Inheriting a house here in Maryland is good and honorable, especially knowing that a loved one left you something valuable. However, it can be a process marred with pain, and anguish. First, because it means you probably just lost a loved one, and second because it is not a simple handover process but one that […]
drop in luxury housing inventory and increased buyer demand drove the high-end real estate market to record prices in 2021, with several sales in the United States eclipsing the $100-million mark. As the pandemic continued, the ultra-wealthy sought second (and third) homes to add to their portfolios and were willing to spend a fortune to make […]
For months, I, along with many prominent housing market analysts, have been forecasting a big shift in the housing market at some point in 2022. For most of the last two years, we’ve been in an unbalanced housing market that strongly favors sellers. Bidding wars, offers over asking, and waived contingencies have become the […]
If you could build the house of your dreams, what features would you include? An abundance of bedrooms and baths? A state-of-the-art kitchen? An indoor pool? What about a hidden entrance, an in-house café, or a custom garage for your fleet of luxury cars? In Netflix’s new reality documentary series, the UK import “The World’s Most […]
The new Apple TV Plus series explores extraordinary residences, like a tiny apartment that can accommodate any room, a house inside a greenhouse, and 3D-printed home that was built in 24 hours. What makes a house a home? For many people, a home is more than walls and a roof; it’s a place where they […]