Stacey Freed

1 month ago | houselogic.com | Stacey Freed

Photos of a few homes still upright amid the Los Angeles wildfire are still making the social media rounds. Take the home of Michael Kovac and Dr. Karina Maher, which withstood the Palisades fire. Kovac, an architect, told reporters that when he and his wife designed the house in 2010, they “were acutely aware that at some point in the house’s life there would be a serious fire, nearby at the very least.

1 month ago | houselogic.com | Stacey Freed

Nathan Fiorini and Amber King have been best friends for 10 years. “Even our dogs are friends,” Fiorini says. Both moved from Arizona to Seattle for job opportunities in 2017. They shared a rental until 2021, when both were ready for a change. King wanted to buy a house. Fiorini says he couldn’t afford that and was looking to rent, “but we really didn’t want to break up our household.” Neither could have afforded a home in Seattle on their own, so they decided to pool their resources.

1 month ago | probuilder.com | Stacey Freed

At the end of 2024, Reuters reported that sales of new single-family homes had increased more than expected to 683,000 units, up 2.5% compared with 2023. Nearly half (41%) of all home sales last year started with a web search—double that of contacting a real estate agent—while 52% of buyers found the home they ultimately purchased from searching online, according to the 2024 Home Buyers and Sellers Generational Trends Report issued by the National Association of Realtors.

2 months ago | houselogic.com | Stacey Freed

Curling up on the couch with your laptop and looking through home listings can be fun. But when you’re serious about purchasing your first home, things can get complicated. That cute 1,300-square-foot Cape Cod is listed at $320,000, and across town there’s a four-bedroom Colonial with an asking price of $625,000. You like them both but wonder, how much house can I afford?

2 months ago | aarp.org | Stacey Freed

Shana Novak (Prop Stylist: Michelle Longo/Halley Resources) Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Your digestive system is hard at work 24/7. With breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks in between, breaking down food into nutrients for use as energy, growth and cell repair is an exhausting schedule.