After the All-Star break, there was hope that the San Francisco Giants would finally reach their potential after being one of the most disappointing teams in the first half of the season.

There was a lot at stake for this group, as a hot streak of play could put them within striking distance of the last NL wildcard spot.

Unfortunately, that doesn't seem to be the case, as they have a 1-4 record after losing the weekend series to the Colorado Rockies and their first two games against the Los Angeles Dodgers.

The Giants could now become sellers and try to get some future building blocks back for their tradeable assets.

But maybe they are not yet ready to completely raise the white flag.

Alex Pavlovic of NBC Sports Bay Area reported that San Francisco acquired Derek Hill in a late-night trade from the Texas Rangers after he was scheduled to play over the weekend. The former first-round pick of the Detroit Tigers in 2014 has a career .232/.280/.334 batting average with seven home runs, 23 RBI and an OPS+ of 73 in his 124 major league games.

“The organization obviously likes him. He's an athlete, so we'll see what happens,” manager Bob Melvin said of the new addition.

This comes at an interesting time, as their rookie Tyler Fitzgerald is in absolute winning form, which saw him set a franchise record on Tuesday.

If Hill is going to be part of this roster in the future, it could indicate that the Giants are willing to trade some of their veterans like Michael Conforto or Mike Yastrzemski.

With Hill out of options, they need to add him to their 40-man roster, which Pavlovic said could happen as early as Wednesday.

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New Zillow and Thumbtack analysis identifies the additional costs home buyers can expect, including utilities, insurance, maintenance and property tax

• Homeowners can expect to pay $14,155 a year, or $1,180 a month, in hidden costs related to owning a home.
• These annual costs can be as high as $22,791 in the San Francisco metro area and as low as $9,886 in Las Vegas.
• Affordability is the No. 1 challenge for first-time home buyers. Zillow’s affordability calculator and new search by monthly cost tool, along with Thumbtack’s personalized maintenance guides, can help buyers incorporate these costs into their budget.

SEATTLE and SAN FRANCISCO, June 1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — The everyday expenses of owning a home are higher than ever, according to a new analysis from Zillow® and Thumbtack. Utility bills, property taxes, insurance and essential home maintenance can add up to $14,155 a year for the average U.S. homeowner. That’s an additional $1,180 per month on top of a typical mortgage payment. First-time home buyers facing affordability challenges in today’s market need to understand and budget for these less obvious expenses when calculating how much home they can afford. 

These costs can be surprisingly high in already pricey metro areas, topping $22,000 annually in San Francisco, New York and Los Angeles. Of the 39 metro areas analyzed, hidden homeownership costs are the lowest in Las Vegas ($9,886); Asheville, North Carolina ($11,318); and St. Louis ($11,824).

Zillow and Thumbtack’s research looked at three unavoidable expenses for single-family homeowners — property taxes, homeowners insurance and utility payments (energy, water, natural gas and internet) — and found they averaged $7,742 in total nationally. New Yorkers pay the highest property taxes, topping $9,000 per year, while utilities cost the most in Hartford, Connecticut, averaging $4,443 a year. Costs for homeowners insurance vary based on home value, so homeowners in the most affordable metro areas, such as Pittsburgh and Cleveland, have the added benefit of lower insurance bills. 

The analysis also considered Thumbtack’s 17 essential home maintenance projects, based on data from millions of home projects completed across the country. These projects average a combined $6,413 annually. The average cost of upkeep is highest in Los Angeles and Chicago, totaling $8,639 and $7,722 respectively. Meanwhile, homeowners in Las Vegas can expect to pay just $3,467 per year to maintain their homes. 

“Just like you would visit a mechanic for regular tune-ups to help keep your car in good condition and avoid big bills, your home needs the same routine maintenance to ensure that everything is running smoothly,” said David Steckel, Thumbtack’s home expert. “Staying on top of annual home maintenance will not only increase the value of your home, but will also help prevent emergency repairs that can wreck a homeowner’s budget.” 

First-time buyers make up nearly half of all home shoppers (45%), and they may be caught off guard by these costs and fail to account for them when budgeting for a home. By starting with the Home Loans tab on Zillow’s homepage, shoppers can use an affordability calculator to figure out how much they can afford and then connect with a loan officer to establish not only what mortgage they qualify for, but what they’re comfortable paying, given these additional costs. With that budget in hand, buyers can then use a new app filter on Zillow to shop for homes by monthly cost, instead of by purchase price. 

“Understanding all the costs that come with homeownership can not only impact a buyer’s budget, but the type of home they shop for, too,” said Zillow home trends expert Amanda Pendleton. “While a big backyard or a larger home may be appealing, it’s important to consider how much maintaining those spaces could cost. Buyers may want to consider affordable alternatives to single-family homes, or spend more upfront on a new-construction home that could need less maintenance in the near term.”

Once buyers have closed the deal, Thumbtack is the go-to partner to help care for your new home. By entering their home’s location and features on Thumbtack, homeowners can receive personalized guidance on what projects to complete, when to complete them and who to hire to get the job done. This will help homeowners create prioritized maintenance plans that are within their budget to cover everything from the move-in house cleaning to tree trimming and roof maintenance. 

Methodology

In this analysis, property taxes were calculated using the median effective tax rate in each metro area multiplied by the area’s median home value as measured by the Zillow Home Value Index.

In estimating insurance costs, this analysis assumed homeowners pay 0.5% of their home’s value every year, which was calculated as 0.005 multiplied by the area’s median home value as measured by the Zillow Home Value Index.

Utility costs were calculated using the unweighted average across all states, excluding streaming and phone bill costs, as reported by Forbes.

The annual costs of home maintenance consist of Thumbtack categories that are deemed essential annual tasks for home maintenance: appliance maintenance, carpet cleaning, central air conditioning maintenance, deck staining and sealing, duct and vent cleaning, fireplace and chimney cleaning, full-service lawn care, gutter cleaning and maintenance, heating system maintenance, house cleaning, pressure washing, roof maintenance, sprinkler and irrigation system maintenance, tile and grout cleaning, tree trimming and removal, water heater maintenance and window cleaning.

Pricing data is based on projects requested on Thumbtack reported directly by the independent service professional or individual customer. The cost is an unweighted index of all yearly home maintenance projects and is calculated on a quarterly basis using a moving average.

About Zillow Group

Zillow Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: Z) (NASDAQ: ZG) is reimagining real estate to make it easier to unlock life’s next chapter. As the most visited real estate website in the United States, Zillow® and its affiliates offer customers an on-demand experience for selling, buying, renting, or financing with transparency and ease. 

Zillow Group’s affiliates, brands and subsidiaries include Zillow®; Zillow Premier Agent®; Zillow Home Loans; Zillow Closing Services; Trulia®; Out East®; StreetEasy®; HotPads®; and ShowingTime+℠ , which houses ShowingTime®, Bridge Interactive®, and dotloop® and interactive floor plans. Zillow Home Loans, LLC is an Equal Housing Lender, NMLS #10287 (www.nmlsconsumeraccess.org).

About Thumbtack

Thumbtack is a technology leader building the modern home management platform. Through the Thumbtack app, homeowners can effortlessly manage their homes — confidently knowing what to do, when to do it, and who to hire. Bringing the $600 billion home services industry online, Thumbtack empowers millions of homeowners to fix, maintain, and improve their most valuable asset. Hundreds of thousands of local service professionals, from painters and plumbers to photographers and electricians, use the Thumbtack platform to grow their business each year.

SOURCE Zillow Group, Inc.

For further information: Amanda Pendleton, Zillow, press@zillow.com; or Gina Balistreri, Thumbtack, press@thumbtack.com

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The Washington Commanders made the most noise at the NFL trade deadline, parting with starting defensive ends Montez Sweat and Chase Young, the No. 2 pick in the 2020 NFL Draft.

The Chicago Bears gave up a 2024 second-round draft pick for Sweat, and the San Francisco 49ers followed by trading a compensatory third-rounder for Young.

