Summer has officially arrived. It’s time for beach days, pool afternoons, and lots of outdoor entertaining. Second to the food, the most important element of this is the tablescape. It adds to the dining experience and sets a mood. Fortunately, creating a beautiful, Pinterest-worthy tablescape isn’t as challenging as it…

Now that inflation is waning, there is hope that mortgage rates will fall to 5% in 2024. These lower rates would make borrowing to buy a home less expensive, but they could make the housing market much harsher for first-time homebuyers. That’s because a drop in mortgage rates would cause…

Living in a large penthouse atop an iconic Honolulu high-rise means never missing a sunrise or sunset again. Look in one direction and the sun rises over the mountains of the Ko’olau Range. Look the opposite way, and you’ll see the sun set over the curvy coastline of Hawaii’s capital…

Music-centric Austin, Texas, is abuzz with live music on the lawn, open-air concerts and blues on the green. But the bustling state capital of Texas is also home to quiet residential neighborhoods set amid an abundance of greenery. ADVERTISEMENT Emblematic of those communities is well-established Tarrytown, characterized by homes in…

Despite Detroit having the lowest home values of any metro in the country, Detroit renters still struggle with affordability. In fact, it costs 24% more to rent the typical home in the Detroit area than it does to buy it. That’s the biggest rent premium among the 50 most populous…

Woodstock Ranch in Santa Ynez, California, is a private equestrian community offering peaceful country living within some 2,400 acres. Old-growth oak trees dot hillsides green from the winter rains. Spring brings bright patches of wildflowers. Cattle meander lazily in the summer sun. For some homeowners, whose parcels range from about…

One of Dubai’s most expensive homes was recently listed for $204 million by Luxhabitat Sotheby’s International Realty. Called The Marble Palace, the massive abode fits the bill for the city’s proclivity towards opulence and pure lavishness. Located in Dubai’s ultra-exclusive neighborhood Emirates Hills, known as the Beverly Hills of Dubai,…

Many of the nation’s bigger cities confront a surplus of aging Class B and C office buildings. They also suffer from a deficit of affordable apartments. The solution would seem obvious. Convert obsolete, empty office structures to needed housing, achieving a more environmentally respectful solution than building apartments from scratch.…

There’s no doubt been a change in the way people work post-Covid, and many firms are embracing hybrid schedules. In certain sectors, this shift from remote to in-person has stirred demand for work areas. As WeWork’s Chief Revenue Officer Ben Samuels mentioned in a Yahoo!Finance interview, there’s been a real…

There’s no doubt been a change in the way people work post-Covid, and many firms are embracing hybrid schedules. In certain sectors, this shift from remote to in-person has stirred demand for work areas. As WeWork’s Chief Revenue Officer Ben Samuels mentioned in a Yahoo!Finance interview, there’s been a real…