but with a re-imagined take on the apartment, that city could be on the West Coast today, and the East Coast tomorrow. The Kasita, a smart technology-enabled, mobile apartment or “apodment,” as coined by CityLab, allows tenants to move their households to urban locales with the tap of a finger, whether...

Homicides wipe a whopping $2.3 billion off the U.S. property market every year. TWEET Though it's no surprise that a murder on the premises can lower the value of your home, that's still a lot of money going cold every single year. Finder.com has calculated the impact of murders on property prices across...

Posted on Dec 24 2015 - 9:19am by Housecall
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The holidays are officially here and it’s time to make those “spirits” bright during the biggest party of 2015 – New Year’s Eve! Everyone likes to let loose and have a good time with family and friends on this momentous holiday, but which cities do it the best? Real estate site Trulia crunched the numbers to find out and cities like San Francisco, Las Vegas,...

Drawing on its wealth of listing data, realtor.com® recently rounded up the top 20 home features highlighted in listing descriptions this year—attributes that have become veritable selling points in the last five years. While suggestive of current preferences, the list also paints an insightful portrait of the features that contribute to the perceived and actual...

Posted on Dec 18 2015 - 2:56pm by Nick Caruso
Comments Off on Obsessed with ‘Star Wars’? Check Out Homes.com’s City Wars!

Star Wars: The Force Awakens has only been out for a day now, but before you head out to your second, third and fourth viewings, check out Homes.com's City Wars - the perfect Star Wars/real estate mash-up! Select a city from the list of 50 warring cities in the galaxy, and decide its fate...and your destiny! Read all about your city's "light" and "dark" facts, and...

What's more terrifying than living in a haunted house? Living in a haunted house that strangers are constantly trying to break into. This is the case for Norma Sutcliffe and Gerald R. Helfrich , the owners of the “haunted” home that inspired the 2013 film "The Conjuring." The filmmakers behind the haunted flick positioned the story as based on truth, and published...

From learning thermostats to garage-opening apps, there’s no doubt smart home devices have brought convenience to our doorstep – but we’re willing to bet many aren’t nearly as practical as they seem. Below, we’ve rounded up some recent innovations that are more oddity than necessity. Could these be the smart home solutions we never knew we needed? You be...

Posted on Oct 27 2015 - 4:34pm by Zoe Eisenberg
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Halloween is this week, everyone! We know you're busy listing, selling, meeting new clients and closing business, so time to scare up a costume idea is limited, to say the least. If you're scraping the bottom of the think-tank for ideas and want to dress up to take your kids trick or treating or hit that rager at your friends' house (weekend Halloween - bonus!) we...

Posted on Oct 27 2015 - 1:15pm by Housecall
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With the holiday of haunt right around the corner, RealtyTrac took a look at a segment of properties where the haunting may hit too close to home for neighbors and potential buyers. More than 22,000 single family homes nationwide are vacant and have a homeowner who is now deceased, according to an analysis of public record data. That’s one in every 5,973 housing...

Photos: JBG companies/Washington Post One Washington, D.C.-based developer is hitting the road to find new potential renters in their brand new (foodless) food truck. The JBG Companies is the creator of Dwell Direct, an outfit they deem a “mobile real estate experience.” The new truck is now the company’s mobile leasing office, furnished with a 60-inch touch...