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Renovating your kitchen can be a frightening process—especially when you total up the costs. A major kitchen remodel is one of the most expensive projects a homeowner can undertake. So there’s plenty of pressure to get it right.

Luckily, most common kitchen design mistakes can be easily fixed. But it’s far, far easier (and cheaper) to plan correctly from the start! Before you take a sledgehammer to your kitchen walls, make sure you’ve considered these often forgotten issues.

1. Sufficient lighting

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While we obsess over which lamps and sconces will add the right ambiance in our living rooms, we often forget about properly lighting the kitchen. Which doesn’t quite make sense.

A kitchen is where the bulk of the household work gets done—and this is a place where working in the dark isn’t a great idea. (Plus, don’t you want great lighting to show off your delicious creations on Instagram?)

The Westchester County-based Corcoran Group franchisee has welcomed the long-standing independent brokerage to its ranks, adding 16 agents and one new office.

Charlie Homet and John Brandon launched a boutique brokerage called Archpoint Advisory Partners in partnership with Side, focusing on properties in Brooklyn and downtown Manhattan.

The portal giant brought in $435 million in revenue during the fourth quarter of last year and lost $72 million, according to 4Q22 earnings released Wednesday afternoon.

Mortgage rates have been inching up from 2023 lows following a strong jobs report and January's Consumer Price Index readout, which shows only a slight cooling in inflation.

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Let’s face it: We’ve all got at least one guilty pleasure when it comes to splurging on household comforts.

Maybe it’s a never-ending pricey candle addiction, or the urge to buy even more of those cute throw pillows that have you bordering on crazy pillow mania. Or you might just be like me and have a weakness for the most expensive cleaning spray and bath products in the store.

It turns out, these household items can be had without spending the big bucks—it just takes a bit of elbow grease. We spoke to the DIY experts to get the lowdown on six luxe household items you can save on by making yourself.

1. All-natural candles

Save money and avoid exposing your household to harsh chemicals commonly found in store-bought candles.

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A rainbow escape awaits the buyer of a psychedelic home in Colorado Springs where the house's interior is a colorful array of faux fur, murals, funky light fixtures, art installations and more.

Builder confidence rose seven points in February, to 42, according to the latest NAHB Housing Market Index. It's the highest score since September and the largest one-month increase in a decade.

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On the HGTV show “Married to Real Estate,” real estate agent/designer Egypt Sherrod and her husband, master builder Mike Jackson, make a winning combo as they help homebuyers find and renovate the perfect property.

Part of the fun of watching, though, is seeing decisions being made that make you go “Nooooo!” And this show’s latest episode has a few doozies.

In “Farmhouse Fixer,” clients Stephanie and Justin have a whopping $1.2 million to spend, and they hope to find a farmhouse on 50 acres near Canton, GA, about 45 minutes from Atlanta.

Justin is all about the acreage, since he fosters dreams of a farm-to-table life and teaching his kids to live off the land. However, Stephanie—who is several months away from giving birth to their second child—is more concerned with finding a house that’s move-in ready.

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The numbers: U.S. mortgage rates rose as the market braced for further rate hikes by the U.S. Federal Reserve to combat persistent inflation in the economy.

Rates broke a five-week downward trend, pushing demand for mortgages down by 7.7% in the latest week.

Demand for both purchases and refinancing both fell. That pushed down the market composite index—a measure of mortgage application volume—the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) said on Wednesday.

The market index fell by 7.7% to 230.4 for the week ending Feb. 10, from a week earlier. A year ago, the index stood at 537.0.

Homeowners in Raleigh and Atlanta can ask for a cash offer from Opendoor and get an estimate from Zillow about what their home might sell for on the open market.

The Canadian Real Estate Association, which owns and controls Canada's most popular listing site, is spinning off into a tech company. Ex-CREA Chair Cliff Stevenson shared what's in store.

If you don’t set boundaries, you can’t expect clients to respect them, writes luxury agent Amie Quirarte. Set firm boundaries, and communicate them upfront. 

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Actor Simon Helberg is best known for playing Howard Wolowitz on “The Big Bang Theory.” The character is a nerdy guy with questionable taste.

But offscreen, the actor lives in an ultrastylish Spanish Colonial in Los Angeles’ laid-back Loz Feliz neighborhood.

The house has been meticulously restored and redesigned by Nickey Kehoe, a prominent L.A. interior design firm.

And after living in the luxurious space for nearly four years, Helberg and actress wife Jocelyn Towne have listed the estate for $8,997,000.

Large publicly traded real estate companies are about to share their numbers from the most brutal quarter in years. Analysts are bracing for the worst — and watching to see who can thrive.

Black Knight is reportedly looking to spin off its Empower loan origination system to placate regulators' antitrust concerns as critics raise market power, data privacy issues.

Redfin Chief Economist Daryl Fairweather reveals to Intel the top data point signaling a coming rebound and shares why inflation and mortgage rates will continue to lead the market this spring.

An Edward Durell Stone house in Montclair, a two-bedroom condominium in St. Paul and a 1928 Tudor Revival home in Kansas City.

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Nepotism babies—aka “nepo babies”—are the privileged offspring of wealthy celebrities or industry insiders who have achieved some level of fame or success thanks to their familial connections.

The concept of celebrity kids getting a leg up is nothing new, but the moniker officially entered pop culture last year when New York Magazine declared 2022 “The Year of the Nepo Baby.”

Whether they’re in front of the camera (Lily-Rose Depp, Drew Barrymore, Dakota Johnson), on fashion runways (Kendall Jenner, Kaia Gerber, Lila Moss), selling out concert venues (Miley Cyrus, Willow Smith, Steve Aoki), or building a business empire (Kim Kardashian, Kylie Jenner, Gwyneth Paltrow), nepo babies are no strangers to the idea of scoring big breaks thanks to their famous family members.

So it’s no surprise that this fortunate bunch has also made big moves in real estate, each of them having bought and sold some of the most noteworthy properties imaginable.