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Homeowners associations across Minnesota will see their powers diminished under a far-reaching “HOA Bill of Rights” approved by state lawmakers this week.

The bipartisan measure that runs more than 50 pages is aimed at protecting homeowners by requiring more transparency from HOAs, limiting their ability to levy fines and foreclose ...Read more

Data center proposals across the country are stoking wide-ranging questions and concerns tied to their consumption of electric power.

The facilities store racks of computing equipment, in row after row, powering main features of modern technology, especially artificial intelligence.

Keeping that machinery humming can consume as much ...Read more

The world’s largest asset manager dismissed worries of an AI bubble and instead said that the industry is providing unrivaled opportunities to investors, in remarks Tuesday at the Milken Institute Global Conference.

Larry Fink, chairman and chief executive of BlackRock, said that despite concerns that AI is being hyped, there is legitimate ...Read more

Keeping a home reasonably clean does not require a full day of scrubbing or an obsessive personality. For most households, the secret is learning to focus on the areas that create the greatest visual impact in the shortest amount of time.

Professional cleaners and organized homeowners alike say that a fast, effective cleaning session often ...Read more

By almost any measure, the smart home should have arrived by now.

For more than 50 years, futurists have promised houses that would anticipate our needs, adjust themselves automatically and free homeowners from countless mundane tasks. In the 1960s, television specials and magazine illustrations depicted suburban families living with ...Read more

By all appearances, the modern American home is becoming a shoe-optional zone.

Whether prompted by concerns about dirt, allergens, comfort or simple habit, more households are asking visitors to remove their shoes at the door. Once that happens, a surprisingly consequential question follows: What comes next?

For some, the answer is a pair of ...Read more

Going barefoot at home has long been a quiet, almost instinctive habit for many households, but in recent years it has gained renewed attention as people reconsider how their living spaces function day to day. From cleanliness to comfort to long-term maintenance, the simple act of removing shoes at the door can shape the entire atmosphere of a ...Read more

Teenagers aren’t turning their backs on college — but they are rethinking what “college” actually means.

And they’re doing it at a moment when the value of higher education itself is under fresh scrutiny.

Earlier this month, a committee at Yale University warned that colleges and universities share responsibility for a growing ...Read more

When Adriana Gomez-Weston first got the offer for her current job in Seattle, she was ecstatic.

Working for the catering company Compass, she estimated that she'd make around $60,000 a year before taxes. That sounded high compared with the average income in North Carolina, where Gomez-Weston, 33, grew up.

I thought that would be a lot of money...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS -- The country’s newest real estate specialist is Mae (short for Maestro), and she was just born this year.

The “synth human” is really part of a new AI-powered platform that will put a (digital) face on Minneapolis-based HomeServices of America, which owns mortgage, title, insurance and escrow companies, among others. The ...Read more

Owners of second homes — and Airbnb — stand to reap a windfall under an initiative in Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass' new city budget proposal.

Tucked away in the more than 500 pages of city budget expenditures, the mayor calls for creating a new revenue stream by allowing people who own a second home to rent it out on a short-term basis, ...Read more

Real estate developer Caruso is partnering with the electric vehicle company Rivian to add more than 150 public EV chargers to Caruso's properties, including malls and apartment buildings.

Caruso owns several iconic Southern California destinations, such as the Grove and Palisades Village, which is scheduled to reopen this summer after last ...Read more