Living in the country feels downright luxurious in this 200-year-old log home bordering 7 acres of National Forest Service land. Located at 585 Crystal Creek Rd in Otto, NC, the farmhouse-meets-19th-century-cabin home is available for $449,900. The home boasts a sun-soaked living room with walls of windows and a hand-built stone fireplace that leads right to the […]

The first rule of the survival condo project: Do not talk about where the survival condo project is located. If you’re lucky enough to be let in on the secret, you drive two hours from the nearest commercial airport, across the rolling plains of Kansas. The closest small town is about half an hour away, […]

A home sold to a woman 10 miles down the road in dusty, grass-up-to-your-knees Montana. She paid $125,000 to put it in her backyard. But it wasn’t your typical prairie-land homestead – it was a double shipping container. While upcycled homes have been popular for some time, it’s rare to see two 45-foot-long shipping containers combined into […]

There’s no need to park in the mountains when the rock climbing is right at your doorstep.  At least that’s what the team at Tiny Heirloom figured when they set out to design a tiny home for an intrepid couple looking to take adventure on the road. The Portland, OR-based company combined two of the things […]

Your life changes over time: new relationships, new jobs, new hobbies. Sometimes, you can make changes to your home to adapt to your lifestyle – but sometimes you can’t. And the hardest part? Knowing when to let go. Take our quiz to find out your relationship status – with your living space. How Much Do […]

Even with new homes, things can go wrong. That is why many buyers of newly built homes are interested in warranties, which promise to repair or replace certain elements of the home. Many home warranties are backed by the builder, while others are purchased by builders from independent companies that assume responsibility for specific claims. […]

Any buyer shopping for a home today, in any market and at any price point, is likely to come across new construction homes for sale. The sellers are both large national builders and smaller local developers. Some homes are for sale as a part of a subdivision, while others are one-off homes. But is a […]

If you’re in the market for a brand-new home, you’ve got a ton of options. Sales of new homes surged to an eight-year high in 2015, according to data from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the U.S. Census Bureau, and single-family production is estimated to reach 840,000 units in 2016, an 18 percent […]

There are open floor plans, and then there’s 23800 Malibu Crest Drive - a sprawling mansion built on the former site of Castle Kashan, a faux-Scottish castle destroyed by a fire in 2007. The new 5-bedroom home – measuring 10,331 square feet and listed for $85 million - lives up to the grandeur of the previous structure […]

It’s true that changing jobs can affect your loan approval, but, like most mortgage-related questions, the devil is in the details. So long as you are moving from one position to one with equal or higher income, and you are able to provide documentation of your work and income history, any changes to your loan […]

John “JT” Tredgold knows a thing or two about love at first sight.  As vice president of bakery operations at Semifreddi’s in Oakland, CA, he needed a way to decompress after long hours of perfecting pastries and chocolate croissants at the handcrafted bread shop. The London native sought a mountain respite to get away from […]

John “JT” Tredgold knows a thing or two about love at first sight.  As vice president of bakery operations at Semifreddi’s in Oakland, CA, he needed a way to decompress after long hours of perfecting pastries and chocolate croissants at the handcrafted bread shop. The London native sought a mountain respite to get away from […]

John “JT” Tredgold knows a thing or two about love at first sight.  As vice president of bakery operations at Semifreddi’s in Oakland, CA, he needed a way to decompress after long hours of perfecting pastries and chocolate croissants at the handcrafted bread shop. The London native sought a mountain respite to get away from […]

John “JT” Tredgold knows a thing or two about love at first sight.  As vice president of bakery operations at Semifreddi’s in Oakland, CA, he needed a way to decompress after long hours of perfecting pastries and chocolate croissants at the handcrafted bread shop. The London native sought a mountain respite to get away from […]

John “JT” Tredgold knows a thing or two about love at first sight.  As vice president of bakery operations at Semifreddi’s in Oakland, CA, he needed a way to decompress after long hours of perfecting pastries and chocolate croissants at the handcrafted bread shop. The London native sought a mountain respite to get away from […]