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On “Home Town,” Erin and Ben Napier usually help people renovate single-family homes. So, they’re in for a big challenge when they agree to renovate an inn.

In the Season 7 episode “The Buzzard’s Roost,” the Napiers help Keri, a past client featured in Season 3, renovate an old boarding house connected to her family’s furniture store.

Keri wants to turn this second-story space into a four-room inn with room themes based on different cities along the Crescent Line railroad.

This line “starts in New York and ends in New Orleans, and it makes this crescent moon shape as it comes down,” Ben explains. It’s a great theme, as this famous train runs right by this inn.

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One of Frank Lloyd Wright‘s earliest works is up for grabs, and it comes with a relatively modest $595,000 price tag.

The three-bedroom, 1.5-bath space is located in Oak Park, IL, which has the country’s largest concentration of homes designed by the famed architect.

The property’s price has dropped twice since its December 2022 listing at $770,000.

The repeated markdowns could be driven by the amount of work needed to restore this vintage architectural gem. The 2,064-square-foot home was built in 1898 and currently owned by the same family for 60 years.

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The nights are cold, the stars are out, and it’s the perfect time for a soak in your Jacuzzi.

The only problem? Each time you sink into the warm water, the level seems to have dropped—and you aren’t quite sure what to do about it.

At least, that’s what happened to me a few weeks back on a particularly chilly evening.

When it comes to wintertime hot tub issues, troubleshooting can be tricky. That’s why I spoke with several hot tub experts to help you get the info I wish I’d had. So here are all the tips and tricks regarding water loss that every hot tub owner needs to know.

Listing photos on Zillow show firefighters extinguishing the blaze as the $1.5 million, 25-year-old mansion actively burns. The house is now under contract after just six days on the market, according to a listing on Zillow.

The acquisition comes just two weeks after Long & Foster entered the Charleston market and adds nearly 50 additional agents to the brokerage's ranks, according to the company.

Charting your course is essential for navigating effectively. Team leader Carl Medford offers a guide to creating a set of beliefs and practices that help your company navigate through the unknown waters of their market.

Inside Real Estate CEO Joe Skousen confirmed the layoffs in an email to Inman, saying the cuts are the result of overlapping positions following the acquisition, which was first announced on Friday.

Tenants in Florida claim the company oversaw a "cartel" that unfairly drove up the cost of rent in markets across the Sunshine State. The claim comes on the heels of a similar suit in California.

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After a tightly contested Senate race, Raphael Warnock prevailed. His next stop? A new home in Washington, DC, for which he laid out $1,149,000.

Warnock made history in 2020 when he became the first Black senator from Georgia, doing so in a special election that went to a runoff. He repeated the feat in 2022, beating Herschel Walker in another runoff and securing a full six-year term in Congress.

His new capital digs are modest by some standards but beautifully renovated. The 1,780-square-foot townhome includes four bedrooms and 3.5 baths, arranged across about 1,780 square feet.

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Tough financial times call for creative financing. Historically high mortgage rates and a cooling housing market have caused buyers and sellers to look for novel ways to stretch their dollar and seal a deal.

Buyers, scared by lofty mortgage rates that threaten to add hundreds of dollars to their monthly housing bill, are seeking out mortgage buy-downs as a way to trim some of that excess. Sellers, desperate to unload homes, are often willing to help out.

Simply put, a mortgage rate buy-down is upfront money, often paid by the home seller (builders and lenders can also front the cost), to “buy down” the interest rate on the buyer’s loan for a period of time. This temporarily eases a buyer’s mortgage woes.

But just how practical are mortgage buy-downs for homebuyers?

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For those navigating America’s residential real estate market, it’s lately felt a bit like an out-of-control cargo train, ever threatening to veer off the tracks—stomach-churning price accelerations followed by interest rate hikes slamming the brakes. It’s little wonder that just about everyone seems to be searching for clues on where housing sales are going this year. But it’s not a one-size-fits-all market. Different kinds of homes—and the diverse people buying and selling them—have been affected in significantly different ways, especially when it comes to prices.

In fact, a deep dive into what’s going on with two of the nation’s significantly iconic, bellwether housing categories—representing opposing ends of the price spectrum—might provide the clearest indications of what to expect for 2023 and beyond.

On one end are starter homes, traditionally smaller and more affordable, geared toward first-time homebuyers; on the other, luxury homes, the spacious mansions with every amenity imaginable marketed to the wealthy. Each market has faced its own highs, lows, and distinct challenges.

And their current price trajectories might come as a surprise.

Ahead of her latest Inman Connect New York appearance, streaming on Jan. 25, Anywhere Expansion Brands CEO Chris shares what the latest string of layoffs means for the industry.

We’re officially going live Tuesday at ICNY at the Hilton New York Midtown. Meet us there, or join virtually. Register for a virtual ticket for live streamed sessions, plus access to all the replays.

A waterfront retreat in Lake Forest, a four-bedroom home in San Francisco and a 1977 house near the ocean in Huntington Beach.

Find out how this powerhouse team leader built a business that has earned the loyalty of financiers, celebrities, real estate investors, developers and a Who's Who of the city's artistic and cultural life.

In 2023, if you put an emphasis on the art of human connection and tap into the brains of your ideal clients, you have a chance to see the success you're after using the platform.

YouTube offers some of the real estate industry's best. Social media expert Jessi Healey rounded up 23 real estate YouTube accounts worth binging to inspire, educate and inform you.

While you’ve likely encountered eco-certifications for homes, there are also eco-certifications for real estate agents. Here's what they are and why they matter to grow you book of business.

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Let’s face it: Standing in line to use the only toilet in your own house is never fun. So when your family outgrows a small space or you’re just craving more room to stretch your legs, it may mean it’s time to shell out to build a home addition.

But what are the true costs of adding rooms to your existing home?

We have the numbers on whatever type of space you want to build. See the full range of prices you’ll pay to add to build out a bathroom, bedroom, or other home additions, plus related expenses you should expect along the way.

The costs

While the price tag on home additions varies from state to state, one good rule of thumb is to expect to pay around $100 per square foot, says Scott Browder
, a real estate broker in North and South Carolina.

Ahead of a first-ever Inman Connect New York appearance, Phillip Salem shares their journey from budding fashion mogul to real estate dynamo and the power of authenticity amid a changing market.