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Vacation Rental Hosts Are Increasingly Requiring Guests to Submit a Verified Photo ID Before Booking, and Some Travelers Say the New Rule Feels Like a Privacy Trade They Never Agreed To
Booking a weekend cabin now sometimes requires more paperwork than boarding a flight. Across Airbnb and Vrbo, a growing share of hosts and platform-wide rules ask guests to upload a […]
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Robot Vacuums Have Become the Most Talked About Smart Home Purchase of the Year, and Owners Say the Real Value Has Almost Nothing to Do With Vacuuming at All
Nearly a quarter of American households now own a robot vacuum, putting the category within reach of long-established smart home staples like indoor security cameras. But talk to the people […]
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Pinterest Has Revealed the Home Design Trends It Expects to Define Next Year, and the List Signals a Sharp Turn Away From the All White Minimalist Look Everyone Copied
Pinterest has published its annual trend forecast, and the all-white, stripped-down look that dominated living rooms for the better part of a decade is not on the list. The platform’s […]
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Nearly Half of American Homeowners Now Own at Least One Smart Home Device, and the Category Growing Fastest Has Almost Nothing to Do With Security Cameras Anymore
Nearly half of American households now own at least one smart home device, and the fastest-moving part of the market is no longer the front porch. Parks Associates found that […]
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Design Editor Says the Chaise Sofa She Was Convinced Her Small Apartment Needed Turned Out to Be the Biggest Regret of Her Redesign
Every small-space design guide points to the same first move: pick a sofa that does double duty. So when a professional stylist decided her own “snug” lounge needed a chaise […]
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Interior Designers Say They Are Quietly Ditching a Home Renovation Trend That Dominated Every Feed for Years, and Homeowners Who Already Spent Thousands Are Not Thrilled
For most of the last decade, an all-white kitchen with flat, painted cabinet doors was the safest bet in home renovation. Now the industry group that sets the tone for […]
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Family in a Cary North Carolina Neighborhood Watched Their Entire Home Burn Over the Weekend, and Neighbors Are Already Organizing a Fundraiser to Help Them Rebuild
A house fire tore through a home on Strathorn Drive in Cary, North Carolina on Saturday, September 6, displacing five residents and prompting neighbors to organize a fundraiser within days, […]
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New Map Shows Exactly Which States Have the Highest Rates of Insurers Quietly Dropping Homeowners Right Before Renewal, and the List Is Not Limited to Coastal Areas Anymore
Homeowners insurance nonrenewals have jumped so sharply since 2018 that the increase is now measured in triple digits in some parts of the country, and the states seeing the steepest […]
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Underground Missile Silo From the Cold War Has Been Fully Converted Into a Livable Home, and the Buyer Gets Blast Doors That Are Still Technically Operational
A decommissioned Atlas F nuclear missile silo in Lincoln County, Kansas is on the market for $1.3 million, and the listing includes two 7,000-pound steel blast doors and a set […]
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Renting Is Now Cheaper Than Buying in Nearly Every Major American City, and the Gap Has Grown so Wide That Even Longtime Homeownership Believers Are Reconsidering
A household now needs to earn $35,232 more a year to buy the typical home than to rent one, according to Redfin’s February 2026 rent-versus-buy report. That gap is actually […]