The two former first-round picks both will be free agents at the end of the league year.

Under the new ownership of Josh Harris — famed for green-lighting “the process” with the NBA’s Philadelphia 76ers — the 3-5 Commanders bid farewell to both Sweat and Young rather than trying to retain one or both on long-term deals. Tuesday’s trades will give Washington five picks in the first three rounds of the 2024 draft.

Young, 24, missed much of his second and third NFL seasons due to multiple injuries after winning Defensive Rookie of the Year in 2020. He had five sacks in seven appearances (six starts) in 2023 and has tallied 14 sacks and 26 quarterback hits in 34 career games.

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The 49ers (5-3), currently on a three-game losing streak, added Young to an imposing front seven that already features defensive end Nick Bosa, Young’s former Ohio State teammate and the reigning Defensive Player of the Year. Bosa was the No. 2 pick in the 2019 draft, one year before Washington drafted Young second overall.

Sweat, 27, has recorded 6.5 sacks in eight games this season and is one of seven players with at least 5.0 sacks in each of the past five seasons.

Part of the motive for the Commanders to make the trades was the cap crunch surrounding their haul of first-round picks at the position. Washington had previously signed defensive tackle Jonathan Allen to a four-year, $72 million extension and his interior linemate Daron Payne to a four-year, $90 million contract.

Other trades reported or officially announced Tuesday before the 4 p.m. ET deadline:

–The Minnesota Vikings acquired quarterback Josh Dobbs and a 2024 seventh-round pick from the Arizona Cardinals for a 2024 sixth-round draft choice.

The Vikings lost quarterback Kirk Cousins when he sustained a season-ending torn right Achilles injury on Sunday.

The Cleveland Browns had traded Dobbs to Arizona at the close of training camp as the Cardinals were forced to start the season without Kyler Murray, still recovering from ACL surgery.

Dobbs, 28, completed 62.8 percent of his passes for 1,569 yards with eight touchdowns and five interceptions in eight games for Arizona. He has thrown for 2,025 yards with 10 touchdowns and eight picks in 16 games with the Pittsburgh Steelers, Tennessee Titans and Cardinals.

–The Vikings also dealt left guard Ezra Cleveland to the AFC South-leading Jacksonville Jaguars in exchange for a sixth-round draft pick, per multiple reports.

Cleveland, 25, missed the past two weeks with a foot injury, and former Denver Broncos starter Dalton Risner has held down the position in Minnesota.

Cleveland was a second-round draft pick by the Vikings in 2020, and he started all 17 games in both 2021 and 2022. He has made 53 appearances (49 starts) in his three-plus years in the NFL.

–The Detroit Lions acquired wide receiver Donovan Peoples-Jones from the Browns in exchange for a sixth-round pick in 2025.

Peoples-Jones, 24, has eight catches for 97 yards in seven games this season for the Browns, who drafted him in the sixth round of the 2020 draft. He hails from Detroit and played his college football at Michigan.

“We feel like he fits our style,” Lions coach Dan Campbell told reporters. “He’s smart and he can play multiple positions. … We just felt like he’d be a good fit for the team and the room.”

In four seasons with Cleveland, Peoples-Jones has 117 catches for 1,837 yards and eight touchdowns. His best season was 2022, with 61 catches for 839 yards and three touchdowns.

–The Buffalo Bills acquired veteran cornerback Rasul Douglas and a fifth-round draft pick from the Green Bay Packers in exchange for a third-rounder on Tuesday, NFL Network and The Athletic reported.

Douglas, 29, heads to an AFC contender that lacked cornerback depth after Tre’Davious White suffered a torn Achilles and was lost for the season.

Douglas had one interception, one fumble recovery and 32 tackles in seven starts for the Packers (2-5) this season.

Green Bay is in rebuilding mode in Jordan Love’s first year at starting quarterback in place of Aaron Rodgers, while Buffalo (5-3) is in the thick of the AFC East race despite up-and-down performances.

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BOSTON (State House News Service) – The population of Massachusetts shrunk by nearly 8,000 people between July 2021 and July 2022, a drop of about 0.1 percent, but the newest estimate released in fresh data from the U.S. Census Bureau puts the state’s population ahead of its revised 2020 Census level.

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The bureau’s “Vintage 2022 estimates of population and components of change” released Thursday estimated a total Massachusetts population of 6,981,974 as of July 1, 2022. That was a decrease of 7,716 people statewide from the estimate for July 1, 2021.

The new data puts numbers to some of the migration concerns that have fueled Gov. Maura Healey’s push for changes to the state’s short-term capital gains and estate taxes, and color the challenges that businesses of all types have been having as they try to hire people in Massachusetts.

“We can’t be the outlier that we are because too many people leave — 100,000 people. More people will leave this week, this month. So we need to do something,” Healey said this week when the Revenue Committee held a hearing on her tax package (H 42). On Wednesday, Housing and Economic Development Secretary Yvonne Hao said an average of 1,100 residents left Massachusetts per week last year.

The 2020 U.S. Census initially counted 7,029,917 people living in Massachusetts, but the bureau announced last May that it had actually overcounted by 2.24 percent and reduced its population count for the Bay State to 6,784,000 people. Compared to that revised figure, the July 2022 estimate released Thursday would represent an increase of almost 200,000 people. The latest estimate is based on the 2020 Census and more recent data on births, deaths and migration.

Massachusetts experienced 70,019 births and 63,716 deaths between July 1, 2021 and July 1, 2022 — a net “natural increase” of 6,303 people. Over the same time, Massachusetts experienced a net outflow of 57,292 people to other states in the U.S., the UMass Donahue Institute said, and a net inflow of 43,880 people from other countries — resulting in net negative total migration of 13,412 people.

Area economists affiliated with the MassBenchmarks journal reported Thursday that Massachusetts has a “declining labor force and shrinking working age population” and needs to focus on competitiveness issues in the areas of housing, transportation, and high costs relative to other states.

“With little or no labor force or working age population growth, the stateâ€s employers are having to draw on labor from elsewhere,” according to the latest MassBenchmarks bulletin. “Recent growth in the size of neighboring New Hampshire’s labor force (in contrast to the Massachusetts decline) may exemplify that Massachusetts is bringing in labor from other states, whether in-commuting or working remotely.”

The counties that saw the greatest population decline by number from July 2021 to July 2022 were Suffolk County (a loss of 5,384 people), Hampden County (a loss of 1,808 people) and Berkshire County (loss of 762 people). By percentage, the largest decline was in Duke County — Martha’s Vineyard lost 1.14 percent of its roughly 21,000-person population.

Norfolk County saw the largest increase in its population by number and percentage, gaining 839 people over the year, the Census said, a 0.12 percent increase. Worcester County was close behind with a pickup of 795 people, and Bristol County grew by 173 people.

None of Massachusetts’ 14 counties ranked in the top 10 nationwide for population growth or decline, either by total number or by percentage.

Whitman County, Washington, was the fastest-growing county between July 2021 and July 2022 (up 10.1 percent), with the remaining top 10 fastest-growing counties being in Texas (five of the top 10), Florida, Georgia and North Carolina.

“I don’t want to see people going to Texas or to — I mean, Austin’s cool, but whatever — or to Florida, you know, North Carolina. But this is the dynamic right now,” Healey said in early March when she pitched her tax plan to business leaders.

Lassen County, California, declined at the fastest rate (6 percent) and Los Angeles County, California, lost the greatest number of people (about 90,700), according to the new data.

The Census Bureau said that just more than half (52.5 percent) of the nation’s 3,144 counties grew between 2021 and 2022, down from 55.7 percent the year before. Meanwhile 47.1 percent of counties saw population declines and 0.3 percent saw no change.

