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Thanks to exclusive data from Zonda Home, Livabl is sharing the top housing markets for 2023. This list covers the 50 hottest markets from coast to coast, as well as the 2022 market share for the top 10 builders in each area.

Many home buyers get caught up crunching the numbers of the down payment and interest rates. After all, those are the costs that most of us are warned about right from the jump. But home closing costs are a critical part of the home purchase — the name alone is enough of an indicator. If you don’t finish closing, you don’t get to own the home. 

Whether born in the United States or from elsewhere throughout the world, owning a home in this country is a dream for millions.

Budgeting for a home, especially for first-time homebuyers, is often daunting. Common sense dictates buyers should buy the house they can afford. However, that amount is going to differ for everyone. The median sales price for a new home in January 2023 was $427,500. So where do you begin to prepare, and how does a buyer stay on track? Here’s everything you need to know about how to budget for a home.

Biophilic design and décor are among the hottest trends this year, with homeowners increasingly focusing on health and wellness in their homes. Biophilic design is derived from the biophilia hypothesis, which suggests that humans have an innate and primitive need to be connected to nature. As a design strategy, elements that occur naturally outdoors are brought inside or replicated.

You’ve purchased your new home and are waiting for it to be built. During one of your meetings with the builder, you’re presented with the floor plan of your new home. But how to read a floor plan? What are you looking at, anyway? Is that line a window or a door? Is that round thing supposed to be a sink or a tub?

Your floor plan will give you a solid idea of where your home’s critical parts will be. But if you don’t know how to read a plan, you’ll likely be left with more questions than answers.

A strip of since-demolished apartment buildings and bungalows in MacArthur Park could be replaced by a co-living development comprising 110 units.

If you’re shopping for a different kind of Black Friday deal, the Windsor Smith-designed spec home at 227 North Tigertail Road in Brentwood recently received a $3 million price chop.

A unique small lot subdivision proposal could bring a variety of housing options to Haskell Avenue in Van Nuys.

Why settle for a standard kitchen island when you could have one of these instead?

Hunting for a reasonably-priced starter home in LA can seem like an impossible task — unless you know where to look.

Last weekend, Greystone officially unveiled its latest luxury Brooklyn rental, 223 Park Slope.

Falling prices helped new construction sales surge in Manhattan and Brooklyn in the second quarter.

NYC rents continued to cool in November, decreasing only slightly from the previous month.

Following a robust summer, rents edged downwards in both Brooklyn and Queens in October.

The one bedroom, one bathroom floating abode is full of rustic charm, and seems to harken back to the Beatnik era.