These homeowners appreciated the traditional architectural style of their hometown of St. John’s, a centuries-old city on Newfoundland island, in Canada’s easternmost province of Newfoundland and Labrador. But they had lived for years in Vancouver, British Columbia, where they had...
There’s a lot to love about the 10 following houseplants. They aren’t too particular about their maintenance. They can handle some neglect, including erratic watering and less-than-ideal light, and still bounce back. Best of all, you can use them to quickly and effortlessly beautify your home. Read...
Inherited homes accounted for a record share of U.S. property transfers in 2025, a shift in how housing supply reaches the market and challenging expectations that aging baby boomers who wish to downsize will unlock a surge of homes for sale. New data from Cotality shows that about 340,000 U.S. properties were transferred through inheritance in the 12 months ending in August 2025. That represented 7% of...
Fewer Americans are packing up and relocating, and when they do move, they are likely to stay within their current region, according to a new analysis published by Bank of America. The findings suggest that the era of a dramatic nationwide migration has faded, replaced by a quieter trend of households trading one nearby city for another due to better housing affordability. Bank of America’s report...
Older U.S. homeowners held a record level of housing wealth in the third quarter of 2025, driven by rising home values and continued equity accumulation, according to the latest Reverse Mortgage Market Index (RMMI). Housing wealth among homeowners ages 62 and older rose 1.9% in the third quarter of 2025 to $14.66 trillion, surpassing the previous record of $14.39 trillion set in the second quarter,...
California has become a test lab for housing reform. The state stands as an ongoing experiment-in-process for how far lawmakers will go to legalize the development of more homes and how hard local officials and neighborhood activists will fight to stop it. The latest flashpoint struck on Thursday, as the Los Angeles transit agency board voted against implementing a landmark transit-oriented...
TikTok has finalized a deal to form a new U.S. entity with investors that include Oracle, Silver Lake and Emirati firm MGX, easing the threat of a nationwide ban and allowing the social media app to continue operating for more than 200 million American users. The company said Thursday that the new TikTok U.S. joint venture will operate with safeguards aimed at addressing national security concerns,...
There’s a certain kind of modern exhaustion that doesn’t really have a name yet — but everyone knows it when they feel it. It’s that drained, twitchy feeling after too many notifications, too much scrolling, too many “just checking one thing” moments that somehow turn into 45 minutes. Even downtime can start to feel like work when the internet follows people into every room of the...
Some Los Angeles listings are impressive because they’re new. Others because they’re enormous. Others because they have the right views, the right pool, the right zip code. And then there are the rare ones that hit the market carrying something money can’t manufacture: historic gravity. That’s exactly what’s happening in Mt. Washington, where a 1905 hilltop estate known as the Nickel-Leong...
Laundry rooms may be hardworking spaces, but these seven projects show they can also be polished, calming and smartly organized. Here, designers, many of whom use Houzz Pro software, share how they paired stylish details with things like floor-to-ceiling cabinetry, pullout hampers,...
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