Live rent free in the USA

If you think living rent free in the USA sounds too good to be true then you'd be right, to an extent. A new 'resident curators' scheme launched across a select few states is giving brave souls the chance to live in derelict historic buildings rent free in exchange for doing them up.

28 May 2012

Richard Nixon’s former compound on sale

A Floridian property sitting on the site of Richard Nixon's former compound has gone on sale for $15 million.

25 May 2012

New York most popular city for holiday rentals

New York is the destination most popular with Brits looking for city vacation rentals, according to holiday home website holidaylettings.co.uk.

24 May 2012

Frasier star Kelsey Grammer lists mansion

Emmy award winning Frasier star Kelsey Grammer has put his Beverly Hills mansion on sale for $17.9 million.

23 May 2012

US property market showing recovery

While there has been plenty of speculation about whether the American property market is starting to recover, it looks as if the upturn may finally be here, with several reports out this week showing improvement across the country.

18 May 2012

America offering ‘once in a century’ opportunity

America's real estate market is offering a 'once in a century' opportunity to investors, according to an Australian developer.

17 May 2012

Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell slash the price of their Malibu home

Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell have sliced £2.2 million off the asking price of their Malibu Beach home in an effort to sell.

17 May 2012

California property at its most affordable since records began

Property in California is now the most affordable it has been since 1988, when the state's Housing Affordability Index was first introduced, according to the California Association of Realtors.

16 May 2012

House prices rise in 50% of US cities

Research from the National Association of Realtors has found that property prices rose in 50% of US cities in the first quarter of 2012.

11 May 2012

Top ‘turn around towns’ in America named

Realtor.com has released its research into the top 'turn around towns' in America – areas which are beginning to show signs of recovery and are slowly leading the nation towards a more general housing recovery.

10 May 2012

Facebook employees ‘like’ Palo Alto housing market

The property market in Palo Alto, California is growing faster than anywhere in the USA thanks to a phenomenon dubbed 'the facebook effect'

9 May 2012

US mortgage rates falling

US mortgage rates have fallen to record lows, with 30-year and 15-year fixed loans both tumbling in price, offering more incentive for overseas property hunters to make an American investment.

8 May 2012