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Spring and summer have long been considered the best time to buy a house. Their seasonal sibling, fall, is usually hidden under a mound of leaves. After all, potential buyers are thinking more about spooky houses and houses filled with the aroma of roast turkey; they aren’t thinking about house-hunting.  

According to …

The numbers: New-home sales ran at a seasonally adjusted annual 629,000 rate in August, the Commerce Department said Wednesday.

What happened: Sales of newly-constructed homes rose 3.5% compared to July, and edged past the MarketWatch consensus of a 625,000 pace. And the pace of sales in August was 12.7% higher than a year ago. But hefty…

Over the past decade, the market for second homes and online travel operations has transformed significantly. A survey by real estate adviser Savills and HomeAway found that recent buyers are prioritizing the purchasing of second vacation homes for financial benefits rather than for personal enjoyment.

“In a low interest…

A real estate research firm has picked a neighborhood in Southwest Florida as the "best neighborhood" in the United States based on schools, crime and other factors. The Pine Ridge neighborhood in Naples, Florida, was the nation's best based on six criteria: affordability, home price appreciation, school scores, crime rates, unemployment rates and property taxes. More from the …

When you're planning on buying a house in the near future, you're subject to lots of advice. Buyers should consider the quality of the schools, their commute to work, the neighbors, and any noise when thinking about purchasing a house. I always stress to my clients: Pay attention to the things that you can’t change about a house and to make sure you can live with those items. Kitchen and bathrooms can be remodeled, but you can't make the noise from a busy freeway go away.…

New real estate developments have an undeniable appeal for homebuyers. I have overseen sales and marketing for more than 300 new development projects totaling over 10,000 residences over the last 30 years, and I’ve found that everyone from first-time buyers to seasoned homeowners needs an education on the nuances of buying new.

Here are five tips to help get you started:

1. Understand The Timeline

Developers typically begin…

The middle of the summer has brought signs that the hot U.S. housing market is leveling off as sales slow and listing prices are cut. Those trends have fueled fears of a broader contraction and the coming of a buyer’s market. But trends within Miami’s condo marketdemonstrate why a buyer’s market is still a welcome one for agents. 

The Miami…

Real estate wealth is dispersed unequally throughout the United States with revenue concentrated heavily in metropolitan areas, valued at $26.2 trillion in total. 

Lending Tree ranked the top 50 most valuable cities in America from its collection of real estate data covering more than 155 million U.S. properties.  

While competing against…