How to Turn a Terrible Couch Into a Comfortable Couch

Buying furniture is like buying shoes: What feels right for 30 seconds in the store often becomes an uncomfortable mistake once you get it home. A couch is a fundamental part of the living space—it’s where we relax, read, watch TV, even eat dinner. There’s nothing more comforting than being able to drop into a […]

You Don’t Need to ‘Eat the Frog’ to Be More Productive

A popular productivity method encourages you to start your day by “eating the frog”—that is, tackling your biggest, most important task of the day first, then moving through the lesser ones in turn. For many, structuring their to-do list around their greatest responsibility is a good way to stay motivated and ensure top priorities are […]

Better Mortgage expands offerings to include VA loans in all 50 states

Borrowers can use the company’s Tinman platform to see their rates and get pre-approved in minutes, and may qualify to buy with no down payment.

Anywhere posts declining revenue, losses in ‘incredibly tough housing market’

The real estate brokerage and franchisor posted $5.6 billion in revenue during a grueling 2023 while losses improved to $97 million, according to a full-year earnings call on Thursday morning.

You Can Get Producti’s AI Writing Assistant for $50 Right Now

You can get Producti on sale for $49.99 right now (reg. $647.64). Producti is an all-in-one AI tool powered by OpenAI that can generate writing, sales copy, marketing emails, images, graphics, voice-overs, and text transcriptions. You just enter some information and keywords and let the AI do the rest. You could also use Producti as […]

TikTok Now Has a Dedicated App on the Apple Vision Pro

When Apple officially released the Vision Pro on Feb. 2, it launched with over 600 apps optimized for visionOS. However, while apps like Microsoft Word and Disney+ were available to bridge the gap between a typical Apple device and Vision Pro, plenty of other “standard” apps were not. Some companies, like Netflix and Spotify, announced […]

Adapt This Japanese Productivity Model to Get More Done

So many great productivity hacks come from the world of Japanese manufacturing. The 5S technique helps you keep your workspace clean so you can get more done, kaizen helps you improve the processes and workflow of your job, and kanban helps you schedule your tasks in the most efficient way. These are helpful even if […]

Six Ways You’re Guaranteed to Annoy Your New Neighbors (and How to Avoid Them)

Moving to a new house and a new neighborhood can be stressful. There’s all the work required in packing up your stuff and making all the arrangements, then all the work involved in unpacking all your stuff and getting your new space set up and squared away. So many logistical things can go wrong it’s […]

You Can Grow Mushrooms Indoors Using Smart Home Automation

I’ve been growing mushrooms on logs outside my house in the Pacific Northwest for a few years now. While tons of people do this successfully, I generally do it poorly, because while mushrooms are mostly hands off, you do have to make sure they get enough moisture and keep them out of the way in […]

Why So Many People Are Returning the Apple Vision Pro

It’s still too soon to say whether the Vision Pro is the game-changing mixed-reality product Apple wants it to be. However, recent headlines aren’t promising: It seems there are many customers returning their headsets, potentially a bad sign for the company’s big bet on XR. I’m not convinced the returns are damning for the Vision […]

Demand for purchase mortgages drops for 3rd week in a row

Lender survey shows applications from homebuyers is down 12 percent from a year ago, as mortgage rates continue to rebound from December lows on stubborn inflation data.

Luxury brokerage faces court battle to get its buyer agent paid

Beverly Hills Estates, led by Branden and Rayni Williams, is fighting for buyer agent Michelle Graci’s right to an agreed-upon 50 percent of the deal’s broker commission after seller Ronen Nahum alleged misconduct.

CoStar, Zillow, RE/MAX among 118 firms sued by law enforcement

Atlas Data Privacy Corp. alleges the companies disclosed home addresses and unpublished home phone numbers for judges, police officers, prosecutors and their families.

More areas ID’d for redevelopment see big home-price gains

Investors in these lower-income “opportunity zones” receive tax incentives for improvements. And 2 in 5 of these neighborhoods saw a disproportionately large rise in home prices in late 2024.

As groups fight DEI, multicultural trade organizations hold the line

As many organizations pull back on their support for diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, Julia Lashay Israel writes that multicultural trade organizations are stepping in to promote professional development and homeownership for marginalized groups.