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Julia Buckingham fell in love with her house on a hill in the Biltmore area five years ago, and after a complete renovation she has turned the 1956 patio home into a whimsical representation of her interior design aesthetic.

Buckingham loves vintage, the color orange (the symbol for the Arizona desert and sunsets) and unique, fun pieces. Luckily, her husband of 32 years, John Edelmann, who she met in kindergarten, gave her full reign to do what she wanted with this home. The couple have owned 16…

As with many consumer-facing technologies, there have been significant changes to the technologies that power home security systems.

Finding the right house at the right price still proves to be difficult for many buyers.

The 10 most affordable places to live in Missouri have an average annual mortgage payment between $2,442 and $6,665, according to research from SmartAsset.

Greenwood, Missouri, about 30 miles southeast of Kansas City, has the highest median income on the list at $72,500 and came in at No. 8. The city also has the highest average annual mortgage payment at $6,665.

In the St. Louis area, Florissant, which has a median income of $51,603, comes in at No. 7 and has an average annual mortgage payment…

When asked whether Atlanta’s residential real estate market is “fairly ethical,” Judge Parker chuckled.

U.S. mortgage rates fell this week after an upward move last week, according to Freddie Mac.

The 30-year fixed mortgage averaged 4.57 percent for the week ending June 21, down from 4.62 percent the previous week. A year ago, mortgage rates stood at 3.9 percent.

Low mortgage rates have helped propel U.S. home sales, as well as the refinance market.

“After a sharp run-up in the early part of 2018, rates have stabilized over the last three months, with only a modest uptick since March,” said…

A historic mansion St. Paul's Summit Hill neighborhood is now on the market for $1.7 million.

Oliver Crosby, who founded St. Paul-based American Hoist and Derrick in 1884, built the mansion that's for sale. To create it, he worked with noted Minnesota architect Clarence Johnston, whose designs included many buildings on the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities campus, such as the Northrop Auditorium and Walter Library. His work also includes the Glensheen Mansion, a historic estate in Duluth.

Built…

In a surprise turn of events on one of the city's most prominent development opportunities, ZRZ Realty — the real estate arm of the Zidell family business — and the city of Portland have terminated a development agreement that would have paved the way for a massive amount of development in the South Waterfront.

A joint news release issued by ZRZ and the city noted that all parties involved are “mutually terminating the development agreement for Zidell Yards, which will not move forward with…

The completely leased center is located less than one mile east from the future location of the new Loop 202 interchange along Baseline Road.

The proposed parking deck on Eugene and Bellemeade streets is back on track, the city says.

But the $30 million project no longer looks like the public-private partnership once planned. And it's unclear exactly what role downtown developer Roy Carroll could play in the project.

On Friday, the city said in a press release that it's moving forward with the Eugene Street deck, planned to sit just south of the Greensboro Grasshoppers' First National Bank Field.

The city will build the deck on unidentified…