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A house price slump is coming. Rising unemployment could make it much worse
London CNN Business — Last year, Auckland’s largest real estate company couldn’t sell properties quickly enough to meet demand in New Zealand’s biggest city. Houses were “flying out the door,” said Grant Sykes, a manager at real estate agency Barfoot & Thompson. “There were chin-dropping moments when agents stand around the room and are gobsmacked at the prices being achieved,” he told CNN Business. In one example, a property sold for 1 million New Zealand dollars ($610,000) above the asking price in an auction that lasted all of eight minutes. (Most homes in New Zealand are sold at auction.) That was in May 2021, when sales attracted thousands of bidders…
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Tim Allen’s Home Improvement Coming to Hulu
At long last, Tim “The Tool Man” Taylor is making his return to the world of streaming. Home Improvement, the beloved ABC sitcom starring Tim Allen, has been away from the streaming landscape for the last three years, only available to those who chose to purchase episodes or seasons. This week, the series will be returning in its entirety, allowing longtime fans to finally binge through all of the episodes once again. Home Improvement will be coming to Hulu, which shouldn’t be too much of a surprise, considering Hulu and ABC are both owned by Disney. The series has shown up on Hulu’s website, with a message that it will…
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Retro home design trends that are coming back
Trends are cyclical, and although there are certain historical home design fads we hope would never come back, there are others that do, but with a more contemporary twist. The popularity of retro design trends is on the rise and is only expected to grow. The 1970s fashion trends that were so prevalent in the home nowadays include velvet, rattan, curved furniture, and even certain hues.Want to modernize your home’s interior design while paying homage to a little design nostalgia? To pull it off, you don’t need to renovate the entire space. It works well to incorporate a few old items, hues, or materials. See a few of our favorites…
