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Defying Predictions, Mortgage Rates Are Dropping—Here’s Why

Defying Predictions, Mortgage Rates Are Dropping—Here’s Why Daniel Acker/Bloomberg via Getty Images Anxious would-be home buyers have been watching mortgage interest rates finally begin ticking up again in 2017, after years of historical lows. And when the Federal…

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Existing-Home Sales Hit Highest Numbers Since Recession

Existing-Home Sales Hit Highest Numbers Since Recession Hero Images/iStock The spring home-buying market was off to a strong start in March as buyers closed on the highest number of existing homes in a decade. And that’s despite…

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Housing Crunch Threatens Reno’s Tech Boom

Housing Crunch Threatens Reno’s Tech Boom David Paul Morris/Bloomberg News RENO, Nev.—When a development company here acquired in 2015 a ranch once owned by a casino magnate, managing partner Chip Bowlby thought homes could be quickly built…

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Balthazar Getty Selling $10M Hollywood Hills Compound

Balthazar Getty Selling M Hollywood Hills Compound Jason LaVeris/FilmMagic Actor Balthazar Getty and his wife, fashion designer Rosetta, have listed their Los Angeles estate for nearly $9.85 million, according to The Real Deal. The contemporary compound in the Hollywood Hills neighborhood sits…

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