7 Home Renos That Will Lower Your Home’s Value in 2026, Real Estate Pros Say

Key Points

  • Renovations that remove functionality or space detract from the home value and appeal.
  • Upgrades that are overly personal or have niche purposes lower the value of the home.
  • Cheap DIY finishes, unpermitted work, and high maintenance additions decrease

Rebuilding Homes and a Resilient Community in Western North Carolina

Across Western North Carolina, Cisco Crisis Response and 40 Communities are supporting a coalition of partners and community leaders who have come together to repair and rebuild homes in the wake of Hurricane Helene.

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Best home improvements to drive up your home’s sales value

Key takeaways:

  • A garage door replacement, fiber-cement siding replacement and vinyl siding replacement are among the best home improvements for their recovered value.
  • A finished basement, upscale bathroom remodel and midrange primary suite addition are among the worst home improvements

Homes on Zillow, Redfin Disappear Thanks to Real Estate Agent Rules

To anyone snooping on Zillow, it appears that the two-bedroom condo at 364 Arkansas Street, in San Francisco’s sunny Potrero Hill neighborhood, is not for sale. The site can only offer a hazy estimate of the home’s value, basic facts

Feds target corporate investors buying single-family homes and the Home of the Week: Canadian real estate news for November 22

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Home of the Week, 26 Auditorium Circle, Grimsby, Ont.Cathy Koop/Cathy Koop Photography

Here are The Globe and Mail’s top housing and real estate stories this week and one home worth a look.

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Repairing over 1000 homes in Calgary

Today the government of Canada, the City of Calgary and Calgary Housing announced over $33 million to repair 1052 homes across the city.

These homes undergo extensive repairs and renewals that include fixing building envelopes, replacing roofs, windows and doors,

Millions of U.S. homes are falling into disrepair : NPR

Pat Haskins, a 72-year-old retired school teacher, poses for a portrait in the backyard of her home in Silver Spring, Md., on Oct. 22. She had struggled to keep up with repairs as her basement flooded, a bathroom floor sagged

Renovation Alliance Volunteers Rebuild Homes For Neighbors During Community Renovation Day

Renovation Alliance (RA) held its annual Community Renovation Day on Saturday, October 5th.  Approximately 150 volunteers participated in the service event to repair the homes of 9 individuals and families in need, free of charge.

The event brings awareness

Lily Collins’s Homes: Inside the Actor’s Transatlantic Real Estate Portfolio

Collins’s West Hollywood condo had been in her family since the early 1990s before the actor said goodbye to the one-bedroom, two-bathroom unit when she found a buyer in December 2018. According to the Los Angeles Times, the Les Misérables

Pilot project adapts five Fort McPherson homes to save energy

Five Fort McPherson homes have been selected for upgrades that reduce fuel consumption and increase savings through a pilot project led by Dinjii Zhuh Solutions.

Of the 36 private homes that completed energy audits in the community, “all of them”