DEAR HELAINE AND JOE: I am wondering if you can help me with information about a card table my wife inherited from her great-aunt. It has been in the family for many years. As you can see from the photos, the tabletop is hinged. It opens up to card table size and then can be spun around to a…
Redfin is no stranger to disrupting the traditional home-buying process. Its website features broker-listed homes for sale in an area, for-sale-by-owner properties that don’t pay brokers a commission and offers online tools that make the home-buying and selling process easier.
LITCHFIELD — A 30-acre parcel of land owned by the McQuesten family may soon be subdivided to allow for the construction of 16 new houses on Hillcrest Road.
MIAMI — For Rob Buscemi, 32, the price was right for living with a total stranger.
Mortgage rates rose this week spurred largely by rising optimism about the Federal Reserve’s possible move at the end of the month to cut short-term interest rates.
More Americans are living mortgage free.
A massive wave of homeowners now has an incentive to refinance their mortgages and they could find the process faster than it’s been in recent memory thanks to technology improvements.
One of the first and most important decisions most people make when selling a house is selecting a real estate agent. The real estate agent is the sellers’ representative, helping them navigate a process that the agent is far more familiar with than they are.
While the lack of listings continues to plague some housing markets, affordability is the biggest issue for renters, first-time buyers and move-up buyers, said Glenn Kelman, CEO of Redfin brokerage firm in a recent presentation to reporters and editors at the National Association of Real Est…
Currently, the property hosts two single-family homes.
MANCHESTER — First-time homeowner Christina Moran admits she knows little about toilets, but a $916 sewer bill from the city provided a learning moment.
DEAR HELAINE AND JOE: Enclosed are pictures of a portrait of my paternal grandparents. My grandfather was a coal miner in War, W.Va., so you can guess that a trip to Chicago and this grand portrait was something special for them. The story I was told is that it was a gift from “the company.”…
RALEIGH, N.C. — Coastal towns may be better off buying out beachfront property owners than spending years trying to protect those homes from floods, erosion and shifting sands, a study of North Topsail Beach, N.C., concludes.
Homeownership may be famed for its headaches, from bidding wars to get in the door to the constant drumbeat of repairs around the house, but renters don’t have it easy either. In fact, renters are the ones with more regrets, according to a recent Zillow Housing Aspirations Report.
A city woman has been told she needs to remove a flag showing support for President Donald Trump from outside her apartment on Rochester Housing Authority property.
Margot Shaw, founder and editor of Flower Magazine, joined Washington Post staff writer Jura Koncius for a chat. Here is an edited excerpt.
A large brick mill building on East Hollis Street could soon be transformed into 80 apartment units.
An old lumberyard along Temple Street has been identified as the future site of potentially 168 apartments.
The valuation process will begin in August. While typically they would be completed by Sept. 1, this year they will be delayed by about 30 days.
Senior housing, duplexes, affordable housing, single-family homes, rental units and cottages are all being considered for the site.
Safety is an essential component of summer fun, which is why we wear bike helmets and reapply sunscreen. But keeping food safe when eating outdoors is a preventive measure that’s often overlooked: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that 1in 6 Americans is sickened by fo…
DEAR HELAINE AND JOE: I inherited these items from various family members, and I am hoping you can tell me something about their possible value. The piggies in a poke are 4 inches wide by 3 inches tall. It is just a knickknack and has no markings. This piece was given to me by a great-aunt w…
BEDFORD — In light of the strong real estate market, local assessors are in the midst of another property revaluation — just two years after the town completed a revaluation update in 2017.
AUSTIN — Forget about the millennials.
LOS ANGELES — Actor Chris Sullivan, best known for playing Toby on NBC’s “This Is Us,” has found a hip spot on L.A.’s Westside, paying $2.333 million for a modern home in Venice’s Oxford Triangle neighborhood.
DEAR HELAINE AND JOE: What can you tell me about this vase? It is 15¾ inches tall and 5 inches across the base. It appears to be made from several layers of glass: clear, ruby then white. The design seems to be perfectly symmetrical and appears to have been made by cutting or grinding throug…
Homebuyers sitting on the sidelines waiting for housing prices to backslide might be waiting longer than expected, according to experts. Although the high price of housing in many parts of the country seems to signal a possible bubble, the usual signs — like oversupply, an uptick in investor…
Q: I loaned a family member some money to renovate his house. He has not repaid me yet but says he will pay me back over the next few years. We signed a simple letter about the loan. Can I put a lien on his house to be protected?
The average interest for 30-year fixed-rate mortgages is nearing 4 percent again, ushering the way for millions more homeowners to save money by refinancing.
For those who dream of turning their love for HGTV-style house flipping into a reality, a Hooksett woman and the local heritage commission have the perfect deal: a circa-1838 fixer-upper farm house for the low, low price of $0 for anyone willing to pick it up and move it.
Dear Helaine and Joe: I am attaching pictures of what I have been told are hatpins.
DeStefano Architects, a company founded nearly 25 years ago in Portsmouth, is being acquired by a Massachusetts firm.
The parking lot of the Huot Technical Center was a happening place on Tuesday as building trades students, their teachers and professional mentors held an open house for their newly competed tiny house.
HELLO HELAINE AND JOE: This typewriter once belonged to my parents. The name on the piece is “L. C. Smith.” I do not know its age, but I do know it needs work. Any information would be welcome.
MANCHESTER — Investors continue to believe in the city’s apartment business.
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