text size A slowdown in home price gains continued as rising mortgage rates dampen the previous housing boom. Joe Raedle/Getty Images After months of thinning gains, home prices have finally fallen from year-ago levels, according to one frequent gauge of data. It could be a sign of what’s to come as full-month indicators—which show price…
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This Arizona Realtor’s HOA Just Got Served A Big, Tall Glass Of Petty Revenge
HOAs, or homeowners associations, are supposed to protect a neighborhood’s property values by maintaining agreed-upon community standards. But unfortunately, some HOAs spiral into control freak behavior, causing residents endless drama and annoyances. Well, recently, Arizona-based Realtors Jared and Tim Deluca found themselves on the receiving end of some HOA nonsense, all because of a pride…
Brooklyn News: History Uncovered in Vinegar Hill
Vinegar Hill Construction Uncovers Mystery Structure Workers recently uncovered two large and mysterious round structures at 218 Front Street in Vinegar Hill while prepping the site for construction of a new 218-unit seven-story apartment building. Brownstoner reader Marc Agger snapped some photos. Turns out the structures are remnants of 19th century coal-gas holders, also known…
An NYC Airbnb Racked Up $1 Million in Fines. New Rules Would Block the Listing
(Bloomberg) — The two-story brick house in Flushing, New York, is a million-dollar home, but perhaps not in the way the owner intended. Just off of Main Street in a residential neighborhood in Queens, not far from a car wash, a pharmacy and a T-Mobile store, the home has old newspapers on the door partially…