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Kitchens get smarter at CES tech show LAS VEGAS (AP) — Tell your refrigerator about your dietary preferences, and it’ll concoct a recipe plan for the coming week. | realestate.boston.com The post Kitchens get smarter at CES tech show appeared first on Boston.com Real Estate.

Projected Change in U.S. House Seats Along with 2020’s decennial U.S. Census comes reallocation of seats in the U.S. House of Representatives.  The constitution specifies that all 435 seats in the U.S. House are reallocated among the states every 10 years based on the results of a census.  The Plain Dealer (Cleveland, Ohio) recently ran

Home of the Week: For .6 million, luxury condo in rebuilt Newton Victorian The home has five bedrooms, 4.5 baths, a garage, and a $ 1,625,000 price tag. Search the latest listings to rent or buy at realestate.boston.com. The post Home of the Week: For $ 1.6 million, luxury condo in rebuilt Newton Victorian appeared

FHFA House Price Index Up 5% from 2018 According to the latest Federal Housing Finance Agency’s (FHFA) House Price Index (HPI), U.S. house prices rose .2% in October as well as being up 5% from October 2018. The FHFA produces the nation’s only public, freely available house price indexes (HPIs) that measure changes in single-family

America’s 2019 Rental Market in Review How did the rental market fair in 2019?  ABODO’s recently released 2019 Annual Rent Report breaks the market down and shows where prices increased, decreased and what trends emerged.  They also drill down into the most and least expensive markets and what to expect in 2020.  Be sure to

The 6 most transformative developments in Boston of the last decade You don’t have to go far in Boston to stumble across a construction site. The city is seeing the biggest building boom in its history, according to Brian Golden, the director of the Boston Planning & Development Agency. “There hasn’t been this much built

Pending Home Sales Up 1.2% in November The National Association of Realtors is reporting that pending home sales were up 1.2% in November.  The NAR’s Pending Home Sales Index (a forward-looking indicator based on contract signings) increased to 108.5 in November, up 1.2% from October. In addition, they reported that year-over-year contract signings were up

Home of the Week: Arlington Colonial mixes marble, stone, and wood The four-bedroom home offers three levels of living space. See more and search the latest listings at realestate.boston.com. The post Home of the Week: Arlington Colonial mixes marble, stone, and wood appeared first on Boston.com Real Estate.

FTC Fines Section 8 Rental Site M fine for Defrauding Renters The FTC recently fined the owners of a rental search site in California $ 6 million for defrauding over 500k Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) recipients by asking them to pay for access to supposed exclusive listings that in reality didn’t exist.  Inman

Facts About Coffee and Caffeine Welcome to 2020….time to shake that midweek-new-year’s grogginess.  And, what better way than with a fresh cup of coffee.  So, what is it about coffee that perks us up and gives us that much needed boost of energy?  Today’s infographic from CoffeeCorner tells us 30 interesting facts about coffee, or