At a price of just $79, you can breathe easy. Better Homes & Gardens / Francesca Fasciglione Airborne contaminants can be a year-round nuisance for allergy sufferers. Dog and cat hair and the associated dander and dust particles can stack up in the corners of your home and pollute your indoor air quality. Then comes shedding and pollen season, leaving your sinuses no relief in sight. That is,...

Appliance experts weigh in on whether this rumor is true, and give their best tips for maintaining a clean oven for years to come. Getty Images / Glasshouse Images You might think that regularly using your oven’s self-cleaning function is the correct way to keep the appliance in top shape. However, word on the street is that the function might actually be harmful to your oven—meaning you’ll...

You don't need a yard—or a lot of space—to have a plant collection. dinachi / Getty Images Just because you live in a smaller space sans backyard doesn't mean you have to miss out on tending to your own collection of plants—you just have to get a little creative with it. If you want to display a little garden, all you have to do is gather up some of your favorite succulents.Creating a...

Designers share their favorite raised bed garden layouts for all kinds of spaces and gardeners. David Patterson Even if you've been saving inspiration images of raised bed gardens for months, coming up with a raised bed layout for your own space requires both aesthetic and practical considerations. "Designing a raised bed garden is so different from other parts of they landscape, because you're...

The playful, delicate aesthetic is here to stay. PeskyMonkey / Getty Images Everyone loves a bit of front door decor: a bright blue door standing out against an otherwise neutral home, a lovely display of potted plants leading up the steps to an entryway that welcomes visitors. That’s one of the parts of decorating for the holidays that's just so fun—the wreaths and bows abound.But recently,...

According to Redfin, the typical U.S. home seller pays a 2.55% commission to the real estate agent hired by their home's buyer. That's down from an average of 2.62% in January 2024. Commissions have been gradually declining over the last few years, from an average of 2.89% in 2013 to 2.66% in 2023. But news of the recent legal settlement by the National Association of Realtors (NAR) in March 2024 with the...

More than 10,000 plaintiffs — including homeowners, businesses and other individuals — will receive a collective $4 billion settlement following a devastating wildfire on the Hawaiian island of Maui that killed 102 people and destroyed the historic city of Lahaina. The settlement was reached by the plaintiffs and seven defendants: the State of Hawaii, the County of Maui, Hawaiian Electric,...

The global stock selloff that began overnight in Asia rolled through U.S. markets on Monday as the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell by 3% and 2.6%, respectively. While technology-sector darlings such as Nvidia and Apple got thumped the hardest, the real estate industry also took its fair share of lumps. But analysts believe that the sell-off, paired with a drop in interest rates,...

Seller impersonation fraud is on the rise. A study conducted by NDP Analytics found that 28% of title companies experienced at least one seller impersonation fraud attempt in 2023, and in April 2024 alone, 19% of firms experienced at least one of these attempts. The study, which was released on Monday, is based on a nationwide survey of 783 title companies. Of the firms that experienced seller...

Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey (D) has signed a $57.8 billion state budget for 2025, which features several provisions designed to assist the state’s senior residents with health care, food assistance and aging-in-place provisions like home-based care. This is according to announcements by Healy’s office and AARP. Signed into law on July 29, the budget features support for several aging-specific...