Daniel Goldstein
realtor.com
Washington, DC, United States
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What Is Virtual Staging? A Way to Stage Your Home Out of Thin Air
What is virtual staging? It's where home stagers take digital photos of empty (or badly furnished) rooms, then use software to add furnishings. → Read More
The Best Smoke Detector for a Home, and the Worst: Which Do You Have?
There are two types of smoke detectors, and most people have the wrong one. So which one's the clunker, and which one's the best smoke detector for a home? → Read More
What Is a Float-Down? A Sneaky Way to Snag a Lower Interest Rate
What is a float-down? Consider it your get-out-of-jail-free card when shopping for a great home loan. → Read More
When to Lock In Mortgage Rates: 4 Signs It's Time
One huge question among home buyers who need a loan is this: when to lock in mortgage rates. Some say do so ASAP, while others say it's smarter to hold off. → Read More
As Trump the politician rises, Trump the real estate brand falls
The ‘Trump premium’ his Manhattan condos once commanded is dwindling. → Read More
5 real estate trends to watch in 2017
Trump’s surprising White House win is just one dramatic change real estate watchers need to factor in next year → Read More
What Donald Trump’s election could mean for home prices
The middle class that voted for him was squeezed by unaffordable housing, but can a luxury hotel and condo-builder help them? → Read More
No one wants to live in this $2 million fake White House
First Residence replica goes unsold in Virginia auction last month → Read More
5 things to know before buying a winter vacation home
Costs can climb and you may want to try renting first. → Read More
These NFL players took out mortgages, even though they didn’t have to
Aaron Rodgers signed a $110 million contract, but still took out a $1 million mortgage on a $2 million home → Read More
Your Next Home May Be a Shipping Container
For Travis Price, an architect in Washington, DC, a corrugated steel shipping container isn’t just a place to store goods, but also a good place to live. → Read More
Lessons learned — and ignored — from a fire that destroyed 3,450 homes
Conditions that contributed to the Oakland Hills fire 25 years ago re-emerge. → Read More
Growth of NHL Hockey Nationwide Boosts Apartment Markets
An analysis of more than a dozen NHL-primary arenas in the U.S. showed that some of the newest arenas have been the biggest drivers of higher rental prices. → Read More
Can’t afford to buy a home in San Francisco? Move here
How to live in the Bay Area for under $500,000. → Read More
Women are better at paying bills, so why is it so hard for them to get a mortgage?
Single women fare worse than single men when it comes to getting home loans, one study shows. → Read More
15 years after 9/11, survivors talk about how it impacted their priorities — and paychecks
For some, recovering financially has been as difficult as healing emotionally. → Read More
Why it’s gotten so hard for many people to get a mortgage
The low default rate since 2011 could mean home lending credit standards are too tight, says Urban Institute → Read More
How the sandwich generation is changing the way people remodel homes
Living with your in-laws or aging parents might be tough, but more Americans are choosing to do it. → Read More
What it’s like being allergic to bee stings and unable to afford the EpiPen
Meet one parent who goes without the life-saving auto-injectors to make sure her son has access to one → Read More
How ‘walk-score’ boosts your home’s value
For Tom Hendershot, a Redfin agent in the Bay Area, the homes in the Oakland hills just a decade ago commanded the biggest premiums, given their spectacular views of the Bay and San Francisco. Not anymore. Neighborhoods in the East Bay, such as Oakland’s Temescal District or Lakeshore, which were once derided as “the flats” compared with the posh neighborhoods Piedmont or Montclair, are booming… → Read More