This catch-all describes the homes you will find on many builders’ lots today. Even if the exterior looks like a colonial, craftsman or Tudor-style home or a Mediterranean villa, inside you are very likely to find a medley of greatest hits. Among the highlights.Read More

Cape-cod style homes were built as early as the 1700s but their modern heyday was in the first half of the 1900s. These are the modest but comfy family homes, typically with only one or one and a half stories as the second floor is actually converted attic space with dormer windows to let in...Read More

The British were not the only ones to establish colonies in the New World. In areas from Florida westward to Texas and on through most of California where the Spanish language prevailed among early settlers, Spanish is also the language of the architecture. Homes built with a Spanish/Mediterranean flair still are among the most popular...Read More

Ranch-style homes started to be built during the 1940s but they became the house of the postwar baby boom of the 1950s and 60s. The suburbs were expanding and land was still cheap enough that homeowners did not feel compelled to stack the bedrooms on top of the living space. Homeowners’ Manifest Destiny would be...Read More

We have 3 back-to-back FlipThisHouse episodes coming up on A&E. Check your local schedule, but here’s what we have: When: TOMORROW, SEPT 4TH AT 1PM ET: Suburban Steal The newest project for CT Homes comes by way of one of Paul and Than’s investor protegees. He sells them on a steal of a deal in...Read More

Craftsman styles earned their first popularity around 1900 and remained a common choice until the Great Depression in the 1930s. They are very popular in new construction and remodeling today. Relatively few homes of any style were built during the hard times of the Depression and World War II. These are sturdy houses usually anchored...Read More

If the seller does not jump at the offer you have made, expect to get a counteroffer back that is a bit different from what you have offered. The owner can either accept your offer as it stands, reject it outright or respond with a counteroffer that may change terms of the original offer.Read More

Condominium refers to a form of ownership in which you own and hold title to the the interior of a specific residence. For example, you own the interior of a condo apartment, including the floor and the indoor face of the walls which you are free to carpet or paint or wallpaper as you wish....Read More

What are co-ops? Co-ops can comprise almost any type of housing, from high-rise apartment buildings to garden-style units, to town houses, single-family homes and even senior housing. A co-op looks like any other home to the naked eye, that’s because the uniqueness of the co-op is not in the physical structure itself but rather in...Read More

“Sometimes the best deal you will ever do is the one you don’t do!” ~ JD Esajian This is the million-dollar question: “what is a good deal“? While a good deal can make you a million bucks in some cases, a bad deal can also lose a lot of money as well. There is no...Read More