Pending home sales fell 2.3% in July, dragging the National Association of Realtors’ index down to 71.2, its lowest reading since January, according to NAR’s own report, published August 18, 2026. Pending sales track homes that are under contract but haven’t closed yet, which makes the index a leading indicator — a signal of … Read more
Millennial gray is losing its grip on American living rooms. In its place: red armchairs, iridescent coffee tables, and dog-shaped lamps in cobalt blue. The style has a name now, dopamine decor, and it’s built on the idea that saturated, joyful color can do something for a room, and the person sitting in it, … Read more
Miami-Dade County lost 72,254 more residents than it gained between July 2024 and July 2025 — the largest single-year population drain any county has posted in the years Redfin has tracked flood-risk migration, and the anchor of a much bigger retreat. High-flood-risk counties nationwide saw a net outflow of 63,357 people last year, according to … Read more
Heat indexes are forecast to climb above 105°F across the Southern Plains and Lower Mississippi Valley and top 110°F in South Texas as a punishing heat wave settles over the region for Labor Day weekend, according to The Weather Channel’s September 1 forecast. Farther east, the Southeast will stay in the 90s on the thermometer, … Read more
About 9,460 Hampton Bay Halwin 52-inch ceiling fans sold exclusively at Home Depot are being recalled after the manufacturer received 11 reports of fan blades separating from the motor flywheel mid-spin, according to the Consumer Product Safety Commission’s recall notice. No injuries have been reported yet, but the agency says a detached blade flying across … Read more
About 250,000 Cooluli 10-liter and 15-liter mini fridges — the compact kind stocked in dorm rooms, home bars, and offices — are being recalled after the manufacturer received reports that the electrical switch can short-circuit and spark while the unit is simply plugged in, according to the Consumer Product Safety Commission’s August 13 recall notice. … Read more
About 165,250 Mainstays nine-drawer fabric dressers sold at Walmart are being recalled for a second time because the furniture kept landing in homes even after the original recall, and it still poses tip-over and entrapment hazards that can crush or trap a young child, according to the CPSC’s reannouncement. The agency says the dressers were … Read more
About 48,700 Brookstone-branded tabletop fire pits are being pulled from homes after two reported incidents in which fuel containers sent flames jetting outward, causing second- and third-degree burns, according to the CPSC’s recall notice, which also warns of “uncontrolled pool fires” where flames spread across spilled fuel on the tabletop itself. The pits, made by … Read more
More than 64,000 California policyholders near the Gann Fire just got a mandatory guarantee that their home insurer can’t cancel or refuse to renew their coverage for a full year, after Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara issued a moratorium covering five counties and 22 ZIP codes, according to a press release from the California Department of … Read more
About 512,500 GoveeLife and Govee smart electric space heaters sold in the U.S. — plus roughly 48,600 more in Canada — are being recalled after the company logged 113 reports of the heaters overheating, including seven house fires and one burn injury, according to the recall notice published by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. … Read more