Cyberhomes

  There was a time when it seemed that everyone owned a vacation home -- or at least dreamed of owning one, anyway. Vacation homes were seen as cash cows that would reap easy money in quick appreciation, plus the added bonus that rental money would bring in. Oh, how times have changed....

President Barack Obama, as expected, signed a bill today that includes a home buyer tax credit that will give up to $8,000 to first-time buyers and up $6,500 to buyers who have owned their home for at least five years...

  If you haven’t done any remodeling yet this year, now may be the time. T...

The bill to extend the $8,000 tax credit to first-time homebuyers and open the program to move-up buyers easily cleared the House of Representatives by a 403-12 vote Thursday. The House vote came a day after the Senate passed the measure 98-0...

Singer Whitney Houston may be on the comeback trail (click here to see the filming of her "Million Dollar Bill" video), but apparently, all isn't well in the pop star's world...

My fellow blogger, Heather Boerner, recently wrote a story for Cyberhomes about how in today's slow economy, some people are bartering for home services. I have recently found out -- quite by accident -- that bartering can work...

  The Senate appears to have sifted through the myriad proposals to extend the First-Time Homebuyer Tax Credit and draft a program that will include those who have owned their home for at least five years. The Senate agreement is similar to an earlier proposal that was gaining traction....

  Sometimes news with the biggest potential impact finds little interest. So, it wouldn’t be surprising that most of America took little, if any, notice that the U.S. Government has wrapped up its seven-month orgy of bond buying that totaled $3 billion. ...

  It's been awhile since I've hung out in the real estate crime beat, but here we are again. I ran across this story recently about a couple in Los Angeles arrested on charges that they tortured two purported loan modification agents that they suspected of ripping them off. Ac...

  Just when we were about to quit our search for a single-family house to purchase as an investment rental property, we may get another chance at a house we failed to get because we were too cautious in our bid....

  Wonder how much it would cost to live next to the president? Possibly $1,849,900, if President Barack Obama's neighbors get their asking price. The neighbors' home, at 5040 S....

  When your kids go trick or treating this year, is there a "haunted house" they'll try to avoid? In my town, there are no true "haunted" houses that I know of, but there is this one old once-mansion that now is quite decrepit and appears to be falling down....

  From where Raffi Arslanian sits, Generation Y is the perfect home buyer. The architect and developer has 20 years experience designing and building commercial and residential properties, but turned his focus to Generation Y in the past five years....

  Give politicians enough time and they’ll keep coming up with a new angle. That’s apparently what’s happening with the First-time Homebuyer Tax Credit that will expire Nov. 30. With...