“The migration and growth patterns for counties edged closer to pre-pandemic levels this year,” Christine Hartley, assistant division chief for estimates and projections in the Census Bureau’s population division, said. “Some urban counties, such as Dallas and San Francisco, saw domestic outmigration at a slower pace between 2021 and 2022, compared to the prior year. Meanwhile, many counties with large universities saw their populations fully rebound this year as students returned.”

[Michael P. Norton contributed reporting]

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Coffee tables ready! A new batch of design books awaits.

Designer monographs, stylish “how-to” volumes, and odes to maximalist style all make the cut

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What better way to spend the dog days of summer than with a stack of transportive, impeccably photographed design books? From Colin King’s gorgeously styled Arranging Things to Jacques Garcia’s expansive portrait of Villa Elena to DLN executive director Michael Diaz-Griffith’s tribute to a new generation of antique lovers, here are the best of the best decor and design books that have crossed the desks of AD editors lately. For interiors enthusiasts of all stripes, we recommend adding a few of these volumes to your collection—and settling in for an air-conditioned afternoon of visual delight.

Arranging Things (Rizzoli)

Stylist Colin King kicks off Arranging Things with the declaration that “any object can be a thing of beauty.” He uses the rest of the book, written with Sam Cochran, Architectural Digest’s global features director (the foreword is from Robin Standefer of Roman and Williams), to prove that theory true. Throughout the pages of gorgeous photography, King, who has invigorated spaces from Malibu to New York with arrangements of unruly branches and dappled light alike, encourages readers to break out of their comfort zone by challenging them to amplify space constraints, embrace empty space, and unconventionally juxtapose objects to bring new meaning to their everyday environments. —Alia Akkam

Arranging Things (Rizzoli)

At The Artisan’s Table (Vendome)

Loretta Pettway Bennett belongs to a legendary group of makers in Boykin (a.k.a. Gee’s Bend), Alabama, where locals have assembled fabric scraps into improvisational quilts for generations. But on a not too distant evening, her work laid the foundation for community some 800 miles north. At Detroit’s Dabls Mbad African Bead Museum, a space dedicated to African culture, seven of her quilts were draped across outdoor tables, their geometric patterns perfect complements to the mosaic façades of the campus’s N’kisi House. Cinder blocks hand-painted by museum founder Olayami Dabls doubled as vases, mixing with 18th-century silver platters from Bolivia and Peru as well as everyday lawn chairs and drinks coolers. That banquet is one of 18 superlative scenes created for At the Artisan’s Table, a visually transporting tome by Jane Schulak, the founder of Culture Lab Detroit, and party maestro David Stark that explores the intersection of art, craft, and entertaining. Featured artisans range from Roberto Lugo—he made plate portraits specifically for the book—to Max Lamb, whose basalt crockery can also be found at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs. “What we make defines who we are,” says Schulak. “Material culture is a celebration of civilization at that time. Each chapter tells those stories.” —Sam Cochran

At The Artisan’s Table (Vendome)

Bold: The Interiors of Drake/Anderson (Rizzoli)

The accomplished AD100 designers Jamie Drake and Caleb Anderson are New York’s dream team. Bold explores the duo’s design pedagogy as they take on spectacular projects around the world. With deep roots in New York City, the book explores how Anderson and Drake merge their unique approaches into authentic and cohesive environments. This book allows the reader to visually explore how the pair adjust to their client’s unique tastes and spaces. From city lofts highlighting impressive views to projects that fold into nature, the team masterfully plays with tactile elements, color, and design. Each chapter captures their eccentric nature and expert ability to create moody interiors. —Andrea Lewis

Bold: The Interiors of Drake/Anderson (Rizzoli)

Charm School: The Schumacher Guide to Traditional Decorating for Today (Monacelli)

Innovation may fuel the design industry, but Charm School is a comforting reminder that timeless interiors will endure. Emma Bazilian and Stephanie Diaz, the content director and art director, respectively, at Frederic magazine and FSCO Media, delve into such old-school design traditions as toile, chintz, bed hangings, slipcovers, and rattan, illustrating how these elements continue to hold contemporary appeal. The chapters are gloriously heavy on visuals, magnifying the likes of Matilda Goad’s denim-swathed breakfast nook and Rita Konig’s former fuchsia-drenched New York bedroom. Archival images also put the spotlight on nostalgic maximalism, including Parish-Hadley’s deft pairing of lucite with a wild strawberry motif. —A.A.

Charm School: The Schumacher Guide to Traditional Decorating for Today (Monacelli)

An Entertaining Life: Designing Town and Country (Vendome)

Designers Paolo Moschino and Philip Vergeylen, partners in life and business, flit between their London apartment in Belgravia and their pastoral Sussex farmhouse. An Entertaining Life, with a foreword courtesy of Bunny Williams, encapsulates that domestic duality through breezy anecdotes. Almost reading like a diary, the book revolves around Moschino and Vergeylen’s weekly rituals—the relaxing Bloody Mary–propelled Sunday lunches in the countryside and late nights in London before retiring to a tranquil primary bedroom done up in white and tan among them—and touches upon some of their projects, spanning Sicily and the Dominican Republic. A smattering of recipes, one of which is for the late fashion designer Bill Blass’s meatloaf, add a quaint touch. —A.A.

An Entertaining Life: Designing Town and Country (Vendome)

Creative Interior Solutions (Rizzoli)

Vicente Wolf, the Cuban-born, veteran New York designer, melds sophistication and simplicity with ease, and Creative Interior Solutions offers a peek into that harmonious world. Written with AD’s own former editor in chief Margaret Russell and featuring a foreword from friend and client Marianne Williamson, the book breaks down 15 of Wolf’s projects organized by five sections—Design Evolutions, Design Challenges, Design Integrations, Design Reinventions, and Design Freedom—including the refresh of a New York apartment on Fifth Avenue that called for repurposing furniture, and dancer Shelley Washington and yoga master David Swenson’s Austin cottage that required a new layout. Wolf closes the chapters with Design Lessons, empowering readers to consider additions like folding screens that play with light and built-in banquettes that free up floor space. —A.A.

Creative Interior Solutions (Rizzoli)

The Elegant Life: Rooms That Welcome and Inspire (Rizzoli)

In this book written by AD100 decorator Alex Papachristidis with AD contributing editor Mitchell Owens, readers will find clues on how to live excellently. Leafing through the pages feels like being swaddled in sumptuousness, but for Papachristidis, elegance is less about overt lavishness and more about thoughtful refinement. In a chapter about a house in the Hamptons, he shares his belief that clients should not necessarily part with their existing furnishings. “Objects that you have lived with and loved forever add a layer of familiarity,” he explains. Elsewhere, Papachristidis deftly juxtaposes classic silhouettes and traditional floor plans with energetic art and youthful splashes of color. The key to living an elegant life, it seems, is ensuring your surroundings are not only beautiful, but also deeply personal. This ethos carries through to the near-final chapter, in which the designer shares his tips for hosting—a practice of using your home as a means to forge deeper connections and intimacy. —Allie Weiss

The Elegant Life: Rooms That Welcome and Inspire (Rizzoli)

Extraordinary Interiors (Monacelli)

Around the office of San Francisco–based firm Tucker & Marks, design principal Suzanne Tucker has earned the nickname of “the client whisperer” for her ability to play archaeologist, anthropologist, and psychologist in her consultations. (On occasion, “mediator” makes the list too.) In her new tome Extraordinary Interiors, readers are treated to the richly layered results of her latest findings: 11 authentically designed and geographically diverse residences, each embedded with personal touches and requests that surfaced during client meetings—or the “excavation process,” as Tucker dubs it. Rife with photography and essays that teach lessons on how to translate client desires into cohesive, compelling settings, the book offers plenty to treasure. —Mel Studach

Extraordinary Interiors (Monacelli)

Haute Bohemians: Greece (Vendome)

Argentine photographer and writer Miguel Flores-Vianna, whose work has made frequent appearances in AD (he collaborated with global editorial director Amy Astley on 2017’s Haute Bohemians), may live in London, but he relishes every visit he makes to Greece. The country first seduced him as a child, and Haute Bohemians: Greece makes it clear why it left such an impression. Readers are transported to stunning locations like Paros, Patmos, and Corfu, where they are beckoned into 19 mesmerizing settings. “I decided that each of these places, whether old or new, lived-in or a historical destination, should be a true representation of those who had created it, an extension of their inhabitants’ lives and one that clearly spoke of the geography of their experiences,” Flores-Vianna writes. Look out for Jasper Conran and Oisin Byrne’s rustic home in Rhodes, stitched together a century ago from a duo of 500-year-old dwellings, or the François Louis Florimond Boulanger-designed Queen’s Tower, outside of Athens, that Amalia of Oldenburg, Greece’s first queen, established in 1835 as her own neo-Gothic-style playground. —A.A.

