While lugging new cabinets into their nearly built home, the Kelly family will stack another layer of chaos onto the saw-and-sales frenzy buzzing through their suburban Charlotte subdivision. The bustle is part of a quickening home-construction pulse across the nation.

A spring growth spurt blooms in the housing market. Existing-home sales rose 3.4 percent in April with tight supplies in markets like Miami helping to seed the rejuvenation.

Each week, TODAY real estate expert Barbara Corcoran looks around the U.S. to see what home buyers can get for their money.

What real estate downturn? A two-level penthouse with sweeping views of Central Park just sold for more than $90 million — a record price for New York, according to the New York Times.

The big real estate news in celebrity circles? Ellen DeGeneres finally sold her home, selling it to fellow star Ryan Seacrest, and Jennifer Aniston and Justin Theroux are renting in Beverly Hills while their modern home is renovated.

Not all manufacturing jobs are created equal -- and certainly not manufacturing pay. According to a new study released by Brookings’ Metropolitan Policy Program, manufacturing wages differ widely between large cities.

Banned, embraced and parodied for its graphic sexual content, "Fifty Shades of Grey," is fiction, but the home much of it takes place in is real. A luxury condominium in Seattle.