Remember when Restoration Hardware was the quirky DIY-fixer’s catalog for people restoring Victorian houses? It’s come a long way from its home-spun roots back in 1979 when Stephen Gordon founded it.Progressive CEOIn his most recent shareholders letter, Gary Friedman, the company’s current chairman and CEO, updates RH’s progress since joining the company in 2011: “The first two decades […]
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Zillow predicts that 2018 will shape up to be an even hotter real estate market than in 2017. An analysis conducted by Zillow Research, a division of Zillow Group that operates the Zillow real estate marketplace, found that homes sold faster than ever in 2017 largely due to shrinking inventory. Buyers will be constrained by […]
You Can Buy Everything for The Home on Amazon, Even the House
I discovered you could buy homes on Amazon by accident one day while shopping. After I stopped laughing – “Who puts a $46,900 charge on their American Express there?” – I had to do more research. I found out plenty of people are not afraid to buy a house on Amazon. Two companies that have built […]
American’s Search for a More Livable Home: The New American Dream Home
Back in 2008 John Zogby, founder of the Zogby International Poll, predicted a seismic shift in American’s aspirations, values and ideals in his book The Way We’ll Be: The Zogby Report on the Transformation of the American Dream. Zogby identified four mega-trends that are shaping the trajectory of the American culture and fundamentally redefining the American […]
How to Sell a Million-Dollar Home
The Wall Street Journal recently reported that sales of luxury homes has stalled, while the entry-level market is hot. They report “Housing has become a tale of two markets, brokers and economists said, with lower-priced homes selling quickly even as inventory of expensive ones piles up.” With competition growing fast to move those luxury homes, […]