When Does Obama’s “Home Affordable” Refinance Program Really Start, and How...
I’m still getting tons of comments to the blog posts I wrote on the Home Affordable refinance and loan modification programs. Homeowners also continue to post questions in Zillow Advice about each...
View ArticleSpelling Mansion on Market for $150 Million
Candy Spelling, widow of the late mega-TV producer Aaron Spelling (”Charlie’s Angels,” “Dynasty,” “Starsky and Hutch,” “Beverly Hills 90210,” “Melrose Place,” “The Love Boat,” “Fantasy Island,”...
View ArticleAlmquist Family Saves Exotic Animals, ABC Saves Almquist Family’s House
In the high desert of Phelan, California, the Almquist Family created the non-profit Forever Wild sanctuary whose mission is to rescue exotic animals (bobcats, cougars, leopards, tigers, servals,...
View ArticleCarnival of Real Estate #135
The 135th edition of the Carnival of Real Estate is now live over at SanDiegOh. Denny Oh highlighted his two top picks this week – head over and take a look! The carnival will make its next appearance...
View ArticleKravitz Lists Miami Beach Home for $2.85 Million
Last October, we wrote that singer-songwriter Lenny Kravitz’ SoHo duplex was up for sale for $18.5 million (looks like it dropped in price to $14.9 million). Now comes word that Kravitz is selling his...
View ArticleZillow iPhone Launch is Music to My Ears
After a big day of excitement at the office last week around the launch of the Zillow iPhone App, I prepared to enter a world where I thought the excitement would be about a different kind of “phone.”...
View ArticleOnly in Baltimore: A Waterfall Between Two Row Houses
Where there is an empty space, there is opportunity, at least in Baltimore. The City of Baltimore’s Office of Promotion and the Arts recently launched a new Flicker-based Web site titled Baltimore...
View ArticleFrontdoor Now Sports Facebook Connect
Frontdoor.com, HGTV’s foray into the real estate search space, now lets you sign in to the site (sort of) with your Facebook account. It’s a great idea in theory, I’m all for lowering the friction...
View ArticleWhere to Find a Rich, Single Man
Marie Claire recently came out with a non-scientific study of the Top 20 cities to meet single men. Given that it’s a summer Friday afternoon, and we’re all feeling very non-scientific about now, we...
View ArticleI Can Talk to My Home of the Future?
Yes, and it will talk back. No joke. Luke Mullins of U.S. News & World Report lists 8 innovations he thinks the typical American home will have in the future: 1. Point and build – Rather than...
View ArticleReal Estate Purchases Driven by Dopamine
What is it that makes us buy a home? While some may argue that they bought their home because of its resale value, when you get down to it (really far down on the neuron level) it turns out that many...
View ArticleFunniest Christmas Decorations
Huffington Post put together a fun little slide show of the funniest Christmas decorations of all time. We enjoyed it and hope you do, too. Happy Holidays! P.S. If you like cats — especially tough cats...
View ArticleFriday Fun – A little Apple iPad humor
This week every major tech blog has been buzzing about the iPad. Thank you to all the FOREM members who posted comments here as well as on our Facebook page. It was really exciting to see all the...
View ArticleFun Friday: Top 5 Valentines iPhone Apps
Wondering which iPhone Valentine’s apps to check out? Here are 5 fun ones to download for this weekend! 1. Candy Hearts lite – This free app is perfect for those who love the idea of candy hearts but...
View ArticleFun Friday: Microsoft sends flowers to the IE6 funeral
Yesterday, the “IE6 funeral” took place in Denver. This is what appeared on the funeral site: Internet Explorer Six, resident of the interwebs for over 8 years, died the morning of March 1, 2010 in...
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