Time-capsule home from 1800s is older than Minnesota's statehood
The iconic Victorian-era house in Carver has been featured in calendars, on holiday tours and even an HGTV show, "If Walls Could Talk."
Downtown Wayzata condo gets dramatic makeover
The plain-vanilla condo above the Hotel Landing is now bold and personalized.
'70s Mendota Heights rambler reinvented without adding square footage
A couple facing retirement considered building a house next door, but chose to reinvent their outdated rambler instead.
Home & Garden
2 men sentenced to decades in murders of 4 in basement
Two men have been sentenced to decades in prison in the shootings deaths of four people gunned down in the basement of a west Philadelphia home over a drug stash almost two years ago.
Housing
Home prices climb to record in pandemic as buyers seek space
A renter most of his adult life, Clarence Swann became fearful that landlords would use the coronavirus pandemic as an excuse to gouge their tenants. So, with a desire to move near family, the retired veteran bought his first home last month at the age of 74.
Housing
US long-term mortgage rates rise; 30-year at 2.96%
U.S. average rates on long-term mortgages rose this week but remained at historically low levels. The key 30-year loan stayed below 3%.
Home & Garden
2 injured when small plane crashes in Racine County
Two people suffered life-threatening injuries when their small plane crashed in a residential neighborhood in Racine County, according to sheriff's officials.
National
Many landmark restaurants, bars won't reopen after virus
La Tropicana Cafe has been a cornerstone of Tampa's historic Latin-influenced Ybor City neighborhood since the 1960s, well known as a gathering spot where movers and shakers and even mobsters mixed with construction workers over Cuban coffee and sandwiches.
National
Program allows some Alaska Native Vietnam vets to get land
Stewy Carlo had a short life, but he lived every moment. While serving in the Army, he bought a 1951 Mercedes and motored around Europe. After his service years, he roamed South America where he developed a love of photography, and then later turned heads while driving an exotic Maserati to a construction job back home in Alaska.
Home & Garden
Man pleads guilty to threatening to shoot Black renters
A North Carolina man who threatened to shoot a Black family in 2014 for renting a home pleaded guilty Thursday to violating the Fair Housing Act, federal prosecutors said.
Housing
US average mortgage rates fall; 30-year loan at 2.88%
U.S. average rates on long-term mortgages fell this week, pushing the key 30-year loan to a record low for the eighth time this year.
Home & Garden
Google buys $450M stake in ADT to give Nest a new perch
Google is paying $450 million for a nearly 7% stake in longtime home and business security provider ADT Inc., a deal that will open new opportunities for one of the internet's most powerful companies to extend the reach of its Nest cameras and voice-activated voice assistant.
Variety
US construction spending declines 0.7% in June
U.S. construction spending fell again in June, the fourth straight decline as the coronavirus outbreak continues to wreak havoc on the economy.
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