Tag: Home Design

Interior Design and Decorating

Real estate startup Reali to shut down

2 years ago
Rowleys

California real estate startup Reali is shutting down, with plans to lay off most of its employees on Sept. 9. The firm is the latest to fall victim to rising mortgage rates and a drop in home sales. 

The San Mateo, California startup cited “the challenging real estate and financial market conditions and unfavorable capital-raising environment” as reasons for shuttering

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Landscaping Outdoor Decorating

Zuidpolder Landscape Park, Rotterdam Region,

2 years ago
Rowleys
Zuidpolder Landscape Park, Rotterdam Region,

The urban area in the Rotterdam agglomeration has grown rapidly over recent decades. In order to improve water quality in the Barendrecht urban area, as well as the recreational and ecological value of the water systems, we worked with the municipality to redesign the Zuidpolder. Around 110 hectares of agricultural land between Barendrecht and the Oude Maas river have therefore

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Arts and Craft

Experience: I made a mini version of Monica’s apartment in

2 years ago
Rowleys

I did not grow up with an art background. I was born in the small city of Parral, in Chihuahua, northern Mexico and, as a child, my mind was drawn more to maths and science. I graduated from university as a chemical engineer, then got married and moved to the US in 1992 when my husband took a job in

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Interior Design and Decorating

UWM enters the HELOC space

2 years ago
Rowleys

Top wholesale lender United Wholesale Mortgage (UWM) is the latest originator to join the resurgent home-equity lines of credit (HELOC) market.

The Pontiac, Michigan-based lender has started to offer standalone and piggyback options, as fast-rising home values allow homeowners to tap the equity in their houses to pay debts, expenses or investments. 

UWM’s products announced Wednesday are available on primary

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Arts and Craft

Rembrandt’s Night Watch paint recipe offers clues to the

2 years ago
Rowleys
Rembrandt’s Night Watch paint recipe offers clues to the

The secrets of Rembrandt’s painting technique on The Night Watch remain lost to time for now. But researchers tasked with solving the mystery believe they may at least have gleaned some clues as to the perfect recipe for wall filler.

Scientists at AkzoNobel, the Dutch owners of Dulux paints, have been working since 2019 with conservators at Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum

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Interior Design and Decorating

Fannie Mae sees dark days ahead for the housing market

2 years ago
Rowleys

It will get worse for the housing market – and mortgage industry – before it gets better. That’s the takeaway from a group of economists at Fannie Mae who slashed their forecast for 2022 home sales this week.

“Housing remains clearly on the downtrend — and has been for several months now — due to the combined effects of outsized

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