Real Estate

High-paying jobs have lured thousands of young people to Midland, Texas. It's strained the housing market and schools, but there are perks, too.

This 30-year-old Swedish model moved to Tokyo and started buying and renovating "akiya" — cheap, neglected houses — to rent out.

Colleen Gill moved to Paris for four years and regretted it. She worked as a hairstylist and experienced xenophobia while living in France.

WaterWalk targets extended-stay customers. On average, guests in the unfurnished hotel rooms stay for about 400 nights.

Next week, New York City will begin enforcing a 2022 law that will recast the short-term rentals. Operators both big and small are left scrambling.

Land owners from Connecticut to Arizona are having their property sold without their knowledge, leaving them wondering how it even happened.

Mikaella Taylor sells vintage clothing and lives with her fiancé on a boat in California. They say they have the cheapest waterfront property around.

California Forever, which owns Flannery Associates, posted computer-generated images of how their proposed community could look.

The couple estimates that they spent about $158,400 to build their two-story Philippines home, including the cost of the land and all their furniture.

Fairfield mayor Catherine Moy met Friday with Solano County officials and a Californian congressman to formulate "a plan for defense."

San Jose and San Francisco are expensive California cities to live in, according to price data for the second quarter of this year.

One year after its opening, DignityMoves' Santa Barbara community has sheltered 66 unhoused folks, 36 of which have gone on to find permanent housing.

My wife and I bought a fixer-upper home for around $460,000 in 2020. We've been using AI to remodel it. AI helped, but maybe not in the expected way.

Buyers and renters are flocking to areas where affordability meets jobs which tends to mean that the housing market will do well in those areas.

Real estate investors who started with little to no savings share the strategies they used to get started.

Architecture firm STD Design Consultants designed this modern take on a "tube house" that are popular in Vietnamese cities, where land is very costly.

The company that quietly splashed out $800 million on 50,000 acres of land to build a new city near San Francisco has revealed its master plan.

Moving to Boulder, Colorado from Maryland was tougher than Amanda Loudin thought. If you're considering a cross-country move, here's what she learned.

Kirsten and Devin Trout bought an $18,000 Keystone Montana to escape Nashville's high cost of living. Six years later, they're RV-life enthusiasts.

Mark Radcliffe left NYC after 12 years and moved to Tulsa for the lower cost of living and better quality of life. He loves the slower place of the Oklahoma city.

Forget snowbirds, sweat birds are moving to cooler areas to enjoy outdoor activities year-round without sweating through their favorite shirt.

Living in Dubai is expensive, so one Gen Z content creator chose a 350-square-foot apartment that costs just $7,700 a year.

After Hurricane Ian struck Florida, disaster investors swooped in to prey on vulnerable families and turn a quick profit on their damaged homes.

A California homeowner explains how she converted a garage into a rental apartment. Now her Airbnb pays her mortgage each month.

Rates are sky-high. But in every kind of market, there are opportunities, says realtor and real-estate investor Bill Armstrong.

Emily Northway is from Utah, but calls Oslo home. Meeting new people and long winters were difficult, but she's proud of the life she's built.

Chinese property developers have been over-building for a number of years and the over-capacity can now be absorbed, he said.

Rent growth is rapidly falling, but apartment prices remain at record highs. These are 42 cities where rent is lower now than it was last August.

I left Washington, DC, for Eugene, Oregon, and plan to move back. I met my wife and returned to school, but I hate the drug culture and racism.

A company called Solano Irrigated Farms envisioned a city in between Sacramento and San Francisco with about 75,000 residents.

I'm a New Yorker thinking about moving to a more affordable, walkable city in the Midwest. I loved my first visit to Cleveland but it felt too empty.

After being medically discharged from the military, Brianna Walston embraced van life with her dog and enjoys the challenges the lifestyle brings her.

High mortgage rates and a housing shortage make buying a home challenging. Here are 34 cities with reasonably priced homes that will gain value.

It's a bizarre time in the US real-estate market. Here's how to navigate it, whether you're a new buyer, an investor, or a renter.

The $800 million effort by Flannery Associates could face time-consuming challenges tied to county ordinances and state policies.

Since the couple paid for their home out of pocket, they don't have to finance a mortgage every month, leaving them free of debt.

Wealthy Americans between the ages of 26 and 35 are moving in droves to Florida, Texas, and New Jersey but not to New York or California.

Chinese President Xi Jinping and the Chinese government have a brilliant plan to deal with the country's economic turmoil: hide how bad it is.

David Triana and his fiancé have saved up $20,000 for a home, but higher mortgage rates are preventing their dream from becoming a reality.

We designed a luxury van inspired by Tulum architecture. We're going to use what we learned to build a tiny-home village in Mexico.

The founders of real estate company Open House Austin said buying houses with their friends led them purchase a beach home and lake house by 30.

One way to beat the affordability crisis is to move to a cheaper area. Depending on the city, buyers may capture outsized appreciation.

Over the years, billionaires like Bill Gates, Elon Musk, and Larry Ellison have poured millions into building their own fiefdoms.

Office-to-residential conversions are gaining popularity as cities face empty downtowns, housing shortages, and climate threats.

California gave a grant to help finance and build an accessory dwelling unit for Daniel and Kristin Romo's daughter, son-in-law, and grandchildren.

Shrinkflation has reached the real-estate market as the average home decreases in size, yet prices stay high.

Blackstone's push into data centers reflects how it has sought to adapt to a fast-changing market as its giant real estate fund faces pressure.