Popular Leaf Vacuum Is Being Recalled Right as Leaf Season Begins Because It Can Eject Debris and Loose Metal Parts Through the Discharge Chute

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DR Power Equipment is recalling about 60,250 walk-behind and tow-behind leaf vacuums in the United States after determining that internal parts can shake loose or debris can punch through the discharge chute, sending metal and debris flying at speeds fast enough to cut skin, according to the Consumer Product Safety Commission’s recall notice. Roughly 1,023 … Read more

Home Depot Just Posted Its Strongest Quarter of the Year, and the Company Says Smaller Projects Are Quietly Propping Up the Entire Renovation Market

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Home Depot posted $47.9 billion in sales for its fiscal second quarter, up 5.7% from a year earlier, and told investors that shoppers taking on smaller projects, not big-ticket renovations, are what’s carrying the business right now, according to the company’s own second-quarter earnings release. Comparable sales rose 1.7% company-wide and 1.3% in the United … Read more

Zillow Just Predicted Rents Will Jump 13% While Home Sales Keep Sliding, and the Two Trends Are Pulling in Opposite Directions for the First Time in Years

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Zillow’s latest forecast shows two housing metrics moving in opposite directions at the same time: the company’s rent-growth forecast jumped 13% from last month even as its outlook for home sales keeps getting revised downward, according to Zillow Research’s August 2026 forecast. Zillow now projects single-family rents to rise 2.1% in 2026, pushing the typical … Read more

Fire-Safety Spray Sold to Protect Families in an Emergency Is Being Recalled Because It Can Rupture or Fail to Work During an Actual Fire

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Prepared Hero is recalling about 31,000 fire spray canisters marketed as an emergency tool for putting out kitchen and household fires, after the company found the canisters can deteriorate, rupture, and fail to discharge during an actual fire, according to the Consumer Product Safety Commission’s recall notice. The 20-fluid-ounce canisters — sold in red, and … Read more

Joolz Is Recalling a Popular Car Seat Adapter for Its Strollers After Regulators Found It Can Let an Infant Seat Fall Mid-Walk Without Warning

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Joolz is recalling about 3,840 Aer2 Car Seat Adapter Sets in the United States after the company found the adapter can come loose from the stroller frame and let an attached infant car seat tip forward and fall, even when it looks properly locked in place. The recall, announced June 18, 2026 through the Consumer … Read more

14,200 Baby Bouncers Are Being Pulled From Homes After Federal Regulators Found the Frame Can Suddenly Collapse Underneath an Infant During Use

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About 14,200 Flyboss 3-in-1 portable baby bouncers are being pulled from homes after the Consumer Product Safety Commission logged 191 reports of the frame collapsing underneath an infant during use, 115 of which involved the baby’s head striking the surface below. The CPSC warning, issued September 10, 2026, tells parents to stop using the bouncers … Read more

Home Prices Are Still Climbing More Than 13% a Year in This Texas City Even as the National Market Cools to Just 1.4%, Fresh Data Shows

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Home prices nationally grew just 1.4% year-over-year in July 2026, barely up from June’s 1.3% pace, according to Cotality’s September 2026 Home Price Insights report. In Abilene, Texas, prices climbed 13.3% over the same period — nearly ten times the national rate. Cotality, the property-data firm formerly known as CoreLogic, tracks home price appreciation across … Read more

Roughly 11% of Home Listing Photos Are Now Digitally Altered With AI, a New Industry Study Finds, and States Are Racing to Pass Disclosure Laws

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About 10.8% of nearly 40,000 primary listing photos pulled from Zillow, Redfin, Realtor.com, and Homes.com in the first quarter of 2026 showed evidence of digital alteration (roughly 4,330 images), according to a study by real estate intelligence platform Coraly, reported by HousingWire and RealEstateNews.com. The industry has started calling the phenomenon “housefishing” — a play … Read more

Today Is Statistically the Single Most Dangerous Day of Hurricane Season, Federal Forecasters Say, Even in a Year Predicted to Be Below Normal

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September 10 carries a distinction no other date on the calendar holds: according to the National Hurricane Center’s own tropical cyclone climatology, it is the statistical peak of the Atlantic hurricane season, the single point in a 77-year historical record where storm activity is most likely to be underway somewhere in the basin. The peak … Read more

12,500 Sets of Children’s Loungewear Are Being Recalled for Violating a Federal Flammability Rule Most Parents Have Never Even Heard Of Before

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Sweet Cubby is recalling roughly 12,461 sets of children’s loungewear sold on SHEIN.com after testing found the garments violate a federal flammability rule that has applied to kids’ sleepwear since the 1970s, according to the Consumer Product Safety Commission’s recall notice. The recalled sets are two-piece outfits — a short-sleeved shirt paired with matching shorts … Read more