Here’s What to Know Before You Buy a House with a Pool

If you’re in the market for a new home, you might think a pool sounds like a great idea. Pools are in high demand right now—so much so that pool contractors have waiting lists and there’s a shortage of maintenance items like chlorine. Is pool ownership all it’s cracked up to be? It can be, but you n

Tampa Bay's Buyer Advantage Window: Why the 2026 Reset Is Creating the Best Entry Point in Five Years

For the better part of three years, buying a home in Tampa Bay required a near-perfect combination of speed, cash reserves, and the psychological fortitude to waive contingencies on properties you had seen once and might never see again. Bidding wars were routine. Inspections were negotiable luxurie

You Got the Keys, Now Make It Yours: A Room-by-Room Guide to Personalizing Your New Home

How to go from staged and neutral to personal and lived-in with wall decor that actually means something Every new homeowner knows the feeling. You close on a house that was staged to sell: neutral walls, generic art, someone else’s taste on every surface. Then you get the keys, the moving truck lea

Why car wash real estate is cleaning up

CNBC's Diana Olick reports on what has sparked private equity interest in car wash real estate.