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Which Window Treatment Should You Choose? (9 photos)

When it comes to deciding how to dress a window, there’s more to consider than just how to control light or provide privacy. Do you want the window treatment to be a design focus for the room or an inconspicuous neutral element? What is the architectural style of your home and do you want to...

How Northeast Weather Patterns Are Accelerating Exterior Repair Demand

The Northeast isn't weathering storms the way it used to. Nor'easters hit harder and stick around longer, hail shows up in months it didn't used to show up in, and freeze-thaw cycles have grown more erratic since 2015. Homeowners are noticing. So are contractors, whose call volumes now track weather events almost in real time, with a lag of maybe forty-eight hours. That pressure landed on a housing stock...

Smart home technology continues to emerge as key tool for aging in place

A rapidly aging U.S. population is accelerating demand for smart home technology that allows older adults to remain in their homes longer. Financing options, including the tapping of home equity, are emerging to help pay for it. Roughly 11,000 Americans turn 65 each day and about one in four U.S. residents is now at least 60 years old — with most people over 50 expressing a preference to stay in their...

What if the housing shortage era is ending for some metros?

The Changing Landscape “This is not a forecast. A forecast is a prediction, the validity of which my ego and I are professionally responsible for. What I offer here is speculation – something that is likely enough to write about but not so likely that my ego hangs in the balance.” – George Friedman “When the facts change, I change my mind. What do you, sir?” – attributed to John...

The Group Real Estate’s Brandon Wells on AI ‘slop,’ independents’ edge

Brandon Wells, president and CEO of The Group Real Estate, doesn’t buy into the fear that artificial intelligence will replace real estate agents (AI). But he also doesn’t buy into most of the AI tools being sold to brokerages today. “I think there’s a lot of AI slop out there,” Wells said on the latest episode of the RealTrending Podcast with host Tracey Velt. “I think there’s a lot of...

Minnesota zoning reform push for starter homes falters

A third go at trying to reboot starter-home construction in Minnesota is on life support at the state Legislature, with supporters scrambling to revive it before the session ends. High-profile zoning reform bills failed in a House committee and missed key Senate deadlines late last month, potentially dooming the effort as had happened over the past two years. The bipartisan Starter Homes Act –...

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