Housing Boom Fades in Tokyo With Glut as Chinese Sales Slow

In the Kachidoki area facing Tokyo Bay, home to the city’s hottest market given its proximity to venues for the 2020 Olympic Games, real-estate broker Hayato Jo has a wall full of notices of apartments for sale, with a 20 percent increase in the number of people looking to sell in the area in the past year. Prices in the neighborhood, which surged 25 percent since Tokyo won the Games in 2013, have started to fall from their peak.

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The $250 million mansion in Bel Air, Calif., comes with every toy imaginable – including 12 rare cars and champagne from Jay Z and BeyoncA ‘s label. The $250 million mansion in Bel Air, Calif., comes with every toy imaginable – including 12 rare cars and champagne from Jay Z and BeyoncA ‘s label.

HGTV star Scott McGillivray explains how to avoid the biggest…

To make sure you’re earning as much as possible on the sale, Scott McGillivray, the host of HGTV’s “Income Property” and a real estate expert who’s invested in over 100 properties, recommends avoiding one thing that he sees sneak up on sellers again and again: transaction costs. “Transaction costs in real estate is usually what kills people’s profit margins,” McGillivray told Business Insider.

3 Dumb Mortgage Moves

Interest rates have been inching up, with the 30-year fixed mortgage rate recently approaching4%. According to the Federal Reserve and general expectations, they’ll continue rising in the coming years.

How I Ditched Debt: Debt Free Guys

In this new series, NerdWallet interviews people who have faced debt and triumphed using a combination of commitment, budgeting and smart financial choices. Their stories may even inspire you to pay off your debt .