Real Estate Report

By Laura Vecsey, Zillow Contributor When it comes to buying or selling real estate, expectations play a key factor in how willing buyers and sellers are to negotiate a sale. A new study by researchers at Zillow should help buyers and sellers understand the dynamics at play in specific markets. The analysis [...]

Each year, it seems the housing market takes on a different tone – and whether it’s going to be a sellers’ market with inflated prices and bidding wars, or a buyers’ market with tons of choices and low prices – there’s no denying that the 2014 spring housing season is [...]

Gwyneth Paltrow and her Coldplay rocker husband Chris Martin have just spent $14 million on a seaside escape in Malibu. First reported by The Real Estalker, Paltrow and Martin purchased ‘The Garwood Residence,’ designed by world-renowned architect, John Lautner. This secluded and gated Malibu estate in the heart of the celebrity-infested Point Dume area is inspired by [...]

‘Guy’s guy’ actor Vince Vaughn just helped out former USC football coach Lane Kiffin by taking his high-priced Manhattan Beach mansion off his hands, paying $6,447,000 for the place. First reported by the Los Angeles Times, the ‘Wedding Crashers’ and ‘Old School’ actor was identified as the buyer for Kiffin’s 7,308 square foot Craftman-style home, which [...]

1031 of the Tax Code Could Be Repealed, But Until it Is, Consider Residences and Vacation Homes Too!

It’s important both to establish a residence in the new state and to sever enough ties in the previous one that tax authorities will have no claim against you. These are some steps to take.

see photosClick for full photo gallery: 2014 America's Most Affordable Cities Try to purchase a home in New York City with a budget of $140,000 and the options are pretty limited--a 375-square-f00t apartment in Queens may be the most luxurious possibility. In Los Angeles, buyers may have to look exclusively at [...]

Zac Efron is shedding the last piece of his former life as a young Hollywood bad boy. After two stints in rehab, the reformed actor is selling his former Hollywood Hills party pad for $2,849,000. Following a tumultuous time period in his life, where he privately struggled with addiction, Efron is seeking [...]