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For many homeowners, selling a home is far more than a simple business deal. It can be a deeply emotional process. When you feel emotional about selling property, the memories, the hard work, and the personal attachment can cloud your judgment, potentially costing you time and money. The key to a successful sale is learning how to put those emotions aside and view your house through a different lens: as a business transaction. In this Redfin real estate article, we’ll guide you through this process as you sell your home in Topeka or Provo, to help you achieve the best…
In This Article Remember when buying a house meant sprinting to a showing, writing an offer in the driveway, and praying the seller liked your handwriting? Thankfully, 2025 is nothing like that. The frenzy is gone, the math finally matters again, and investors can actually think before they make an offer on a property. Higher rates have slowed down the frenzy, giving investors something they haven’t had in a long time: leverage. And when the market cools even slightly, new construction becomes one of the clearest, most predictable paths to getting a great deal. Investors are now seeing reasonably priced…
Whether you’re moving out of a four-bedroom house in Phoenix, AZ, or leaving your studio apartment in Cincinnati, OH, behind, packing up your entire place is no small feat. That said, creating a timeline and knowing when to begin can make the process smoother and less stressful. When it comes to figuring out when to start packing for a move, the general rule of thumb is that you should start about six to eight weeks before moving day. This guide breaks down what to do at each stage so you can stay organized without disrupting your routine too early. 6–8…
Two months after Nvidia and OpenAI unveiled their eye-popping plan to deploy at least 10 gigawatts of Nvidia systems—and up to $100 billion in investments—the chipmaker now admits the deal isn’t actually final.Speaking Tuesday at the UBS Global Technology and AI Conference in Scottsdale, Nvidia EVP and CFO Colette Kress told investors that the much-hyped OpenAI partnership is still at the letter-of-intent stage.“We still haven’t completed a definitive agreement,” Kress said when asked how much of the 10-gigawatt commitment is actually locked in.That’s a striking clarification for a deal that Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang once called “the biggest AI infrastructure…
Dave:Good deals and big discounts have been easier to find over the last couple of months, but could that change as more and more sellers start fleeing the housing market? Are we actually on track for a return to tighter inventory today on the market? We’re getting into the latest trends that are shifting in the housing market and can have big implications for the entire real estate industry. Hey everyone. Welcome to On the Market. I’m Dave Meyer. I hope you all had a wonderful break for Thanksgiving. Before we get into today’s show, I did want to extend…
Google’s “moonshot” aspirations to expand its AI footprint are taking on a more literal meaning. CEO Sundar Pichai said in a Fox News interview on Sunday that Google will soon begin construction of AI data centers in space. The tech giant announced Project Suncatcher earlier this month, with the goal of finding more efficient ways to power energy-guzzling centers, in this case with solar power. “One of our moonshots is to, how do we one day have data centers in space so that we can better harness the energy from the sun that is 100 trillion times more energy than…
When you’re getting ready to list your home on the market, choosing the best time for an open house matters more than you might think. It can affect how much attention your home gets —and how fast it sells. So whether you are looking to sell your home in Anchorage, AK or Bozeman, MT this Redfin guide will help you choose the ideal time to host an open house to highlight your home’s strengths, bring in more buyers, and help stand out from the competition. Why timing matters You have probably heard the phrase that timing is everything. In real…
Want lower mortgage rates? One economic “X factor” could give them to us. It’s time for our 2026 mortgage rate predictions!Is this the year we get back into the 5% mortgage rate range? It might be more likely than you think. But two things are currently holding mortgage rates in limbo, keeping the housing market “stuck” as buyers beg for a more affordable interest rate. These crucial factors could finally budge, and if/when they do, big changes to mortgage rates could follow.For four years, Dave has been sharing his mortgage rate forecast leading up to the new year—and he’s been…
One of the first signs of trouble arrived at 9:41 p.m. Eastern time on Thursday, when most of Wall Street was shut and traders were still enjoying the Thanksgiving holiday in the US.“Due to technical issues,” CME Group Inc. said in a one-line email to clients, its futures and options “markets have been halted.”The problem, it turned out, was the cooling system at a data-center complex in the suburban town of Aurora, Illinois, some 50 miles (80 kilometers) from Chicago, which serves as the main hub for trillions of dollars of derivatives traded each day. Inside, temperatures soared past 100F…
Eels are the stuff of nightmares — slimy, snakelike creatures that lay millions of eggs before dying so their offspring can return home to rivers and streams. They’ve existed since the time of the dinosaurs, and some species are more poorly understood than those ancient animals.Yet they’re also valuable seafood fish that are declining all over the world, leading to a new push for restrictions on trade to help stave off extinction.Freshwater eels are critically important for the worldwide sushi industry, and some species have declined by more than 90% since the 1980s. The eels have succumbed to a combination of river…