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- 2018’s Happiest Cities in America - Three are in California
- 10 Best Reasons To Go To San Jose
- Bay Area job market ