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As anyone with a car will likely have noticed, oil and gas prices have been at record highs lately. Prices, which had already been steadily rising since the height of the pandemic, shot up shortly after Russia invaded Ukraine in February.
It followed a dip during the pandemic, when global activity ground to a halt.
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Inflation—a steady uptick in prices for goods and services, and the corresponding dip of our purchasing power—is higher now than it has been for decades. In October 2021, the consumer price index (CPI) increased 6.2 percent from the previous year, a spike not seen since 1990, according to the U.S. Department of Labor.
Selling a house can be a stressful endeavor, especially if you feel strongly about maximizing your profit.
But making your home feel more appealing and worthy of a higher price tag doesn’t necessarily require much extra effort. In fact, you can achieve this goal with something as simple as new interior paint colors.
“Repainting is
SAN FRANCISCO – Modsy, an online interior design service, partnered with a research firm and a social psychologist to learn how home design can affect wellness.
The company looked at four design styles: contemporary, country, transitional and maximalist. For people who said their homes had good design, more than 55% said their home made them
