Affordability, inventory, rates: An economist’s 2024 housing outlook
Windermere Real Estate Chief Economist Matthew Gardner offers his 2024 forecast for interest rates, home values and the potential for a housing market recovery.
Lone Wolf invites mortgage lenders onto its broker-agent tech platform
Better is the first lender to take advantage of the opportunity to generate prequalification letters for homebuyers through integration with Lone Wolf’s transaction management solution, Transactions.
Buyers’ market to usher in ‘season of hope’ in 2024, Redfin projects
Falling home prices and mortgage rates are on tap for buyers and sellers — not to mention a presidential election that could hinge on housing issues, according to Redfin’s outlook for 2024.
Societe Generale issues first digital green bond on Ethereum
Societe Generale’s first digital green bond is a senior preferred unsecured bond on Ethereum. The bond was issued as a Security Token and registered on November 30, with an inaugural value of 10 million euros. The maturity is three years and net proceeds will go to eligible green projects and activities. Societe Generale, the third-biggest […]
It’s Time to Ditch Evernote for One of These Alternatives
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For many productivity enthusiasts, Evernote became the go-to note-taking app of the 2010s. It was fast, and let you create notebooks with notes, images, and even to-dos. It made it easy to share and collaborate with anyone, and had a neat tool for importing anything from the web in a single click. And it did […]
The 50 Best Christmas Movies You Can Stream Right Now
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The holidays are the perfect time to settle into your couch and check out a classic Christmas movie or 12. The proliferation of streaming services has made just about any of them available at will, from traditional classics like Miracle on 34th Street, to potential future classics like Happiest Season, but actually finding your favorite […]
You Can Turn Your Shop Vac Into a Leaf Blower
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It’s been known to happen: You get a sudden deluge of leaves, and you don’t have access to a leaf blower (and a rake just feels like too much work). Since leaf season might catch up with you quickly, or you might not want to get a special tool to use for just once or […]
What Is Copilot and Is It Better Than ChatGPT?
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Last year, Microsoft unveiled a special version of its Bing search engine that was also powered by AI. Over the past year and some months, the company has continued to expand its offerings, eventually utilizing that same search engine service as an AI chatbot that it used to call Bing Chat. Now, though, it has […]
All The Tools You Need to Clean Your Gutters Without Getting on a Ladder
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Cleaning your gutters can be a hassle. Leaves and pine needles will drop into them, and they can easily get clogged and overflow, causing you homeownership headaches. Keeping them clear is important, not just during the rainy season, but as winter weather rolls in, as keeping gutters clear will help prevent ice dams from forming […]
You Should Make This Elevated Applesauce Immediately
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I don’t know why so many of us stop eating applesauce after childhood—turning apples into applesauce is easy to do, takes no time at all, and is completely customizable to your liking. If you remember applesauce only as sweet, one-note mush, it’s time you stepped away from the grocery aisle and made some yourself. How to […]
This Folding Kayak is Surprisingly Seaworthy
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Every good thing has its downsides, and for a casual kayaker, the flip side of owning a small boat that you can take out anytime is that you have to get it to the lake somehow—and store it somewhere when you get back home. Car carriers range from the annoying and cheap to the convenient […]
Spice-infused Oil Is the Key to This Festive Popcorn
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I hate to tear you away from the mass produced tri-flavor popcorn tin, but there’s an even more delightful popcorn that’s perfect for cozying up with on the couch. It’s your own homemade holiday-spiced popcorn, and it pairs uncommonly well with hot chocolate and marshmallows. This recipe uses common pantry spices and if you’ve ever […]
Google Expands Video Guidelines (Primary Content) Change To Video Mode Results
Google is now requiring that the video be the main or primary content on the page for it to show your video in video mode, not just as video thumbnails in the search results like it did back in April. Google announced, “we’re extending this change to search results in Video mode.”
December 2023 Google Webmaster Report
Here is the December 2023 Google webmaster report for all of you. Here I recap what happened and changed with Google Search on the organic space over the past month or so. The big items, the November 2023 core and reviews updates rolled out. Google also told us the hidden gems algorithm was live. Google […]




