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From boring to Bond: home security gets a 007 upgrade

Jul 10, 2019
Some people shell out up to $200,000 on luxury panic room doors.
A panic room hidden inside a home.
Steve Humble

Washington’s luxury home market gets big boost from Trump cabinet picks

May 1, 2017
While certainly not a cheap place to live, Washington, D.C., has never really been known as a place where the uber-wealthy go to buy property. But, some current members of President Trump’s cabinet may have changed that, according to a new report from the real estate brokerage Redfin. The D.C. luxury home market rose more […]

Lights, camera, helicopter, open house!

Sep 1, 2015
Some L.A. realtors resort to Hollywood-worthy productions to sell a house.

New York developers are mad for super-lux apartments

Jan 5, 2015
High demand and prices drive a New York City trend: Pricey apartments.

What do foreign investors see in U.S. housing stock?

Nov 25, 2014
Luxury homes have been selling well of late, partly because of overseas investors.