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We Built Our Texas Home Out of Sand and Straw—and We Rarely Need Air Conditioning For most of her adult life, Arielle Crawford focused on sustainability and holistic living. She taught sustainable manufacturing at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City, and made sure to eat organic foods and wear natural, breathable fibersRead …

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HGTV’s Erin Napier Unearths Sweet Memento From Early Romance With Husband Ben After Flood at Their Home Erin Napier is opening about the heartfelt “sacrifice” her spouse, Ben Napier, made for her in the earliest days of their relationship—after the couple unearthed a sweet memory from their romance while dealing with the fallout of aRead …

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She Made Thousands Renting Out Her Pool—Now She Wants Buyers To Pay Extra for the Business “This house makes money. This house will pay half your mortgage.” That’s the bold claim of one Emily Pulver, a homeowner in South Jordan, UT, just outside Salt Lake City. She is selling her six-bedroom, 3.5-bath home, listing theRead …

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Fed Chairman Kevin Warsh Taps Billionaire Marc Andreessen To Lead AI Task Force Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh has named the leadership and objectives of new task forces he is convening to reshape the way the central bank conducts monetary policy. Warsh on Thursday announced five new task forces to examine different aspects of theRead …

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High Mortgage Rates Are Secretly Boosting Airbnb Host Profits High mortgage rates may have put a damper on growth in the short-term rental market in recent years, but in a twist of fate, they appear to be boosting bookings and profits for longtime hosts. Mortgage rates above 6% have drastically slowed new investment in short-termRead …

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The Housing Cash Crunch That Has Everyone Pointing Fingers Before New York City voted to freeze rents for more than 1 million rent-stabilized apartments, one member of the Rent Guidelines Board tried to make a point about the buildings themselves. “As the owner’s representative, my primary concern is ensuring that rent-stabilized buildings…” Maksim Wynn beganRead …

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Homes Sales Dip in June as Prices Reaches All-Time High, Squeezing Buyers Sales of existing homes dropped in June after rallying in May as would-be buyers pulled back due to affordability concerns as the median sales prices surged to a record high. Existing-home sales fell 2.4% month over month but rose 2.8% year over yearRead …

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More Than 10% of All Homes Sit Vacant, but Only a Tiny Fraction Are for Sale Amid a deepening housing affordability crisis, roughly 1 in 10 homes in the country is sitting vacant, concludes a new report. Around 14.5 million houses are empty, according to a new analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data compiled byRead …

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Mary Bonnet Says ‘Selling Sunset’ Cost Her More Than Half a Million Dollars in Lost Commissions “Selling Sunset” alum Mary Bonnet has claimed that starring in the Netflix series caused her to lose out on more than $500,000 in commissions—because her real estate clients didn’t want to be sucked into the messy drama that wasRead …

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Albuquerque Property Owners Won’t Face Liens Under New Stormwater Fee Ordinance Albuquerque homeowners worried that an unpaid stormwater fee could shadow their property title got a significant reassurance from City Council: the city cannot place a lien on your home to collect it. The council voted 8-0 to strip that lien authority from the newRead …

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