Brooklyn’s summer 2025 market is being shaped by rising supply, record rents, and surprising price resilience, even as the market environment remains lackluster with softer demand – showing that Manhattan’s stronger start and April volatility don’t necessarily set the tone across the river. To find out what’s happening beneath the surface in Brooklyn, we created a multifocal view that stitches together supply and demand, Market Pulse, Market Climate, sales prices, and asking rents to map out what lies ahead for buyers and sellers in the borough in the coming season. 1. Supply & Demand Dynamics As much as Brooklyn’s idiosyncratic…

Father’s Day 2025 is right around the corner—and if you’re still looking for the perfect present, skip the usual tie or golf towel and go for something he can actually use and enjoy at home. From luxury bedding and cool kitchen gadgets to delicious treats and personalized gifts, this roundup of the best Father’s Day gifts for the home has something for every kind of dad. Whether you’re shopping for a foodie, wine lover, coffee enthusiast, or a dad who deserves some serious relaxation, these unique Father’s Day gift ideas are guaranteed to impress. MaryEllen’s Cake Pops We Scream For…

Both homeowners and prospective buyers find the current housing market unpredictable. In fact, 60% of both groups don’t know if this is a good time to buy a house, according to a new Bank of America report, which notes this is a 3-year high. However, 52% of those looking for a new home express optimism, and believe the housing market is better than it was last year. Matt Vernon, head of consumer lending at Bank of America, provides insight from the report. Cautiously Optimistic According to the report, 60% of homeowners and prospective buyers can’t tell whether it’s a good…

Ceramic tile is one of the world’s oldest and most commonly used building products. It can form a basic floor or a magnificent wall mosaic. It can clad cabinets, countertops, pool edges, patios and even exterior walls. For a material with thousands of years of history, it’s remarkably modern and innovative. One of the most notable innovations in recent years is tile’s ability to turn a smooth surface into a rough one when it’s exposed to water. This is both a delight to bare feet and a new opportunity for safer, more slip resistant bathroom and exterior flooring. Innovation The…

Chelsea Houska DeBoer has been a household name since her teenage years, first appearing on MTV’s 16 and Pregnant and later on Teen Mom 2. While she openly shared the challenges and chaos of young motherhood with the world, she’s now showcasing her happily ever after on HGTV. DeBoer stars alongside her husband, Cole DeBoer, in the home renovation series Down Home Fab, which premiered its third season on May 27, 2025. After drawing 7.3 million viewers last season, the DeBoers are busier than ever with their Sioux Falls, South Dakota-based home renovation business. I recently spoke with DeBoer about…

Bankrate report from July of last year revealed about one-third of Americans are working a side hustle, with the Millennial and Generation Z cohorts the most likely to be pulling extra hours at a second job. By the time a more recent survey of side hustles was revealed by MarketWatch in April, it appeared the portion of Americans toiling at part-time second jobs had surged to half, with 72% of Generation Z and 62% of Millennials logging overtime at jobs that weren’t their primary vocations. The seemingly growing American predilection to take on side gigs has helped recraft conventional assumptions…

A series of recent studies analyzed and identified the richest cities in a number of states that lie in the geographic Mountain division, such as Colorado, Utah, Idaho, and Wyoming. For this article, the analysis will be for Nevada’s richest cities. This study analyzed 134 cities in Nevada with complete data from the Census Bureau, in terms of their median household income, mean (average) household income, median home value, and median property taxes paid per year, to come up with a list of the 15 richest places in the state. Read on to find out what the richest city in…

Dusit Thani shares may remain under pressure despite tumbling about 30% this year as the company remained in the red and heirs of the company’s late founder Chanut Piyaoui fought for control of the Thai hotel chain. Chanin Donavanik and his sisters Sinee Thienprasiddhi and Sunong Salirathavibhaga inherited the bulkd of a 49.7% stake in Dusit Thani after their mother, Chanut, a pioneer in the That hospitality industry, died in 2020. After the death of the matriach, Chanin’s sisters have been fighting for control of the company. The feud escalated this week after Chanut and Children, which is owned two-thirds…

Hotel101 Global—a unit of DoubleDragon, which is jointly owned by Philippine fast food giant Jollibee founder Tony Tan Caktiong and real estate tycoon Edgar Sia II—is expanding into Saudi Arabia with plans to build 10,000 rooms worth $2.5 billion amid a travel boom.In partnership with Saudi Arabia-based Horizon Group, Hotel101 has identified an initial five sites for its hotels with the first project to be built in Medina followed by Riyadh, Jeddah, Abha and Alula, Hotel101 said in a statement Thursday. Each Hotel101 site will have an average of 500 rooms, the company said. The joint venture comes ahead of…

In the midst of an ongoing housing crisis, more attention is focusing on modular construction for its efficiencies in labor, time and costs. Those efficiencies stem from the modular construction process, but can be exponentially improved with simple design. Otis Odell, housing and mixed-use sector leader at design and construction firm HED, began exploring modular construction years ago in ski resort towns where the building season was limited by the climate. While he now advocates for the method, he acknowledges it has challenges. In one of his recent projects, despite having a well recognized general contractor and fabricator, the project…