My twin sister and I decided to buy a house together. I'm getting cold feet, but we put in an offer anyway.

Tech Insider : Business
The author and her twin sister drinking wine outside at a restaurant.
The author and her twin sister live together already and are considering buying a home together.

Courtesy of Issy Packer.

We moved to a farm in rural Maine because we thought homesteading would save us money. It didn't.

Tech Insider : Business
Three goats looking through a hole in a fence
The author still keeps goats on her farm, even though she's no longer a homesteader.

Courtesy of Kirsten Lie-Nielsen

New real-estate rules mean searching for homes could be changed forever

Tech Insider : Business, Politics, Travel
The front of a three-story house.

Modern Media LLC

I'm a first-generation American who moved to the UK. I don't plan on going back.

Tech Insider : Business, Travel
A woman walking in front of the Household Cavalry Museum by St James's Park
Kasia Kovacs loves living in London, especially the history and culture.

Kasia Kovacs/BI

Wealthy Americans are buying second homes in this small ski town where slopeside property is quickly disappearing

Tech Insider : Business
A view of Snowmass Base Village.
A view of Snowmass Base Village.

Monica Humphries/Business Insider

The US cities with the best quality of life, ranked

Tech Insider : Travel, Business, Sports
Honolulu.
Honolulu is ranked as one of the best cities in the US for quality of life.

Art Wager/Getty Images

Interior designers share 8 home-decor trends they predict will be popular this year

Tech Insider : Business
Bedroom with light-blue accent wall with molding, wood on lower half and bed in front with small nightstand and floor-to-ceiling peach curtains
Some interior designers think we'll see more color and texture in 2025.

Followtheflow/Shutterstock

Ryan Serhant founded two apps that didn't take off but raised $45 million to help fund his third. Here's what he did differently.

Tech Insider : Business
Ryan Serhant
Ryan Serhant believes his new app will make day-to-day work easier for real estate agents.

Crystal Cox/Business Insider

Young Americans are going country, reversing a decadeslong trend of moving to cities

Tech Insider : Economy, Economy, Business
Young people moving to countryside collage.
Millennials and Gen Zers are moving to more rural areas in droves.

Getty Images; Chelsea Jia Feng/BI

We loved living in the DC area but moved to the Pittsburgh suburbs so we could finally save money and buy a house

Tech Insider : Business, Travel
Aerial shot of large Victorian houses in Friendship, a neighborhood in the East End of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,
Our neighbors in Pittsburgh have been welcoming and friendly so far.

halbergman/Getty Images

Subscribe to Real Estate