Amazon’s Mission: Getting a Key to Your Apartment Building
Amazon is tired of ringing doorbells. The online shopping giant is pushing landlords around the country – sometimes with financial incentives – to give its drivers the ability to unlock apartment-building doors themselves with a mobile device. The service, dubbed Key...Testing the Market Could Be Costly
Home sellers have made a killing over the past year, as buyers outbid one another on practically every property that comes to market. In fact, sellers have made so much money – in some cases, hundreds of thousands over their original asking prices – that some...Hidden Referral Fees Could Cost You
Most professions restrict the payment of referral fees. But they run rampant, and are somewhat controversial, in real estate. According to the latest report on the inner workings of the industry from the Consumer Federation of America, these fees can go as high as 50...
Lumber Prices Hit Record Highs Nationwide
Softwood lumber prices increased nearly 50 percent since April, including a 14.9 percent climb in August – the largest four-month growth since the Bureau of Labor Statistics started tracking the data. Skyrocketing prices in lumber have smashed the prior record...May 25, 2020
This Week’s Paper: Digital Edition