Haute Bohemians: Greece (Vendome)

House of Lifetime: A Collector’s Journey in Tangier (Rizzoli)

Italian writer and horticulturist Umberto Pasti and photographer Ngoc Minh Ngo rekindle their professional relationship in The House of a Lifetime, a follow-up to 2019’s Eden Revisited: A Garden in Northern Morocco. This time around, the focus is on Tebarek Allah, the rambling Tangier villa that Pasti and his partner, fashion designer Stephan Janson, bought some three decades ago. There are plenty of museum-quality pieces to ogle in the book, such as 16th-century Mamluk Egyptian carpet fragments and a Tétouan wedding trunk from the 19th century. These treasures are accompanied by Pasti’s insights on local design traditions, from Jbala Berbers’ painted furniture and Fez tiles. In the foreword, landscape architect (and Pasti and Janson’s longtime friend) Madison Cox attests to Tebarek Allah’s magic, which Pasti says boils down to simplicity: “I just put the objects I like in the rooms and when it comes to arranging them I pander to their wishes.” —A.A.

House of Lifetime: A Collector’s Journey in Tangier (Rizzoli)

Inside: At Home With Great Designers (Phaidon)

There may be industries in which, as they say, the shoemaker’s children go barefoot—but interior design does not appear to be one of them. Bearing out the point is this compilation of homes from 60 of the most-loved designers working today, from Jacques Garcia to Joy Moyler. These abodes are true talent showcases, laboratories for experimentation, and repositories for to-die-for collections of furniture and objets amassed over a lifetime. Regular readers of AD will love diving into the lairs of familiar designer power couples like Robin Standefer and Stephen Alesch (the founders of Roman and Williams) and Nate Berkus and Jeremiah Brent. Paola Navone’s Milan pad gets a juicy six pages—all the better for showing off her mosaic feature wall and a tremendous fish sculpture the designer sourced in Liguria. “I’m not a collector, I’m a compulsive shopper,” she says. Can’t we all relate? —Lila Allen

Inside: At Home With Great Designers (Phaidon)

Jacques Garcia: A Sicilian Dream: Villa Elena (Rizzoli)

To unravel Sicily’s deep-rooted beauty and intricate history, author Alain Stella looks to the residence of revered interior designer Jacques Garcia. This first look at Garcia’s own home—lovingly referred to as Villa Elena—provides a dreamlike tour through Italy’s wondrous landscapes and diverse cultural aesthetic, not to mention treasures galore from Villa Elena’s hallowed halls. Within the pages of A Sicilian Dream, photographer Bruno Ehrs has shared riveting scenes that open our eyes to Garcia’s profound appreciation for historical design and architecture. Running through all of them is a commitment to historical preservation. Baroque, Renaissance, Norman, and Arabian artifacts melt into Italy’s visual landscape, as well as within Garcia’s opulent saloons, furniture, and art collection. —A.L.

Jacques Garcia: A Sicilian Dream: Villa Elena (Rizzoli)

Japanese Interiors (Phaidon)

Executive features editor of Vogue Japan, Mihoko Iida, explores the style and furnishing of her home country in Japanese Interiors. Featuring contributions from Danielle Demetriou, the book covers 28 homes spanning urban apartments to oceanside getaways and is divided into three distinct sections. Aspirational homes make up the first third, offering a look at magazine-worthy residences that often feature monochromatic and minimalistic designs. The next section looks towards homes that incorporate offices, shops, and even a restaurant, emphasizing multipurpose residences as a continuously evolving part of Japanese design. Historic and iconic homes round out the collection, showcasing historically significant or publicly accessible homes around the country. —Katherine McLaughlin

Japanese Interiors (Phaidon)

Jean-Louis Deniot: Destinations (Rizzoli)

With his new monograph Destinations, French interior designer Jean-Louis Deniot showcases his skillful eye in projects across the world, from Bangkok to New Delhi, Moscow to Miami. In the introductory interview, conducted by curator Pamela Golbin, Deniot explains his guiding principle: “First you have to start by doing justice to the piece of real estate. I think that’s what I love the most: saving houses and apartments,” he explains. “I always have the impression that with architectural integrity comes a sense of serenity.” His taut spaces do indeed provide the perfect campus for more demanding embellishments, from custom patterned carpeting to dependably ornate light fixtures. —Rachel Davies

Jean-Louis Deniot: Destinations (Rizzoli)

John Ike: 9 Houses, 9 Stories (Vendome)

Design is a truly collaborative process, and architect John Ike underscores that approach in John Ike: 9 Houses, 9 Stories. Written with Mitchell Owens, American editor at The World of Interiors, the book surveys nine distinct projects that Ike, a partner at Ike Baker Velten in Oakland, California, worked on in various capacities. (Ike Kligerman Barkley, the firm he cofounded in 1989, dissolved in 2022.) Although each one bears his visionary imprint, Ike does not limit these intriguing narratives to his purview, but rather welcomes his colleagues and clients to share their perspectives. Mia Jung, former director of interiors, weighs in on the Jersey Shore’s Seaside Villa, restoration expert Robert A. Baird discusses the rehab of the late 19th-century Oddfellows Hall in Brooklin, Maine, and contractor Frank DeBono recounts the challenges of a New York Craftsman-style residence. —A.A.

John Ike: 9 Houses, 9 Stories (Vendome)

Lee Broom: Fashioning Design (Rizzoli)

British talent Lee Broom found his way to lighting and furniture design through fashion, first as a 17-year-old intern in the studio of Vivienne Westwood (they met when he won a design competition for which she was the judge) and then as a student at Central Saint Martins. It was a casual proposal to redesign a local bar, during his studies, that shifted Broom onto the design track. Now, 15 years after launching his label of lighting, furniture, and accessories, he is still mining the fashion world for inspiration, as one can see in his first book, Fashioning Design written by journalist Becky Sunshine with texts from fashion-world luminaries: Stephen Jones, Christian Louboutin, Kelly Wearstler, and a note from Westwood herself. The tome examines Broom’s prolific output, perfectionist process (including his own charming doodles and diagrams), and wide-ranging sources of inspiration, proving, as Jones explains, that “what Lee designs is not just a lamp or just a chair, but an object created with a unique character of its own.” —Hannah Martin

Lee Broom: Fashioning Design (Rizzoli)

Making a House a Home: Designing Your Interiors from the Floor Up (Rizzoli)

Initiating a design project, whether it’s a renovation or a brand-new home, is a daunting process—one that prolific lifestyle and design author Susanna Salk simplifies in Making a House a Home. All the key components, from walls and floors to windows and plants, receive attention, helping readers create beautiful, functional rooms through the advice of design experts. Each chapter is peppered with handy tips, like AD100 designer Gil Schafer’s recommendation to elevate bathrooms with furniture. Examples of smart design, including Nina Campbell’s house numbers displayed in sconces and Bunny Williams’s multifunctional bedroom nightstand always dressed with fresh florals, provide further motivation. —A.A.

