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6 Ways to Make Your Home Feel Like 'You'
Thomas Mazzone 2 months ago
 

There are plenty of simple changes that you can make to your space to ensure that it better reflects your unique personal style and truly feels like you. Below, designers share a handful of useful tips on how to invoke plenty of personality into any size of living space.

1. Display Art

Why not create a mini gallery in your living room? "Art always makes a home feel more personal," says Michelle Gage of Michelle Gage Interior Design. "You can collect pieces over time and while traveli...
Home-Mortgage Lending Near Two-Decade Low as Slump Continues Across U.S. During Fourth Quarter
Thomas Mazzone 2 months ago

IRVINE, Calif. – Feb. 29, 2024 — ATTOM, a leading curator of land, property, and real estate data, today released its fourth-quarter 2023 U.S. Residential Property Mortgage Origination Report, which shows that 1.35 million mortgages secured by residential property (1 to 4 units) were issued in the United States during the fourth quarter, representing a 13.8 percent decline from the prior quarter. The drop-off marked the tenth in the last 11 quarters.

The fourth-quarter fallback left total resid...
Supreme Court Tosses Lingering Challenges to Rent Stabilization in NY
Thomas Mazzone 2 months ago

“It doesn’t mean that they can’t be challenged again, they probably will be, but for the moment these significant challenges to rent laws are done,” said Thomas Silverstein of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday said it will not take up two lingering challenges to rent stabilization from New York City landlords, ending months of uncertainty after a broad challenge to the regime got tossed out at the beginning of October.But hinting at interest in...
Thomas Mazzone 2 months ago

The clock is ticking on New York state’s impending ban on gas stoves, furnaces and other appliances in most new buildings.

The All-Electric Buildings Act (AEBA) – the first statewide law of its kind in the nation – was approved in the spring of 2023. It outlaws natural gas and other fossil fuel hookups in all new houses and buildings with fewer than seven stories beginning January 1, 2026, and in all new construction by 2029 (there are some exceptions for hospitals and laboratories).

“The end go...
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