Amazon quietly reveals possible expansion into real estate

Amazon quietly reveals possible expansion into real estate

As shoppers scoured Amazon’s website on Tuesday for its annual Prime day deals, the online shopping giant quietly disclosed a new service coming soon to its users, which would embark into the world of real estate and turn it into a competitor with Zillow and...

How to Avoid a Hot Water Heater Nightmare

A hot water heater isn’t typically something homeowners think much about – until, of course, it fails spectacularly. Hot water heaters warm our showers, help disinfect our dishes, and clean our clothes, but they can also cause very costly and dangerous...
CoreLogic: Loan performance shows improvement in April

CoreLogic: Loan performance shows improvement in April

Mortgage delinquencies dropped in April and the economy continued to show improvement, according to the latest Loan Performance Insights Report from CoreLogic, a property information, analytics and data-enabled solutions provider. Nationally, mortgages in some stage...
RealtyTrac Twitter account mistakenly posts wildly NSFW tweet

RealtyTrac Twitter account mistakenly posts wildly NSFW tweet

Outside of the occasional retweet of a news article that uses its data, RealtyTrac’s Twitter feed is fairly basic. The account tends to tweet once every 12 hours, posting at 6:45am Eastern and 6:45pm Eastern, every day. RealtyTrac’s tweets are all...
Mortgage industry stalwart Dale Dykema dies at 87

Mortgage industry stalwart Dale Dykema dies at 87

Mortgage industry veteran Dale Dykema, who ran California-based TD Service Financial Corp. for more than 50 years, died on the Fourth of July at the age of 87, the Orange County Register reported earlier this week. According to the report, Dykema died after a...

Rehabbing a Home? Be Ready for These 5 Costs

So you want to calculate the price tag on a house rehab, but you have no construction background. How do you go about it? Understandably, this is a common scenario that holds many people back from flipping houses. It’s also one of the most common questions...
ADP shows employment to increase more than 150K

ADP shows employment to increase more than 150K

Private sector employment is set to increase in June by 158,000, according to the ADP National Employment Report. The chart below shows the prediction which came in lower in June than previous months, which tend to be higher than 200,000. Click to Enlarge (Source:...
Designer Lookbook: Rowland + Broughton’s Aspen Barn Studio

Designer Lookbook: Rowland + Broughton’s Aspen Barn Studio

Colorado design firm Rowland + Broughton embraced original architectural elements and added new contemporary finishes to update a beautiful three-story dwelling in Aspen. Located at the base of Red Mountain, the picturesque property consists of four parcels...