July 2024

Chip Gaines Just Reminded Us that Home Improvement Skills Are Good for More Than Working on Your Own Home

Our home editor joined Chip for an unconventional demo day centered around a community project. Courtesy of Jenn Ackerman Chip Gaines is breaking ground on a new summer project, but it’s not his typical kind of fixer upper. Usually, Chip and Jo use their home reno skills to flip homes, updating the landscaping and choosing wall treatments. But Chip's most recent endeavor reminded us that these...

How to Choose the Right Type of Sink for Your Kitchen

Find the sink that fits your needs, space, and style using this comprehensive guide. Helen Norman Whether you're planning small kitchen refresh or embarking on a total kitchen remodel, there's no shortage of decisions to be made. From cabinet colors and countertop finishes to backsplash tile choices and flooring options, there’s plenty to consider. Selecting the sink might seem like a simple...

Should You Boil Your Clothes to Get Them Extra Clean?

Think twice before tossing your shirts into a pot. Vladimir Kokorin / Getty Images In the quest for sparkling cleanliness, we sometimes resort to extreme measures—like boiling our clothes. It cleans our vegetables when we throw them on the stove, so it should do the same with our clothes, right?Wrong. Very wrong, actually.  While this method might seem like a thorough way to sanitize your...

The Home Depot Just Dropped Its Latest Halloween Decor Collection, and It’s Already Selling Out

Including everyone’s favorite, Skelly. Home Depot Halloween decorations have already started popping up, and even though we’re still several months away from the holiday, you can now find pink Halloween decor at HomeGoods and ghost-shaped everything at IKEA. But the serious countdown for lovers of all things scary can officially kick off now that The Home Depot has launched its online...

Kaffeepause Is the Hygge Upgrade Your Coffee Break Needs

Prioritize comfort while you sip—and boost productivity at the same time. JULIE SOEFER While tea parties are suddenly the social gathering of the season (thank you, Bridgerton), there’s another more hygge way to take an afternoon break that combines Scandi design with a delicious cup of something (literally) hot: kaffeepause. The Norwegian term for coffee break takes the idea of grabbing a...

U.S. Housing Rents Growing Fastest in Unexpected Places in 2024

While rents are highest in large coastal markets like New York City, the San Francisco Bay Area, and Boston, the fastest-growing rents are appearing in unexpected places. New data from Zillow reveals that rents are increasing faster in Hartford than in any other major market, with Cleveland and Louisville close behind. "More people move during the summer, which causes the rental market to heat up," said...

‘Real Estate Insiders’ role play buyer and seller objections

A newly released episode of the Real Estate Insiders Unfiltered Podcast explores the future state of buyer and seller relationships in the housing market after the National Association of Realtors‘ (NAR) business practice changes take effect Aug. 17. Co-hosts James Dwiggins and Keith Robinson chatted with industry expert Ed Zorn to address key questions that real estate agents may have in the...

The biggest reverse mortgage marketing moves from the first half of 2024

Reverse mortgage marketing can be an exacting process. Due to ongoing reputational challenges stemming from years (and loans) past, lenders have to consider the ways they can effectively recontextualize the product for some clients while broadening its appeal, compensating for misconceptions and acknowledging current realities around things like interest rates, retirement savings levels and access to...

Half of older Americans are rethinking their retirement status: survey

Survey data released Wednesday by F&G Annuities & Life Inc. shows that economic realities and other considerations are driving Americans to either delay or come out of retirement. F&G’s newly released Retirement Reconsidered survey, which was conducted in May across a sample of 2,048 respondents ages 50 and older, found that 51% of this cohort are thinking of reentering the workforce or...

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