Rates Tick Up but Housing Market Showing Resilience

Following a slight average mortgage rate increase this week, economists are pointing to a slow summer housing market ahead and even a possible interest rate increase, but recent housing reports show the market continues to hold steady.  The average 30-year fixed mortgage rate increased to 6.52% from

Everyone’s Outside Watching the Knicks

“The Knicks being in the Finals is like the moon landing,” a deli owner in Ditmas Park told me while setting up a TV outside his storefront on Monday. We are currently witnessing the impossible: Seemingly everyone in New York is doing the same thing at the same time. Tickets are ... More »

EXCLUSIVE: Meg Ryan’s Former Montecito Flip Lists for $3 Million More Than Actress Sold It for Just 1 Year Ago

Actress Meg Ryan's former Montecito mansion has hit the selling block for $19.9 million—an asking price that is more than $3 million higher than the sum the actress received for the dwelling just one year ago. The 64-year-old "When Harry Met Sally" star purchased the picturesque Picacho Lane abode f

The Super El Niño Is Official—and Homeowners in These States Need To Prepare

After much speculation, federal forecasters have officially announced that an El Niño has started forming and will have sizable impacts on weather patterns for months to come.  The official forecast from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration calls for an El Niño to intensify in the fal