Making a House a Home: Designing Your Interiors from the Floor Up (Rizzoli)

Messana O’Rorke: Building Blocks (Rizzoli)

An addition to a Colonial-style home in New Jersey; a new Jackson, Wyoming, abode boxed in by community design guidelines; a Nolita storefront for skin care brand Malin + Goetz: Each of these present “obvious” fixes or takes, but in them, Messana O’Rorke opted for only the most creative solutions. Their thoughtfully subdued projects speak for themselves, but the pages of their new monograph are enlivened with the addition of a foreword by Thomas Phifer and an introduction by Mayer Rus, AD’s own West Coast editor. More than two dozen projects appear in the volume, including retail spaces, a spa, many homes, and perhaps most interesting: a New York City rooftop water tank reimagined as a space for relaxation. —R.D.

Messana O’Rorke: Building Blocks (Rizzoli)

Mexican: A Journey Through Design (Vendome)

What is Mexican style? is the question that drives author Newell Turner through this evocative, deliciously visual book. Having held the top-dog role at House Beautiful, along with plum positions at a host of other shelter publications, Turner is something of a legend in the design press. He also happens to be a talented photographer; impressively, he captured more than half of the shots in this volume using his own iPhone (something you’d never guess while poring over their vivid details and ravishing colors). Through these pages, Turner takes readers through different eras of Mexican architecture and art, starting with pre-Columbian artifacts and ending with the present day. After flipping from cover to cover, you’ll have inspiration aplenty—and a newfound urge to travel to Mexico and see its wonders for yourself. —L.A.

Mexican: A Journey Through Design (Vendome)

Montecito Style: Paradise on California’s Gold Coast (Monacelli)

Sitting along California’s central coast, Montecito has long gained a reputation for its rich collection of Mediterranean-style architecture, miles of pristine coastline, and a dense number of high-profile residents—think Oprah Winfrey, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Rob Lowe, and Ariana Grande. In a new book from Monacelli, photographer Firooz Zahedi and writer Lorie Dewhirst Porter, two Montecito locals, take you inside the homes and gardens of this star-studded California enclave. With over 250 images and a foreword by Marc Appleton, the book is a cultivated walk through the history and style of the idyllic seaside community. Featuring everything from Beaux-Arts mansions to sophisticated midcentury-modern homes, there is no one size fits all when it comes to California cool. —K.M.

Montecito Style: Paradise on California’s Gold Coast (Monacelli)

More Is More Is More: Today’s Maximalist Interiors (Rizzoli)

Following his volumes Interior Design Master Class and On Style, marketing whiz and former textile designer Carl Dellatore is making his return with More Is More Is More, an ode to maximal living. Filled with vibrant, exciting interiors from Ken Fulk, Bunny Williams, Corey Damen Jenkins, Redd Kaihoi, and other AD faves, this book offers a portrait of how contemporary designers have made the maximalist style their own. Each chapter contains an essay on a different theme of decorating, from color to surfaces, layering to pattern. Inspiration galore for anyone who believes in going big at home. —L.A.

More Is More Is More: Today’s Maximalist Interiors (Rizzoli)

The New Antiquarians: At Home with Young Collectors (Monacelli)

What is old is wonderfully in vogue again. That’s the feeling that permeates Michael Diaz-Griffith’s The New Antiquarians. Diaz-Griffith, executive director of the Design Leadership Network, invites readers into 17 different homes, from New Orleans to London, whose youthful dwellers represent a new generation of thoughtful collectors imaginatively preserving material culture. This movement is especially active in New York, and Diaz-Griffith illuminates it by stepping into various abodes across the city. Fashion designer Emily Adams Bode Aujla and Aaron Singh Aujla of Green River Project, for example, have a soft spot for senior corduroys in their Chinatown loft, while Adam Charlap Hyman of AD100 firm Charlap Hyman & Herrero effortlessly weaves objects like a 19th-century majolica table into his midtown Manhattan apartment. —A.A.

The New Antiquarians: At Home with Young Collectors (Monacelli)

Nicola L: Life and Art (Apartamento)

For much of her career, Nicola L., the French artist born in Morocco, was overlooked. But her multidisciplinary oeuvre was pioneering, exploring ideas of gender and identity. In the monograph Nicola L: Life and Art, edited by Architectural Digest’s senior design editor Hannah Martin and Apartamento cofounder Omar Sosa, these works, like the White Femme and Gold Femme commodes in lacquered wood and stained birch, respectively, and Planet Heads #5, a melange of oil paint and newspaper clippings on canvas, get their due. Even more interesting is how they are placed alongside Nicola L’s own words, creating a visual memoir. Her intoxicating reminiscences of time spent in a Lebanese jail and staying at the Hotel Chelsea at the height of 1960s counterculture are balanced with observations from those closest to her, including her sons Christophe and David Lanzenberg. —A.A.

Nicola L: Life and Art (Apartamento)

Patina Modern: A Guide to Creating Warm, Timeless Interiors (Artisan)

What’s the formula for achieving a cozy interior that’s a little of this, but not too much of that? Chris Mitchell and Pilar Guzmán, the New York couple whose tastemaking acumen has earned them features in AD and elsewhere, believe it’s all about “mixing modern design with timeworn materials,” as they write in the foreword of their latest book, Patina Modern. This philosophy is one they’ve learned on their own over the course of seven home renovations—and now, they’re sharing their principles and best practices with the rest of us. Covering everything from timeless material palettes to their nine-point treatise on creating a meaningful, homey space, this is a design book for anyone who believes that rooms should be practical as much as they are aspirational. —L.A.

Patina Modern: A Guide to Creating Warm, Timeless Interiors (Artisan)

Per Amore (Rizzoli)

When Giorgio Armani launched his eponymous luxury label in 1975, he forever transformed the notion of Italian style. In Per Amore, an expansion of the fashion designer’s 2015 autobiography (rolled out in tandem with the brand’s 40-year anniversary), there are riveting images, some of them capturing Armani’s early years in black and white. Even more compelling, however, are Armani’s recollections—his musings on his family, his childhood, and the origins of a fabled career that unfolded in a heady 1960s Milan. But Armani doesn’t just revel in the past. His memories are buoyed by present-day inspirations that reveal an unwavering creativity. —A.A.

Per Amore (Rizzoli)

Shingle and Stone: Thomas Kligerman Houses (Monacelli)

This beautifully photographed volume is a step inside the mind of Thomas Kligerman, one of America’s most renowned living architects. Over more than 40 years in the field, Kligerman has taken the historic, familiar shingle style and made it his own, remixing it with elements of  the Southwest’s puebloan genre. But this is not architecture purely for architecture’s sake: Kligerman’s houses seem imminently livable, if aspirational to most of us. This tour through his portfolio will immerse readers in homes from the Blue Ridge Mountains to Martha’s Vineyard and the Pacific Northwest, and offers eloquent accompaniment through the delightful writing of Kligerman and AD alum Mitchell Owens. Prepare to be transported. —L.A.

Shingle and Stone: Thomas Kligerman Houses (Monacelli)

Stephen Sills: A Vision for Design (Rizzoli)

For his third book, AD100 designer Stephen Sills aimed to create what he called a “teaching book,” one that would demystify the process by which impeccably decorated rooms come into existence. More than just a compendium of beautiful pictures, this volume’s essays and captions gather Sills’s thoughts on the arts of decorating and architecture as well as on the spaces—primary, functional, and connective—that comprise a home. It also features in-depth chapters on several recent projects, each starting with a moodboard showing the initial inspiration for the final look. Readers also get to go inside Sills’s own homes: his New York City apartment and Bedford, New York, country retreat, both of which function as canvases on which he experiments with new ideas. With text by fellow AD100 designer—and erudite design writer—David Netto, as well as an introductory essay by longtime client Tina Turner and a chat on gardens with friend and neighbor Martha Stewart, this is indeed a book to learn from and be inspired by. —Shax Riegler

Stephen Sills: A Vision for Design (Rizzoli)

Suzanne Kasler: Edited Style (Rizzoli)

For designer Suzanne Kasler, the word editing isn’t synonymous with elimination. Rather, “When I use the word editing to describe my approach, I mean I am working to put together a house that looks collected, reflects the personality of the owners through the things they choose to live with, and at the same time elevates the overall design,” she shares within her new monograph, Edited Style. While Kasler’s traditional interiors—elegantly composed without an air of fussiness—have their signature elements (think antiques scoured from the Paris Flea Market; soft, serene color palettes; an oh-so-sweet scenic wallpaper from Gracie or de Gournay), the designer’s true mastery is in making each client’s personal collections shine. This and more is seen throughout this book’s 14 featured home tours. A favorite? The revived interiors of Kasler’s own Atlanta home, where she beautifully displays her glistering collection of Eiffel Tower miniatures. —M.S.

