A raspberry trellis is essential for easy harvesting and keeping your brambles from running wild. Brie Passano Raspberry canes produce big yields of succulent berries when planted in full sun and rich, well-draining soil. To make your brambles grow even better and simplify harvesting, a raspberry trellis is the way to go. Not only does trellising keep raspberry plants tidier and easier to...

Shopping for a new sink? This guide covers the most common sink materials and the considerations to make for each. BHG/Adelyn Duchala Sinks add style and functionality to any space, but with so many options available, searching for the right fit can be a confusing process. Choosing the type of sink can be hard enough, but then you'll have to settle on a material, too. Each sink material has its...

Including top-rated styles from our BHG collection. Walmart Cottagecore continues to be a popular aesthetic, and many components of the design style will always be “in.” Quilts, for example, are a charming bedding option that adds texture to your space while offering a lightweight layer for summer, making it an obvious choice during the extreme heatwave we’re experiencing. If you’re...

Aldi’s July collection includes a hyper-affordable full bed set. Aldi; Design: Better Homes & Gardens Moving can be a daunting experience, whether you’re setting up a new apartment, house, or going off on your own for the first time in a dorm room. There are a few basics you will absolutely need: toilet paper, eating utensils, a phone charger, pillows, and sheets among them.Finding...

Median Home Price Jumps to Record High of $426,900 According to the National Association of Realtors, U.S. existing-home sales fell in June 2024 as the median sales price climbed to the highest price ever recorded for the second consecutive month. All four major U.S. regions posted sales declines. Year-over-year, sales waned in the Northeast, Midwest and South but were unchanged in the West. Total...

AARP, the interest group advocating for the wellbeing of older Americans, revealed in a policy paper this month its priorities for a national plan on aging that sufficiently recognizes the changing demographics of the U.S. population, and the trend that will see 20% of all Americans become at least the age of 65 by 2030. “While other countries are responding to these changes by developing and...

Texas Capital Bank, after being granted an extension to respond to the federal government’s request to change the venue of the trial between the bank and Ginnie Mae, has filed an objection to the request saying that a “forum selection clause” cited by government attorneys is not enforceable. “Having lost its attempt to dismiss ’s claims, the government asks this court to transfer this case to...

Pennymac Financial Services earned a profit of $98.3 million in second-quarter 2024, more than double the $39.3 million it raked in during the prior quarter. And the company is getting its ducks in a row to seize on opportunities when interest rates fall, relying on its scale and servicing portfolio to outmuscle competitors. The California-based lender generated production revenue of $202.6 million from...

Mortgage and real estate executives attending HousingWire‘s Artificial Intelligence (AI) Summit in Dallas on Tuesday have already begun to collect some lessons learned from Friday’s global tech outage as the world is still dealing with its consequences.  Different companies were impacted to different degrees by the problem, but executives said it validates their decision to invest in in-house...

Real estate lending shop Dunmor has promoted two employees to senior leadership positions. Andy Thienkosol, a veteran in business-purpose lending (BPL), has been named chief operating officer of the California-based lender. Melissa Perez, a former director of operations at First Republic Bank, has joined Dunmor as senior vice president of operations. Thienkosol previously served as chief revenue...