As the new year begins, you may be thinking about refreshing your kitchen and exploring the latest styles and finishes. Whether you’re renovating your space for the first time in years or preparing to sell your home, updating a kitchen can be a worthwhile investment. However, it’s essential to make the right choices to maximize your return. If you’ve envisioned your dream kitchen the same way for the past decade, it’s worth rethinking your plans—because chances are, that design is already out of style. From overdone aesthetics that designers are sick of to fleeting trends that were big on Tiktok…

A powerful crosscurrent of forces buffeted New York’s real estate market during the final quarter of 2024. A highly polarizing election, wavering interest rates, and limited choices made for an uneven and often contradictory sales landscape. Only the rental market, which had surged throughout the first three quarters of the year, showed signs of slowing to a more seasonally appropriate pace. The inconsistent forces of these final months of 2024 are mirrored in the Olshan Luxury Market Report, which documents weekly sales of Manhattan properties priced at $4 million and above. Weekly sales in Q4 2024 have ranged from a…

Higher education continues to be buffeted by changes in the way American families view college educations. Not dissimilar winds of change are blowing through the world of student housing as we toe the doorstep of 2025. Artificial intelligence and related technologies are impacting the student housing experience. Architectural approaches are being driven by the need to address mental health issues. The sheer size of many student housing communities is growing, as developers seek greater economies of scale. Read further for a few of the trends likely to shape U.S. student housing across the coming 12 months. Sustainability strong Students are…

For those of us who saw Stanley Kubrick’s cinematic masterpiece, 2001: A Space Odyssey, in our youth, artificial intelligence may evoke a bit of suspicious fear, as well as enthusiastic favor. After all, our Baby Boom generation grew up with the moon landing in our childhood, home computers in our teens, 20s and 30s, smart phones in our 40s and now, in our 60s and beyond, a growing array of AI-powered innovations to make our homes smarter. Which ones will make their mark in 2025? I reached out by email to leaders in the home design and technology worlds for…

We’ve been going through New England and analyzing what the most expensive ZIP codes are in each state there. We recently covered the most expensive ZIP codes in Massachusetts. Here, we’re moving northeast to Maine, which has experienced some wild home value growth amid major homebuying interest. Many housing markets across the United States witnessed a surge in homebuying activity in starting in the second year of the pandemic, 2021, which continued until rate hikes cooled things off a bit. Maine, however, saw its home values really take off. Read on to find out the most expensive ZIP codes in…

While home buyers are facing home prices that are at historic highs in most markets along with mortgage rates that are higher than they have been in years, they also have to budget for escalating home insurance premiums to protect the new home investment. While the insurance costs are becoming part of the new home budget, it doesn’t always mean that it’s the right coverage or that the homeowner forking out the additional dollars will be compensated when a climate threat hits. As mother nature dishes out more frequent and increasingly severe climate events, insurance companies are reacting by raising…

Loloi is one of the hottest rug brands right now. Perhaps best known for collaborations with Rifle Paper Company, Magnolia Home, Amber Lewis, and Jean Stoffer, it offers some of the most stylish rugs at the best prices. However, the brand’s most recent launch—an entirely new concept called Joon Loloi, is truly taking the brand to the next level. Launched on December 10, 2024, Joon Loloi offers contemporary home furnishings from sofas to accent chairs, lights, and pillows—all at attainable prices. “We’ve designed pieces we know will stand the test of time—both in their aesthetics and construction—with distinct flourishes and…

The Big Apple is massive, by far the largest city in the United States. Its population is nearly 8.26 million, compared to the second largest city, Los Angeles, whose population is over 3.82 million. New York City contains a lot of people as well as a lot of land. New York City also has a ton of ZIP codes, more on par with the number of ZIP codes some states have. Investigating the ZIP codes in New York in terms of wealth and property values is a fun endeavor, in part because many of the most expensive ZIP codes in…

Palm Springs is known for many things, from its historical architecture to its many small boutique hotels. But for those who want to experience the best of Palm Springs with all of the luxury and none of the kitsch, there isn’t a better place to stay than the Kimpton Rowan. Located in the heart of downtown Palm Springs, in the tallest building in the city (it’s seven stories high), the Rowan features the only rooftop pool in all of Palm Springs. Offering recently-updated rooms, four restaurants and bars, and other amenities, design lovers will appreciate all this hotel has to…

ZIP codes can reveal a lot of wealth. They’re useful in this regard because of their unique geographical scope. Sometimes a ZIP code will encompass an entire town or city. Other times, ZIP codes are much smaller, just a portion of a city, or sometimes a tiny tract of houses. Because of this, we can identify areas of wealth that are often shrouded in means, medians, and overall aggregations. For this article, we wanted to breakdown the most expensive ZIP codes in Utah. Like many Rocky Mountain states, the geography is considerably varied. Vast tracts of empty mountaintops coincide with…