Suzanne Kasler: Edited Style (Rizzoli)

Think Like A Decorator: To Create a Comfortable, Original, and Stylish Home (Rizzoli)

Leslie Banker’s mother was the celebrated designer Pamela Banker (they wrote The Pocket Decorator and The Pocket Renovator together), and in 1999, Leslie helped Pamela relaunch her firm, working with her until Pamela’s death in 2013. Later, Leslie started her own eponymous New York practice, and to this day it’s guided by some of her mother’s impactful philosophies. One of those lessons is that all good design is rooted in storytelling—and now that advice, along with how to anchor a room, develop a furniture plan, and avoid pitfalls, is packed in Think Like a Decorator. Q&A interviews with fellow designers like Corey Damen Jenkins, Lilly Bunn, and Alexa Hampton, who also penned the foreword, present even more enlightening takeaways. —A.A.

Think Like A Decorator: To Create a Comfortable, Original, and Stylish Home (Rizzoli)

Tino Zervudachi: Interiors Around the World (Rizzoli)

After training with British decorator David Mlinaric, Tino Zervudachi moved to Paris in 1990, where he soon became renowned for his lavish interiors that fuse a respect for architecture and lifestyle. Tino Zervudachi: Interiors Around the World, his second book with Natasha A. Fraser (they also collaborated on 2012’s Tino Zervudachi: A Portfolio) highlights such dreamy projects as the neglected neo-Renaissance Austrian villa he enlivened with a staircase and marbleized columns, the New Delhi palace filled with custom furniture that evokes Indian tradition, and the early 19th-century Belgravia corner building, once a London office, that he overhauled with dado paneling and antique fireplaces. But these sweeping moves were all grounded in practicality. As British photographer Derry Moore writes of Zervudachi in the foreword, “He has an outstanding gift for making interior spaces work, which in the final analysis is far more important than the decoration of a place, since if the overall design is poor the decoration can only mask the shortcomings, not remedy them.” —A.A.

Tino Zervudachi: Interiors Around the World (Rizzoli)

The Ultimate Bath (Rizzoli)

From Waterworks cofounder Barbara Sallick—and author of the critically acclaimed The Perfect Bath and The Perfect Kitchen—comes The Ultimate Bath, a volume that details the sumptuous style and serenity of the bathroom. Written by design journalist and AD contributor Marc Kristal with a foreword from Waterworks CEO Peter Sallick, the book celebrates the unexpected, with 150 photos sure to inspire its design aficionado readers. Its chapters are dedicated to a distinguished cast of the top architects and interior designers working today, including names like Ray Booth and AD’s October cover star Nate Burkus. From retreats overlooking garden paradises to cozy alcoves lined with bookshelves, the curation brims with timelessness, intrigue, and charm. —Livia Caligor

The Ultimate Bath (Rizzoli)

Under the Sun: Around the World in 21 Houses (Rizzoli)

Roland Beaufre immerses readers in a tropical wonderland in his debut monograph Under the Sun: Around the World in 21 Houses. The internationally renowned interiors photographer—who’s contributed to The World of Interiors, Vogue, and Marie Claire Maison, just to name a few—invites us into the sun-washed abodes of creatives around the globe. Seductive, enchanting, and evocative, the photographs bring us into these exclusive private retreats. From Deborah Turbeville’s fashion editorial backdrop in San Miguel de Allende to Farah Pahlavi’s Iranian-style palace in Taroudan, Morocco, the homes that Beaufre photographs reflect the extraordinary imaginations and histories of their residents. The nuanced and captivating photography is accompanied by forewords penned by Rupert Thomas and the founders of Studio Peregalli. —L.C.

Under the Sun: Around the World in 21 Houses (Rizzoli)

Venice and the Doges: Six Hundred Years of Architecture, Monuments, and Sculpture (Rizzoli)

A scholarly air suffuses Venice and the Doges, by Francesco “Toto” Bergamo Rossi, head of the Venetian Heritage Foundation. Venice is synonymous with art, but usually it’s the Renaissance paintings that first spring to mind. This handbook urges readers to investigate Venetian sculptural masterpieces, some of them dating back to the 13th century, through the lens of the city’s rich doge history. Beginning with Tribuno Menio (or Memmo) in AD 991 and ending with Ludavico Manin, the final doge, in 1789 through 1797, Rossi uncovers monumental sculptures by artists and architects like Baldassare Longhena, Antonio Rizzo, and Jacopo Sansovino that grace the city’s churches. The volume includes an introduction by Count Marino Zorzi, Matteo De Fina’s photographs, and contributions from Diane von Furstenberg and Peter Marino. —A.A.

Venice and the Doges: Six Hundred Years of Architecture, Monuments, and Sculpture (Rizzoli)

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Zillow and Thumbtack’s new analysis identifies the additional costs homebuyers face, including utilities, insurance, maintenance and property taxes

• Homeowners can expect a payment $14,155 one year or $1,180 per month in hidden costs associated with owning a home.
• These annual costs can be up to high $22,791 in the san francisco metro area and as low as $9,886 In Las Vegas.
• Affordability is the number one challenge for first-time home buyers. Zillow’s affordability calculator and Thumbtack’s new monthly expense finder tool and personalized maintenance guides can help buyers factor these expenses into their budgets.

SEATTLE And SAN FRANCISCO, June 1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — The daily cost of owning a home is higher than ever, according to a new analysis by Zillow® and Thumbtack. Utility bills, property taxes, insurance, and essential maintenance can add up $14,155 per year for the average US homeowner. This is an addition $1,180 per month in addition to a typical mortgage payment. First-time home buyers, faced with affordability issues in today’s market, need to understand and factor in these less obvious expenses when calculating how much home they can afford.

Zillow and Thumbtack: Top 10 metropolitan areas with the highest hidden annual home ownership costs

These costs can be surprisingly high, and even higher, in already expensive metropolitan areas $22,000 annually in san francisco, new York And The angel. Of the 39 metropolitan areas analyzed, the hidden cost of owning a home is the lowest Las Vegas ($9,886); Asheville, North Carolina ($11,318); And st louis ($11,824).

Zillow and Thumbtack’s research looked at three unavoidable expenses for single-family homeowners — property taxes, home insurance, and utilities (electricity, water, natural gas, and internet) — and found that they were average $7,742 total nationwide. New Yorkers pay the highest property taxes, even more $9,000 per year, while the cost of supply is the highest Hartford, Connecticutaveraging $4,443 a year. The cost of homeowners insurance varies by home value, so homeowners in the cheapest metropolitan areas, such as Pittsburgh And Clevelandhave the added benefit of lower insurance costs.

The analysis also considered Thumbtack’s 17 major home maintenance projects, based on data from millions of home projects completed across the country. These projects have an overall average $6,413 yearly. Average maintenance costs are highest in The angel And Chicagoin total $8,639 And $7,722 or Meanwhile, homeowners are in Las Vegas can count on being paid fairly $3,467 per year to maintain their homes.

