Julie Gerstein

Mortgage rates might remain stubbornly high, but home prices seem to be leveling off—and are already falling in certain cities.

Grills saw a huge demand at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, but in recent years sales have slumped. Here's why.

If you need cash and are thinking about tapping your home equity, one option few people consider—or even know about—is a home equity agreement, or HEA.

Some first-time homeowners forget to factor in the cost of maintenance, property taxes, and insurance—expenses that really add up.

Maryland home inspector Welmoed Sisson recently met homebuyers who were about to purchase a house at the very top end of what they could afford.

Costco's new jumbo candle costs $100 and can burn for 150 hours. Will customers buy it or just poke fun at it?

Tornadoes are favorite movie fodder—from “Wizard of Oz” to the latest summer hit “Twisters”—but for homeowners who live in tornado-prone areas, there’s nothing entertaining about them.

Some people skip the 401(k) and buy investment properties to fund their retirements. But they come with their own drawbacks.

Nearly two years after the federal government lifted COVID-19 pandemic-era eviction moratoriums, evictions are surging in some of the most popular boomtowns for one simple reason: The rent is too high.

Gov. Gavin Newsom has ordered homeless encampments around the state be cleared. Here's how that might affect home prices.