Rule No. 1: “You don’t have to just have a plain-Jane green plant.” But here’s what you do have to do — to find the right plant and maintain it.
Category: Real Estate and Housing (Residential)
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When It’s Easy to Be a Landlord, No One Wants to Sell
Locked in at historically low interest rates. Platforms that make managing rentals a breeze. Homeowners have little incentive to put a house on the market.
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Are Tiny Homes a Solution to the Housing Crisis? These Builders Think So.
At the International Builders’ Show, exhibitors offered mini prefab houses, kitchens ‘like Swiss Army knives’ and other strategies for dealing with a constrained market.
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How A Couple Transformed This Frumpy Two-Family House in Brooklyn
You’d never know that this gracious Brooklyn home was once a frumpy two-family house. Here’s how one couple transformed it.
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This Is What It Looks Like to Try to Count America’s Homeless Population
To fix a problem, you need to know its scope. To do that, you need sheriffs, social workers, volunteers, flashlights and 10 days in January.
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Falling Mortgage Rates Bring Some Home Buyers Back to Market
Buyers are returning after being sidelined by a jump in borrowing costs, but experts say that the uncertain state of the economy is what will drive the market’s next moves.
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Meet Ira Wallace, the Godmother of Southern Seeds
For a quarter of a century, Ira Wallace has nurtured seeds and gardeners: ‘When you say her name in our community, all this love comes up.’
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The Next Retirement Communities Won’t Be Just for Seniors
New developments that integrate senior housing into age-diverse apartment buildings offer a more affordable alternative to isolated suburban retirement communities.
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How to Create a Playroom That Appeals to Children and Adults
Thanks to an awareness that design affects children’s development, playrooms are no longer ‘the worst room in the house.’ You may even want to hang out there.
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Marc Harrison’s Universal Design Home Gets Restored
Half a century ago, Marc Harrison built a prototype for a home that would accommodate people of all ages and abilities. Now his daughter has restored it.