“Just as you would visit a mechanic regularly to keep your car in good condition and avoid big bills, your home also needs the same routine maintenance to make sure everything is running smoothly,” he said David Steckel, Thumbtack’s home expert. “Keeping track of your home’s annual maintenance not only increases the value of your home, but also avoids emergency repairs that can break the homeowner’s budget.”

Almost half of all homebuyers (45%) are first-time buyers, and they may be surprised by these costs and don’t consider them when budgeting for a home. By starting on the Home Loans tab on the Zillow homepage, buyers can use an affordability calculator to find out how much they can afford and then connect with a loan officer to find out more than just which mortgage they qualify for , but also what they would like to pay. Given these additional costs. With that budget, buyers can then use a new app filter on Zillow to buy homes by monthly cost instead of purchase price.

“Understanding all of the costs that come with homeownership can impact not only a buyer’s budget, but also the type of home they’re buying,” said Zillow home trends expert Amanda Pendleton. “While a large backyard or home can be attractive, it’s important to consider how much these spaces could cost to maintain. Buyers may want to consider affordable alternatives to single-family homes, or spend more upfront for a new construction home that might require less maintenance in the short term.”

Once buyers have closed the deal, Thumbtack is the point of contact to help you care for your new home. By entering the location and features of their home on Thumbtack, homeowners can receive personalized guidance on what projects to complete, when, and who to hire to complete the work. This will help homeowners create prioritized maintenance schedules that work within their budgets and cover everything from moving house cleaning to tree trimming and roof maintenance.

methodology

In this analysis, property taxes were calculated using the average effective tax rate in each metro area multiplied by the area’s average home value as measured by the Zillow Home Value Index.

In estimating the cost of insurance, this analysis assumed that homeowners pay 0.5% of their home’s value each year, which was calculated as 0.005 times the region’s average home value as measured by the Zillow Home Value Index.

Utility costs were calculated using the unweighted average of all states, excluding streaming and phone bill costs, as reported by Forbes.

Annual home maintenance costs are made up of thumbtack categories that are considered essential annual home maintenance tasks: appliance maintenance, carpet cleaning, central air conditioning maintenance, patio staining and sealing, duct and vent cleaning, chimney and chimney cleaning, lawn with comprehensive Services Gutter care, cleaning and maintenance, heating system maintenance, house cleaning, pressure washing, roof maintenance, sprinkler and irrigation system maintenance, tile and grout cleaning, tree pruning and removal, water heater maintenance and window cleaning.

Pricing data is based on Thumbtack requested projects reported directly by the independent services professional or individual clients. The cost is an unweighted index of all annual home maintenance projects and is calculated quarterly using a moving average.

About the Zillow Group

Zillow Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:Z) (NASDAQ:ZG) is rethinking real estate to make it easier to move on to the next chapter in life. Most visited real estate website in The United StatesZillow® and its subsidiaries provide customers with a transparent and easy on-demand experience to sell, buy, rent or finance.

Zillow Group affiliates, brands and subsidiaries include Zillow®; Zillow Premier Agent®; Zillow Home Loans; Zillow Closing Services; Trulia®; Out East®; StreetEasy®; HotPads®; and ShowingTime+℠, which hosts ShowingTime®, Bridge Interactive®, and dotloop®, as well as interactive floorplans. Zillow Home Loans, LLC is an Equal Housing Lender, NMLS #10287 (www.nmlsconsumeraccess.org).

About thumbtack

Thumbtack is a technology leader developing the modern home management platform. With the Thumbtack app, homeowners can effortlessly manage their homes—and confidently know what to do, when, and who to hire. Bring them 600 billion dollars Thumbtack is an online platform for the home services industry, enabling millions of homeowners to repair, maintain and improve their most valuable asset. Hundreds of thousands of local service professionals, from painters and plumbers to photographers and electricians, use the Thumbtack platform each year to grow their business.

SOURCE Zillow Group, Inc.

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Zillow and Thumbtack’s new analysis identifies the additional costs homebuyers face, including utilities, insurance, maintenance and property taxes

• Homeowners can expect a payment
  
  $14,155
  
  one year or
  
  $1,180
  
  per month in hidden costs associated with owning a home.

• These annual costs can be up to high
  
  $22,791
  
  in the
  
  san francisco
  
  metro area and as low as
  
  $9,886
  
  In
  
  Las Vegas
  
  .

• Affordability is the number one challenge for first-time home buyers. Zillow’s affordability calculator and Thumbtack’s new monthly expense finder tool and personalized maintenance guides can help buyers factor these expenses into their budgets.

SEATTLE

And

SAN FRANCISCO

,

June 1, 2023

/PRNewswire/ — The daily expense of owning a home is higher than ever, according to a new analysis by Zillow® and Thumbtack. Utility bills, property taxes, insurance, and essential maintenance can add up

$14,155

per year for the average US homeowner. This is an addition

$1,180

per month in addition to a typical mortgage payment. First-time home buyers, faced with affordability issues in today’s market, need to understand and factor in these less obvious expenses when calculating how much home they can afford.

These costs can be surprisingly high, and even higher, in already expensive metropolitan areas

$22,000

annually in

san francisco

,

new York

And

The angel

. Of the 39 metropolitan areas analyzed, the hidden cost of owning a home is the lowest

Las Vegas

($9,886)

;

Asheville, North Carolina

($11,318)

; And

st louis

($11,824)

.

Zillow and Thumbtack’s research looked at three unavoidable expenses for single-family homeowners — property taxes, home insurance, and utilities (electricity, water, natural gas, and internet) — and found that they were average

$7,742

total nationwide. New Yorkers pay the highest property taxes, even more

$9,000

per year, while the cost of supply is the highest

Hartford, Connecticut

averaging

$4,443

a year. The cost of homeowners insurance varies by home value, so homeowners in the cheapest metropolitan areas, such as

Pittsburgh

And

Cleveland

have the added benefit of lower insurance costs.

The analysis also considered Thumbtack’s 17 major home maintenance projects, based on data from millions of home projects completed across the country. These projects have an overall average

$6,413

yearly. Average maintenance costs are highest in

The angel

And

Chicago

in total

$8,639

And

$7,722

or Meanwhile, homeowners are in

Las Vegas

can count on being paid fairly

$3,467

per year to maintain their homes.

“Just as you would visit a mechanic regularly to keep your car in good condition and avoid big bills, your home also needs the same routine maintenance to make sure everything is running smoothly,” he said

David Steckel

, Thumbtack’s home expert. “Keeping track of your home’s annual maintenance not only increases the value of your home, but also avoids emergency repairs that can break the homeowner’s budget.”

Almost half of all home buyers (45%) are first-time buyers, who may be surprised by these costs and do not consider them when budgeting for a home. By starting on the Home Loans tab on the Zillow homepage, buyers can use an affordability calculator to find out how much they can afford and then connect with a loan officer to find out more than just which mortgage they qualify for , but also what they would like to pay. Given these additional costs. With that budget, buyers can then use a new app filter on Zillow to buy homes by monthly cost instead of purchase price.

“Understanding all of the costs that come with homeownership can impact not only a buyer’s budget, but also the type of home they’re buying,” said Zillow home trends expert

Amanda Pendleton

. “While a large backyard or home can be attractive, it’s important to consider how much these spaces could cost to maintain. Buyers may want to consider affordable alternatives to single-family homes, or spend more upfront for a new construction home that might require less maintenance in the short term.”

Once buyers have closed the deal, Thumbtack is the point of contact to help you care for your new home. By entering the location and features of their home on Thumbtack, homeowners can receive personalized guidance on what projects to complete, when, and who to hire to complete the work. This will help homeowners create prioritized maintenance schedules that work within their budgets and cover everything from moving house cleaning to tree trimming and roof maintenance.

methodology

In this analysis, property taxes were calculated using the average effective tax rate in each metro area multiplied by the area’s average home value as measured by the Zillow Home Value Index.

In estimating the cost of insurance, this analysis assumed that homeowners pay 0.5% of their home’s value each year, which was calculated as 0.005 times the region’s average home value as measured by the Zillow Home Value Index.

