A Bank Lent $3.85 Million on a Home Falling Into the Ocean—How Did It Happen?

Months before a buyer paid $5.5 million for a house perched above Cape Cod Bay, a local newspaper described it as "endangered." The foundation sat less than 14 feet from the edge of a Wellfleet bluff that had been retreating at a rate of 6 to 7 feet per year. At that pace, the house was on track to

The 9 Cities Where Homebuyers Are About To Take Control

Despite high mortgage rates and broader economic uncertainty, this spring delivered the most buyer- friendly conditions in nearly seven years as the roster of genuine buyer's markets expanded to 19 metros. Now nine more metro areas are poised to join the ranks of buyer's markets by the end of the su

The ‘Widow Tax’ Could Reshape the Great Wealth Transfer—Starting With the Family Home

When Evelyn Delgado called her auto insurer after her husband died, she expected the bill to fall—after all, the policy now covered only one driver instead of two. But after removing her husband, Delgado’s premium jumped by $280 a year. “You can imagine my shock,” the Central Texas widow told legisl

Is the Zestimate era coming to an end? 

For nearly two decades, consumers have had the ability to answer one of life’s biggest financial questions almost instantly: “What is my home worth?” Today, millions of homeowners monitor their home’s estimated value almost as closely as they monitor their investment portfolios. Anyone who has spent