
How To Create Your Dream Garden
When it comes to having our dream house, a garden can play a huge role; after all, it adds to the overall look and feel to the exterior of your … Continue reading

What Can Kill Sales Even in the Most Beautiful Homes?
Everything centers around the smell – the part of staging that too many homeowners neglect. But many sellers are “noseblind” and need an agent to point it out. CHICAGO – … Continue reading

HUD Rescinds Downpayment Assistance Rules for FHA Loans
The guidance released in April tried to clarify documentation requirements for government entities that provide downpayment assistance to buyers with FHA loans. WASHINGTON – The Department of Housing and Urban … Continue reading

New FHA Condo Loan Policy Benefits Developers Too
FHA’s new condo-approval mortgage-loan rules give developers flexibility to create more profitable projects – generally ones that are “large mixed-use projects or larger condo projects … marketed to investors as … Continue reading
5G Cell Antennas Can Ignore Private Property Rights
The antennas – about the size of a mini-fridge – can go almost anywhere under Fla. law, but most will be placed on phone poles in areas without underground wires. … Continue reading

IIDA Report Reveals a Thriving Commercial Design Industry
When The Commercial Interior Design Association, otherwise known as the IIDA, announced the findings of its new annual Index Report last week, interior designers received information that may help them make … Continue reading

Valentino Lists Tuscan Vacation Home for $13.3 Million
Cetona, Italy, is home to Valentino’s summer villa. Photo: Stefano Stefani/Getty Images With fashion month approaching, designers everywhere are getting ready to make moves on the runway—but some have been … Continue reading

You Could Be John Travolta’s Neighbor in His Private Aviation Community
When Muriel Vanderbilt owned the property, it was a horse farm. Photo: Conan Segrest John Travolta might be best known as an actor, but he moonlights as a pilot, … Continue reading
Trans-Siberian Orchestra to bring a very prog-rock Christmas to the Amway Center in December
Winter tour dates from the Trans-Siberian Orchestra should be no surprise, but longtime fans of the prog-rock spectacle will be happy to know that the 2019 edition of TSO’s … Continue reading

7 Outdoor Kitchen Stats to Keep in Mind Before Your Next Project
Don’t begin the project of designing an outdoor kitchen without first consulting with the National Kitchen and Bath Association (NKBA) for design tips. In its 2019 Outdoor Kitchen Consumer Profile, … Continue reading