Realtor.comA private island escape in Bushwood, MD, beckons buyers with a rare deal: two homes for the price of one. The island dwelling comes with an additional mainland home and boat dock—all for $3.75 million. The 13-acre St. Margaret Island is nestled in St. Catherine’s Sound, below the confluence of the Potomac and Wicomico rivers. “It’s a pre...

HGTVTarek El Moussa has come a long way. This house flipper first rose to fame on the HGTV runaway hit “Flip or Flop,” which he co-hosted with his then-wife, Christina Hall. But a lot has changed since the show’s 2013 premiere. For one, he has branched off to star in his own solo series where he teaches novice flippers the ropes, “Flipping 101 With...

Getty ImagesThe numbers: Mortgage rates are up for the fourth week in a row. The 30-year fixed mortgage rate hit 7.1%, up from 6.94% on Wednesday, according to the latest data of mortgage brokers released Thursday by Mortgage News Daily. Mortgage News Daily says its index is driven by real-time changes in actual lender rate sheets. Separately, the ...

Getty Images / Realtor.comIt just doesn’t get more old-Hollywood glam than the Los Angeles estate known as Castillo del Lago. Set on legendary Mulholland Drive in the Hollywood Hills, this spread is said to have been a Bugsy Siegel lair in the 1930s. After that, it served as a prominent movie location for 1984’s “Beverly Hills Cop” and as Madonna‘s...

Getty ImagesCommunities of color are more likely to experience discrimination in nearly every step of their homebuying journey. Minorities continue to have higher mortgage application denials, have the lowest homeownership rates, and have properties that are more at risk of being undervalued by appraisals, according to a recent report from the Nati...