Fresh leeks are not green onions. Learn everything you need to know about growing leeks to add a mild onion flavor to your favorite dishes. Better Homes & Gardens Leeks are a popular and easy-to-grow vegetable often used to add a mild onion flavor to soups, casseroles, salads, and stir-fries, but they can also be eaten raw. While a leek is part of the onion family, it differs from an onion....

The newest addition to the popular collection is a Halloween must-have, but it has already sold out. Fortunately, we found some comparable options. Pottery Barn Pottery Barn doesn't hold back when it comes to fall decor—and the home goods store kills it with Halloween. You can find a variety collections to browse to go with any theme, but a line of holographic mirrors has especially been...

It’s been around for decades, but social media is re-popularizing the batanga as a richer (but still refreshing) alternative to fruit juice–based drinks. bLAZER76 / Getty Images As Jordan Hughes, or @highproofpreacher on TikTok, announced earlier this year: "2024 is the year of the batanga." The world may not have been ready for such a refreshing cocktail in February, but as the summer heat...

The in-store version is delicious, but it’s even better when it comes from your own oven. ' title='trader joe's carrot mini sheet cake in package'> Trader Joe's; Design: Better Homes & Gardens There are these tiny little cakes you can get from Trader Joe's that look as irresistible as they taste— as you pass by them while browsing the aisles, they're nearly impossible to pass up. They...

Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic nominee for the 2024 presidential election, included initiatives to deal with surging housing costs in her economic plan announced Friday. She promised, if elected, to reduce “red tape” to build homes and provide tax incentives for first-time homebuyers. “There’s a serious housing shortage; in many places, it’s too difficult to build and it’s...

One key data line flagging a path to recession is the loss of residential construction workers. The number of workers who build single-family and multifamily homes and do remodeling work tends to decline before every recession as higher interest rates negatively impact the economy through housing. While the unemployment rate has increased recently, jobless claims have yet to rise to a level that...

Although the U.S. housing market may have slowed during the second quarter of the year, investors did not take their foot off the gas. The number of home purchases by investors rose 3.4% year over year in Q2 2024, the largest increase since Q2 2022, according to a report published Thursday by Redfin. In comparison, total U.S. home purchases fell 1.9% during the same period, which Redfin attributed...

As discussed in previous reverse mortgage rate updates, the federally insured Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) is the dominant reverse mortgage in America. As a result, HECM has become synonymous with reverse mortgages. But did you know that nearly all HECMs originated today are variable-rate loans? This is in stark contrast to the traditional forward mortgage business, which is dominated by...

When mortgage rates logged their sharpest decline of the year last week following an underwhelming jobs report, data showed that refinance demand surged. Despite what seems like welcome news for loan originators, who have suffered through thinning margins for two years, refinance business has yet to go up much, LOs told HousingWire. “I was going through my newsletters last week to Realtors and told...

Hollywood legend Clint Eastwood’s ties to Carmel run deep. The Dirty Harry star owns the famed Tehàma Golf Club right outside of Carmel Valley, is an investor in the world-renowned Pebble Beach Golf Links west of Carmel, and donates his time to charitable causes at major tournaments here. He also used to run an old English-inspired pub called the Hog’s Breath Inn in Carmel-by-the-Sea and now owns...