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WORD OF THE DAY: Vicinal

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[vi-sə-nəl] Part of speech: Adjective Origin: French, early 17th century Definitions: Adjacent, local; of or relating to a neighborhood or limited area Examples of Vicinal in a sentence “My dog’s loud barking disturbed every vicinal household.” “When I dine out, I stick to vicinal restaurants that I can walk to from my house.” About Vicinal In logology, or the linguistic sub-genre of word games and wordplay, a vicinal word is one in which each letter

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WELCOME TO ANYWHERE

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REALOGY UNVEILS NEW NAME, ENTERS NEXT PHASE OF TRANSFORMATION FOCUSED ON THE CONSUMER Unique Industry Advantages and Powerful Financial Position Enable Company to Build a Better Consumer Future that Empowers Everyone’s Next Move Realogy Holdings Corp., a global leader in residential real estate services, announced the company will rebrand as Anywhere Real Estate Inc. (referred to as “Anywhere”), signaling a deep commitment to reimagine the consumer experience at any point in the real

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WORD OF THE DAY: Prepossessing

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[pree-pə-ZES-ing] Part of speech: Adjective Origin: Unknown, mid-17th century Definition: Attractive or appealing in appearance. Examples of Prepossessing in a sentence “The rundown neighborhood has become more prepossessing due to recent renovations.” “Anne had a prepossessing aura that always attracted people to her.” About Prepossessing In the 1610s, this word was related to “getting possession of land beforehand.” The meaning morphed about 20 years later into “possessing a person beforehand with a feeling or notion.”

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U.S. FORECLOSURE ACTIVITY IN APRIL 2022 DECLINES SLIGHTLY

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Foreclosure Starts Remain Unchanged from Last Month ATTOM, a leading curator of real estate data nationwide for land and property data, released its April 2022 U.S. Foreclosure Market Report, which shows there were a total of 30,674 U.S. properties with foreclosure filings — default notices, scheduled auctions or bank repossessions — down 8 percent from a month ago but up 160 percent from a year ago. Illinois, New Jersey and Ohio had

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New Survey Reveals Americans are in Favor of Non-Traditional Investing but Don’t Know Where to Start

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Connect Invest’s Alternative Investment Platform to Fill the Gap Connect Invest, an alternative investment platform, surveyed Americans to find out what their investment goals are for 2022 and their knowledge of alternative investing. The survey found that younger Americans are more open to investing this year than older generations, and many are getting investment advice from non-traditional sources like social media. And, while there’s interest in alternative investments, many of

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WORD OF THE DAY: Flummoxed

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[flə-məksd] Part of speech: Adjective Origin: Uncertain, mid 19th century Definition: Totally confused or bewildered; utterly unable to understand or comprehend Examples of Flummoxed in a sentence “The complex equations in his physics course left him completely flummoxed.” “She was flummoxed by all of the big, confusing words inserted into the legal agreement.” About Flummoxed While its synonyms have traceable origins, researchers looking into ‘flummoxed’ can only scratch their heads at the word’s unknown derivation.

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