Despite high cost to finance, home prices hit new heights in August

Housing prices increased 0.4 percent between July and August and were up 2.6 percent on an annual basis, representing new highs in many markets.

Evil Week: The Best Fake Phone Number Is the One You Make Yourself With Twilio

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Evil Week: Keep Your Snacks Out of Your Family’s Filthy Paws

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Look Out for These Signs of a Badly Flipped House

Buying a house is stressful. If you’re not buying new construction, part of that stress is the condition of the house and how much work you might have to put into it. A fresh, newly renovated place will generally be more attractive to buyers. That fact has given rise to the concept of “house flipping,” […]

The Landlord’s Guide to Security Deposits

Renting properties to tenants is a great way to earn passive income, but you must follow many laws and rules, including collecting security deposits. Before you begin renting to tenants, it’s important to understand the answer to what is a security deposit and all the factors that go into it.

Evil Week: Give a Crappy Handmade Gift for Christmas

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Everything Apple Announced During Its ‘Scary Fast’ Mac Event

Apple really threw us for a loop this year. The company usually announces new products in one of two ways—either a simple press release, or a big, blow-out event at 1 p.m. ET (10 a.m. ET). Its “Scary Fast” Mac event was neither of these things: Instead, the company rolled out a pre-recorded event at […]

Evil Week: Imply You’re Pregnant for Better Treatment

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This Color-Matching Sensor Is 40% Off Right Now

For the times when you see a color out in the wild that you long to replicate in your own home, the Nix Mini 2 color-matching sensor can help—and it’s on sale through today (Oct. 31) for $59.97 (reg. $99). Read more…

The New M3 MacBook Pro Is Practically the Perfect Laptop

Apple’s latest MacBook Pro has almost everything you could want from a laptop. It has speed, thanks to the new M3 chip; 512GB of storage, which is great for any Apple laptop; a fantastic XDR display, which provides the best viewing experience on any Mac; and it costs $1,599, $400 less than what a 14-inch […]

3 real estate lessons I learned from watching ‘Bewitched’

Classic TV-lover Sue “Pinky” Benson shares what she learned about being a real estate agent from Samantha, Darrin(s) and Tabitha Stephens, zany MIL Endora and nosey neighbor Gladys Kravitz.

Don’t let social media become your worst nightmare

The wrong social media post is like a vampire: It lives forever and sucks the lifeblood of your reputation. Trainer Rachael Hite offers three tips to repel bad juju online.

Jordan Cohen knows what to say and do to win the listing every time

If you want to join the ranks of the top listing agents in your market, trainer and author Bernice Ross says that Cohen’s proven strategies and tactics can help you become a top listing agent as well.

Sitzer | Burnett closing arguments wrap as judgment day approaches

In a final push on Monday, attorneys for real estate franchisors and the National Association of Realtors argued that homesellers in the case failed to prove a conspiracy to inflate commissions.

Evil Week: The Best Ways to Get Revenge (Legally)

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