Home prices rose in 93% of all US metro markets, according to a new National Association of Realtors report
Home Library’s are HOT
The resurgence in readers and books are making the home library a “hot” commodity in today’s real estate marketplace. The velvet sofa is pretty great too.
Bold Color
If you are nervous about using bold color in your home, try it on a smaller scale…pick out one thing (like this door) and go bold. There was a time when everything matched but not anymore…people like a little bit of creativity and this is a good place to start.
Go Bold AND Go Home.
Home prices continue to rise, albeit at a slower pace: FHFA
Prices were up 0.2% month-over-month in August and 4.6% year-over-year, according to data released Wednesday
Single-family home prices climbed 0.2 percent month-over-month in August and were up 4.6 percent year-over-year, according to the latest data from the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA). Despite the increases, price appreciation is actually slowing across the country.
Prices increased annually in all nine census divisions that FHFA tracks, with the Pacific division reporting the highest increase at 6.5 percent and the Middle Atlantic reporting the smallest increase at 3.9 percent.
Information courtesy of Inman.com
Iconic Bel Air estate becomes most expensive listing in America
An historic mega-mansion in Los Angeles just hit the record books as the most expensive property currently listed in the United States.
The Casa Encantada, an eight-acre Bel Air estate that translates as “the Enchanted House,” could well become the most expensive home ever sold in California if an interested buyer plunks down the current asking price of $225 million. As the Los Angeles Times reports, that perch is currently occupied by the Spelling Manor, which sold for $119.75 million in July.
Built in 1938, the Casa Encantada was designed to be the most opulent and extravagant mansion in Hollywood. Even during the Great Depression, building costs for the Bel Air estate ran up to $2 million (approximately $35 million in today’s dollars). Hotel magnate Conrad Hilton purchased the home in 1950 for $225,000.
Architect James Dolena designed the 40,000-square-foot mansion with a whopping 60 bedrooms. The mansion’s H-shape gives almost all of its rooms triple views of the city, the ocean and the park. T. H. Robsjohn-Gibbing, considered one of the most iconic decorators in the United States in the 1930s and 1940s, picked out the interior furniture and design. The listing is held by Jeff Hyland of Hilton & Hyland as well as Hilton’s grandson Rick Hilton and Shawn Elliott of Elite Real Estate Marketing.
Cozy corner
Aren’t these colors perfect for Fall? Do you change your decorating with the seasons? This looks like a good place to cuddle up.
Upgrades on the Cheap
Mirrored Closet Doors
Make a small bedroom look larger by adding mirrors to plain closet doors. Simply pick up a couple of cheap, framed floor-length mirrors for less than $10 at your local big box store, paint the frame to match and attach to your closet door with construction adhesive for a permanent look or removable picture-hanging strips if you’re renting. Feeling extra crafty? Glue thin trim pieces to the mirrors for a high-end look.
BUY IT: Target, $5.99
Courtesy of HGTV
