Real Estate Oddities

How Would You Like to Live in This Neighborhood?

How Would You Like to Live in This Neighborhood?

Real estate Rorschach test: What do you see below? Folk art? A kid’s drawing? Look closely now… … do you see those two little things in More

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New Jersey House Has “Active Spirits”

(Photo courtesy dens Maple Shade history) Trick or treating in a certain neighborhood of Maple Shade, NJ, just got a bit more intense this year after More

Reading, PA Posts “Wall of Shame” for Blighted Properties

Reading, PA Posts “Wall of Shame” for Blighted Properties

How would you like to own a home next to that? Fortunately for the neighbor with the neat, white chairs out front, the eyesore next door More

Today Show Features Zillow Real Estate Deal

Today Show Features Zillow Real Estate Deal

Real estate guru Barbara Corcoran recently appeared on the Today Show and featured an amazing Austin, TX home for sale from Zillow on her weekly “What More

Today Show Features Zillow Real Estate Deals Starting At $140,000

Today Show Features Zillow Real Estate Deals Starting At $140,000

Last week Today Show real estate correspondent Barbara Corcoran featured two amazing for-sale homes from Zillow.com on her weekly “What you can get for…” segment. Barbara More

Nabbed! Prisoners Claimed Tax Credit

Nabbed! Prisoners Claimed Tax Credit

You knew there would be fraud surrounding the homebuyer tax credit, but the news that prisoners claimed the tax credit either infuriated you or made you More

Squatters Residing in $3.2 Million Seattle-Area Home for Sale

Squatters Residing in $3.2 Million Seattle-Area Home for Sale

Update (6/15/10): The alleged squatter was arrested by Kirkland police. ***** Original post: There have been many weird stories during these turbulent economic times, but this More

Owners of Wrigley Rooftop Facing Foreclosure

Owners of Wrigley Rooftop Facing Foreclosure

News out of Chicago is that the owners of Lakeview Baseball Club — a rooftop with a coveted spot overlooking Wrigley Field — are facing foreclosure. More

Brooklyn Heights Brownstone is Really a Fake

Brooklyn Heights Brownstone is Really a Fake

Leave it to Curbed to find the wackiest stories out of New York, including this one: the townhome at 58 Joralemon St, Brooklyn, NY is actually More