Tax-Assessed Value vs. Market Value: What’s the Difference?

Home prices aren’t set in stone. A property’s value can shift depending on who’s doing the calculation—and why. That’s why you’ll often hear two different numbers thrown around during a home sale: assessed value and market value. So what’s the difference between tax-assessed value versus market valu

5 Backyard Landscaping Ideas for Rainy Weather

Heavy or unusually frequent rain can expose problems in a backyard that aren’t obvious during dry weather. Water may collect in low spots, wash soil away from garden beds, or leave sections of lawn too soggy to use. The right landscaping changes can help manage that water while keeping the yard attr

A $20M fine stalks Los Angeles over delay of a new housing project

Developer counsel says denial violates AB 2011 and the Housing Accountability Act and argues for damages for missed deadlines

Six Decades of Gio Ponti, All at Once

While his 20th-century contemporaries struggled to shake off the dogma of the Bauhaus, the dominant design ideology in Europe from the 1920s through the end of World War II, Gio Ponti remained blissfully agnostic to any single id... More »