Home prices in an Outer Banks community rival those in Austin, Texas, one of the fastest-growing places in the country. It's one of only two N. C. towns — and six east of the Mississippi — among the 50 most expensive.
Sacramento-based MetroList Services Inc. has partnered with real estate data company StreetWire to create a home-value insurance product called Home Value Lock, which can insure up to 10% of the value of a home for three years from purchase.
Over the past couple years, I've become comfortable asking a certain question.
"Can I get a ride?"
Yes, I have a car. Yes, it works. But no, I don't feel comfortable driving it from El Dorado Hills to Sacramento.
Why? I'll give you 307,000 reasons.
That's the mileage on my 2005 Honda Accord.
To be exact, it's 307,323 — but who's counting?
Once again, this is not your average installment of "5 things to know." In recent years, I've started a tradition of counting my blessings in this column…