Real Estate

The first three months of 2021 saw the strongest quarter for Hamptons home sales in six years, continuing the trend of suburbs and rural vacation areas seeing record growth and a lack of inventory during the pandemic. There were 509 home sales in the Hamptons, up nearly 50% from 343 sales in the first quarter

A home stands for sale in a Brooklyn neighborhood with a limited supply of single family homes on March 31, 2021 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images Closed sales of existing homes fell 3.7% in March to a seasonally adjusted annualized rate of 6.01 million units, according to the National Association of

Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Google Meet, and many other similar services have rapidly become staples of the real estate and larger business worlds. We have all learned to videoconference. But videoconferencing may produce some awkward surprises if we aren’t careful. Videoconferencing software often allows the conference to be recorded. Once recorded, the resulting data files can

Amanda Mier is graduating from UC Berkeley and ready to move to New York! The question is: Can she afford it? Amanda Mier | CNBC After three semesters of online school, I’ve been in denial, but it’s time to face it. I graduate in a month. I wish I could be in college forever (who

Hemant Shah has built a three-decade career working exactly two jobs — both in an area called risk management. Shah founded RMS, a catastrophe risk modeling company for the insurance industry in 1989 while in grad school at Stanford University. From RMS, Shah learned that commercial property owners didn’t have much control over their risk

The most expensive single-family home for sale in the exclusive Bal Harbor Village section of Miami Beach, Florida, is called Villa Magnolia, and it has an asking price of $35 million. The view from above Bal Harbor’s most expensive residential listing. Lifestyle Production Group / The Jills Zeder Group The two-story residence at 182 Bal

Daniel Kodsi is Founder and CEO of Royal Palm Companies (RPC), a Florida-based real estate and development firm established in the 1970s. While most kids my age were out playing, I was dreaming about how to become financially independent. When I was only 10 years old, I told my father that I wanted to work and make

With storms intensifying, rainfall increasing and sea levels rising, waterfront property owners have to get more creative. For some, that means moving to higher ground, but for others, it’s just moving the house higher. House lifting has long been a strategy for waterfront real estate, but it is now becoming a far bigger business due to

There may not be gold under the floorboards, but it’s not a stretch to say this Montana retreat has a bit of copper in its bones. The log cabin-style home overlooking Bigfork’s Swan Lake was built in the early 1900s as a summer retreat for the four daughters of industrialist Cornelius ‘Con’ Kelley. Cornelius Kelley,

A real estate investor who made a fortune shorting subprime mortgages more than a decade ago told CNBC on Friday he believes the current housing market is in a bubble. “Absolutely. I think we’re in an omni-bubble. How long does it last? It depends. How long do you keep the faucet open and this money

LeSean McCoy (25) of the Buccaneers runs the ball during the regular season game between the Minnesota Vikings and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on December 13, 2020 at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida. Cliff Welch | Icon Sportswire | Getty Images National Football League running back LeSean McCoy admitted he had no clue how

Alex Rodriguez and Jennifer Lopez are major players in sports, Hollywood, music—and investing. What does the A-List break-up mean for fortunes? Alex Rodriguez and Jennifer Lopez have officially called it quits, splitting up one of the world’s richest power-couples. The pair, who started dating in 2017 and got engaged two years later, wielded a pop-culture

nd3000 | iStock | Getty Images Retirees who are considering a move that involves buying a home may want to consider how they’d finance the purchase. It can be tricky for seniors to get a mortgage in retirement, said Al Bingham, a mortgage loan officer with Momentum Loans in Sandy, Utah. Not only are lenders

Florida’s Barrier Islands have a wealth of attributes – waterfront, abundant views and a tropical paradise vibe.  This palatial Georgian estate graces 160 feet of Intracoastal Waterway on private Gem Island in the John’s Island community of Indian River Shores. The 11,758-square-foot home lies on the 1,650-acre John’s Island, a waterway envisioned half a …

A worker carries lumber as he builds a new home in Petaluma, California. Getty Images One year after home construction ground to a screeching halt due to the Covid pandemic, builders are more than bullish yet again. Builder sentiment increased 1 point in April to 83, according to the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo

In yet another sign of the white-hot residential market in Florida, Guggenheim Partners chief investment officer Scott Minerd bought a pair of penthouses in Miami for $12.5 million, sources familiar with the transaction tell Forbes. The purchases comprise an entire floor of the 51-story Biscayne Beach tower, in what appears to form the largest penthouse