[kəm-PEN-dee-əs] Part of speech: Adjective Origin: French; late 14th century Definition: Containing or presenting the essential facts of something in a comprehensive but concise way. Examples of Compendious in a sentence "Jared’s compendious recitation of archaic literature...
Part of speech: Noun Origin: English; 17th century Definitions: A person or thing considered atypical within its class or category; a location or feature positioned far away from other, related locations or features; a statistical value that's distinctly different in value from other...
Affordability challenges mount as market rebalancing accelerates, especially in expensive markets Monthly payments on a typical mortgage are more than 75% higher than they were in June 2019.Less-expensive metros are seeing the smallest declines in sales.Typical U.S. rents have...
New Survey Examines Impact on Spending and Home Emergency Preparedness While the impact of inflation on Americans’ budgets has been widely covered this year, a new survey conducted by HomeServe dug into the specifics of how Americans have adjusted their spending habits due to higher prices on...
[shə-RET] Part of speech: noun Origin: Old French, 15th century Definition: A meeting in which all stakeholders in a project attempt to resolve conflicts and map solutions. Examples of Charrette in a sentence "After attending the charette on the plans for the park, residents...
REI Nation, one of the largest turnkey real estate investment companies in the U.S., announced its half-year 2022 single-family rental performance metrics. During the first half of the year, the company paid its single-family rental investors more than $42 million in net rental income, a...
Some homebuyers are backing out of deals as a slowing housing market gives them more room to negotiate. Nationwide, roughly 60,000 home-purchase agreements fell through in June, equal to 14.9% of homes that went under contract that month, according to the latest analysis from Redfin...
[kan-tang-kə-rəs] Part of speech: Adjective Origin: Unknown; 18th century Definitions: Contentious; Uncooperative Examples of Cantankerous in a sentence "Our cantankerous mule has never been very cooperative, but he's only gotten worse with age." "My grandfather was known to be...
[pə-lis-ə-TAY-shən] Part of speech: Noun Origin: Late Middle English, unknown Definitions: 1. The action of promising; a promise; a document conveying a promise; 2. Also Civil Law: a promise not yet formally accepted, and therefore in certain cases revocable. Examples...
