Do you live in Tolland, South Windsor, Simsbury, Cheshire or Portland? All five were named in CNN Money’s top 100 list of America’s best small towns to live in.
CNN Money describes Tolland, which is ranked No. 37, as a charming rural town that “has done a great job preserving its historic district, Tolland Green, which [...]

Following in the footsteps of other organizations trying to woo homebuyers, the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) has released its very own mobile phone application, which has (big surprise) a mortgage calculator and even a glossary of mortgage terms for those of us not in the know.
While this isn’t the most awe-inducing phone app to ever [...]

Thanks to the recovering rental sector in the nation’s housing market, a “double dip” is unlikely to occur, according to a recent Freddie Mac report.
So, not only will renting continue to stay strong throughout the rest of the year, the Freddie Mac report projects that homes sales will also be anywhere between 3 percent to [...]

If you’re under 30, you can basically forget about owning your own home. At least that what a recent study from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s Research Institute for Housing America is telling us.
At the height of the homebuying boom, it was this under-30 set that grew the fastest when it came to buying a home. [...]

How much does a neighborhood or community influence homebuying decisions? Enough to make some people move from their current residence, according to a recent survey.
One in five homeowners across the county have moved from their home or would like to move because their neighborhood or community wasn’t an ideal fit for their lifestyle, according to [...]

Less than a year after it was purchased for $35 million, the Connecticut mansion once owned by the late hotel and real estate magnates Harry and Leona Helmsley, has been put up for sale.
What’s the asking price? A whopping $42.9 million for the 40-acre estate, The Associated Press is reporting. The Greenwich property made heads [...]

I’ve heard of celebrity home tours and residential garden tours, but foreclosure bus tours?
Realtor Frank Hoinsky has decided that he would be the perfect guide for a bus tour highlighting foreclosures in every town from Milford to Beacon Falls.
According to a press release, those on the tour will receive an information package with direct foreclosure [...]

Hugette Clark, one of the country’s wealthiest heiresses, died at the age of 104 and left behind a number of valuable properties, including one in New Canaan.
Clark, a recluse, spent most of her life living in a 42-room Fifth Avenue apartment in New York City. She also owned a California mansion valued at $100 million [...]

There are lots of theories on what the best way to sell a home is and the Australians just came up with one more that might actually work.
Today they launched the website iPostcodes, which is how the home’s owner can directly participate in the marketing of their property. In addition to having a real estate [...]

The housing market isn’t all doom and gloom, folks. It turns out that U.S. property is extremely popular with foreign buyers.
For the year ending March 2011, total residential international sales in the U.S. totaled $82 billion, a $16 billion increase from 2010, according to the National Association of Realtors (NAR). These sales were split evenly [...]