A List of Eight Real Estate-Related Lists

Not listings, mind you. Lists.

This DesignSponge bed made the list -- or a list, anyway. Photo: Rob Brinson.

This DesignSponge bed made the list — or a list, anyway. Photo: Rob Brinson.

Real estate and home decor websites have developed plenty of 21st-century savvy regarding self-promotion. One thing they’re especially good at? Creating lists — and there’s nothing people love more than lists. In fact, companies like Movoto develop lists that purport to relate to real estate, but actually don’t (see their latest stupid list below).

Our own list is of list stories that were published in the last two weeks. Go crazy.

1. 5 essential rules of real estate [MarketWatch]

2. 10 Philadelphia Stereotypes That Are Completely Accurate [Movoto]

3. Top 10 photographic crimes real estate agents commit [Inman]

4. The salary you must earn to buy a home in 25 cities [HSH]

5. 11 Unique Staircase Designs [House Happy]

6. 10 DIY Ways to Rescue a Rental Living Room [Apartment Therapy]

7. 45 Stunning Spaces Where Simplicity Reigns Supreme [Design Sponge]

8. 10 States with the Saddest, Loneliest Singles [Estately]