Utility costs were calculated using the unweighted average of all states, excluding streaming and phone bill costs, as reported by Forbes.

Annual home maintenance costs are made up of thumbtack categories that are considered essential annual home maintenance tasks: appliance maintenance, carpet cleaning, central air conditioning maintenance, patio staining and sealing, duct and vent cleaning, chimney and chimney cleaning, lawn with comprehensive Services Gutter care, cleaning and maintenance, heating system maintenance, house cleaning, pressure washing, roof maintenance, sprinkler and irrigation system maintenance, tile and grout cleaning, tree pruning and removal, water heater maintenance and window cleaning.

Pricing data is based on Thumbtack requested projects reported directly by the independent services professional or individual clients. The cost is an unweighted index of all annual home maintenance projects and is calculated quarterly using a moving average.

About the Zillow Group

Zillow Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:Z) (NASDAQ:ZG) is rethinking real estate to make it easier to move on to the next chapter in life. Most visited real estate website in

The United States

Zillow® and its subsidiaries provide customers with a transparent and easy on-demand experience to sell, buy, rent or finance.

Zillow Group affiliates, brands and subsidiaries include Zillow®; Zillow Premier Agent®; Zillow Home Loans; Zillow Closing Services; Trulia®; Out East®; StreetEasy®; HotPads®; and ShowingTime+℠, which hosts ShowingTime®, Bridge Interactive®, and dotloop®, as well as interactive floorplans. Zillow Home Loans, LLC is an Equal Housing Lender, NMLS #10287 (www.nmlsconsumeraccess.org).

About thumbtack

Thumbtack is a technology leader developing the modern home management platform. The Thumbtack app makes it easy for homeowners to manage their homes — confidently knowing what to do, when to do it, and who to hire. Bring them

600 billion dollars

Thumbtack is an online platform for the home services industry, enabling millions of homeowners to repair, maintain and improve their most valuable asset. Hundreds of thousands of local service professionals, from painters and plumbers to photographers and electricians, use the Thumbtack platform each year to grow their business.

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South San Francisco’s 3-mile stretch of the Centennial Trail — used daily by joggers, hikers, and cyclists — will soon feature a host of new amenities including a skate park, pump track, nature playground, and picnic tables in a new expanse of space from Spruce Avenue through Huntington Way.

A pump track has berms and banks to allow bikers to maximize momentum with minimal pedaling. The unused park will include the facilities with lawns and shade for the picnic tables. According to a staff report, about 130 trees and 5,900 drought-tolerant shrubs will be planted, and there will be lighting and pet waste bins.

The California Department of Transportation’s Clean California Local Grant Program provided $2.4 million, and the city will fund an additional 50% through parking fees. City Manager Mike Futrell said the grant will not fund maintenance, but the city’s Parks and Recreation Department is committed to keeping up with the site.

“It’s a goal not only to build quality, but to maintain it over the long term,” Futrell said. “Right now when you go out there it’s just a blank canvas and because of that doesn’t get a lot of maintenance or attention.”

The grant program has funded more than $1 billion statewide and aims to reduce litter along state highways, local roads, parks, trails and transit centers and beautify the state’s transportation network, according to the report.

According to the report, local skate and bike groups will help conceptualize each part of the park during an additional phase of community engagement.

“Sometime last year, a petition for a bike pump track circulated in south San Francisco, and I’m glad to see that city officials found a way to implement one,” said councilman James Coleman. “I’m sure the signers of this petition will be very happy about it.”

The project will benefit students at nearby Boys and Girls Club, South San Francisco High School and Los Cerritos Elementary School, as well as the broader community by providing easy access to a walking trail and outdoor educational area, and by supporting underserved youth. The goal is to promote outdoor activities and environmental protection by holding six community events and running a social media campaign focused on raising awareness about waste prevention, which the report says will reach more than 26,000 residents.

Construction is scheduled to start next year and be completed by May 2024.

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The 3-mile span of Centennial Trail in South San Francisco — used daily by joggers, walkers and bikers — will soon feature a number of new amenities like a skate park, pump track, nature-themed playground and picnic tables in a new space stretching from Spruce Avenue to Huntington Way.

A pump track has berms and banks so bikers can maximize momentum with minimal peddling. The underutilized park will include the amenities with lawn areas and shade for the picnic tables. Approximately 130 trees and 5,900 drought-tolerant shrubs will be planted and there will be lighting and pet waste receptacles, according to a staff report.

The California Department of Transportation’s Clean California Local Grant Program provided $2.4 million and the city will match an additional 50% through park impact fees. City Manager Mike Futrell said the grant will not fund the maintenance but the city’s Parks and Recreation Department is committed to keeping up with the grounds.

“It’s a goal to not only build quality but maintain it over time,” Futrell said. “Right now, if you go out there, it’s just a blank canvas and doesn’t get a lot of maintenance or attention for that reason.”

The grant program has funded more than a billion dollars statewide and aims to reduce litter along state highways, local roads, parks, paths and transit centers and to beautify the state’s transportation network, according to the report.

Local skate and bike groups will assist with the concept design of the respective portions of the park during an additional community engagement phase, according to the report.

“Sometime last year, there was a petition circulating around South San Francisco for a bike pump track and I’m glad to see city staff has found a way to implement one,” Councilmember James Coleman said, “I am sure the signers of that petition will be very pleased to see this.”

The project will benefit students from the nearby Boys and Girls Club, South San Francisco High School and Los Cerritos Elementary School as well as the broader community, providing easy access to a trail, outdoor education area and will support underserved youth. The aim is to encourage outdoor activity and environmental stewardship by holding six community events and running a social media campaign with emphasis on litter abatement awareness that will reach more than 26,000 residents, according to the report.

Construction is slated to begin next year and be completed by May 2024.

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PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Legislature could soon approve changes to the teacher certification process designed to address a shortage of classroom instructors by allowing more people without regular teacher training to lead a class.

The Republican-backed proposal has already passed the Senate and was given initial approval after a vigorous House debate on Monday over objections from Democrats, who said it will allow unqualified people to teach.

The proposal would expand a 2017 law that allows people with experience in the private sector to get a “subject-matter certificate” to teach in grades 6-12.

The change removes the grade restrictions, allowing someone with outside experience and a college degree to also teach kindergarten through grade 5.

Arizona, like many other states, has an ongoing teacher shortage and backers say the proposal is one more tool to address that problem.

“This is not about watering down the standards to become a teacher and to receive a certificate,” Mesa Republican Rep. Michelle Udall said. “It’s about additional pathways to get people into the teaching profession that are passionate about the subjects that they teach.”

Democrats point to low teacher pay, large class sizes, micromanaging by the Legislature and the politicization of classroom curriculum for qualified driving teachers from the profession. Arizona has some of the lowest teacher pay in the nation despite big raises in recent years and this year the GOP-controlled Legislature is advancing policies to increase scrutiny of school library books and boosting the rights of parents to review materials used by teachers.

Democratic Rep. Reginald Bolding, the minority leader, said creating more “flexibility” for aspiring mid-career professionals to step into the classroom to address the teacher shortage won’t help.

Democratic Rep. Kelli Butler agreed, noting that there are 180,000 qualified and certified teachers in the state who are not in the classroom because of the low pay, class sizes that are the highest in the nation and other issues. Adding unqualified teachers will make the problem worse, she said.

“The solution is not dumbing down the standards,” Butler said. “The solution is doing what is needed, using the money that we have to make sure that our teachers are qualified teachers and in the classroom teaching.”

gov. Doug Ducey pushed the special certification for teachers in higher grades in 2017, saying it would add to the pool of people able to teach. But the proposal did little to solve the teacher shortage.

The bill also adds some new teacher training programs. It awaits a formal House vote before returning to the Senate because of minor changes. It passed the Senate with no support from minority Democrats.

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