Fans of the HGTV show "Fixer Upper" might remember the crumbling ranch-style home built on a couple thousand acres, affectionately dubbed "Paw Paw's house," as being in quite a state of disrepair.

As the cost of buying a home continues to soar, the fixer-upper is gaining appeal. With about one in five Gen Zers saying a "lack of affordable starter homes poses a barrier towards homeownership ...

She loves pondering who used the hidden stairs to the kitchen, how the cistern in the basement worked and if there were one or two chimneys in her and her husband Alex Ball's "fixer-upper" home.

But we are going to be more strict with our contracts involving ‘Fixer Upper’ clients moving forward,” a spokesman for the Gaines' remodeling company Magnolia Homes told the Waco Tribune.

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Zillow research finds a "fixer-upper" sells for 7.3% less than a similar home, the largest discount in three years. A home that "needs work" or "TLC" sells for around 8% less than expected.

the days of getting a full-price offer on a fixer-upper are over. The study found that buyers are willing to pay a premium of 3.7% more than expected for homes that have already been remodeled ...

Bargain hunters with brawn, brains and a budget can flip fixer-uppers and either score a profit or a nice place to live.

I was giving Buster a tour of Southeast Iowa. Out on the edge of Mt. Pleasant there was an old tumbled down shack made of logs. Buster looked at it and said, “I could take something like that, fix it ...

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She could see the simple beauty waiting for them in the turn of the century home. Bobbi Pritt's Pill Hill fixer-upper is pictured Friday, Feb. 21, 2025, in Rochester. “I'm always trying to do ...