Trump’s Childhood Home For Sale, Again

Donald Trump lived with his parents in a modest home in Queens, New York from birth to the age of four. Since Trump became president, the home has been purchased several times by speculators who expected big profits from tourists or a flip. When the home was first for sale in July, 2016, it was pric

Ronald Reagan’s Failed Governor’s Mansion

In the early 1970s, California Governor Ronald Reagan commissioned a new home to replace the aging Sacramento governor’s mansion, but he left office before it was completed. And his successor, Jerry Brown, fearing negative publicity over the luxury mansion, never moved into the home. Reagan was elec

Bruce Springsteen’s Homes

The first home where Bruce Springsteen lived, other than his parents’ home, was a small and dingy cottage in Long Branch, New Jersey, where he wrote his breakthrough Born To Run album. His next home was in 1976 when he paid $700 a month for a 6,000-square-foot farmhouse on 160 acres in Holmdel, New

First Time Home Buyers Getting Older

According to the National Association of Realtors’ 2025 Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers, the percentage of first-time US home buyers has dropped to a record low of 21%, while the typical age of first-time buyers has hit a record high of 40. The yearly survey of recent home buyers covered sales be