realtor.com Frank Lloyd Wright has built many homes, but a theater? Apparently so: Meet the Avery Coonley Playhouse, which is now for sale in Riverside, IL, for a mere $750,000. In fact, “schoolhouse” is a more apt description, since it was originally built in 1912 to be an elementary school that included an auditorium and stage […] Continue reading →

Tonny Luong for The Wall Street Journal Dao Engle, some neighbors and a handful of local kite-boarders stood on a sand dune on Pocomo Head along Nantucket Harbor this past June and watched nervously as her 10,000 square-foot home, which had been separated from its foundation and placed on a series of steel moving rails, […] Continue reading →

realtor.com Hang the twinkling lights, break out the flower crowns, and don’t forget the Mason jar candle holders, because a Pinterest-perfect farmhouse wedding venue is this week’s most popular home on realtor.com®. The meticulously manicured 10-acre spread is a romantic spot tailor-made for a party—and Instagram. Hashtags not included. On the market for $695,000, the […] Continue reading →

ronaldmorales/iStock Buying a home in Boulder, Colo., is still the safest bet. For the fifth year in a row, Boulder ranked as the best housing market nationwide based on home price growth and stability, according to a new report from SmartAsset. The odds of a major drop in home prices in Boulder were 0% — and […] Continue reading →

realtor.com A historic Upper East Side townhouse where Gloria Vanderbilt once lived has glided onto the market for $50 million. Now reimagined, the Manhattan mansion ranks as this week’s most expensive new listing on realtor.com®. Built in 1891 and once owned by Vanderbilt’s father, Reginald Claypoole Vanderbilt, the home was a part of Gloria’s early life. […] Continue reading →

Joybird Forget Chip and Joanna Gaines‘ beloved farmhouse style, whether it’s rustic or modern. And minimalism is so out—unless you’re Kayne West and Kim Kardashian West. And let’s try to erase word art forever from our memories. This year, it’s all about the industrial look. The industrial aesthetic, known for its exposed brick and unfinished […] Continue reading →

MyLoupe/UIG Via Getty Image Conspiracy theorists, take note. Area 51, a remote location in Nevada, does exist, but it’s anybody’s guess if there are alien remains stashed there. It officially serves as a training range for the U.S. Air Force. (Cue the “X-Files” theme.) When a spoof Facebook event popped up to “Storm Area 51, they can’t […] Continue reading →

realtor.com Midcentury modern architecture fanatics, here’s your chance to snatch a Frank Lloyd Wright home that just popped up on the market! The Frank J. Baker house is 4,800 square feet and has five bedrooms, 3.5 bathrooms, and three fireplaces. The Prairie-style structure is located in Wilmette, IL, just 20 miles north of downtown Chicago and two blocks […] Continue reading →

powerofforever/iStock After years of feverish remodeling activity, Americans are starting to cool on home improvement projects. The annual gain in homeowner spending on home improvements and repairs is expected to drop from 6.3% during the current quarter to less than 1% by the second quarter of next year, according to the Leading Indicator for Remodeling Activity from […] Continue reading →

realtor.com New York City’s reputation as one of Earth’s most expensive—and daunting—real estate markets is well-earned, thank you very much: $1.8 million studio apartments? Check. Full-cash offers everywhere you look? Check. Freakishly competitive open houses? You bet. Welcome to the big time—with the prices and killer views to match. It’s little wonder that housing is […] Continue reading →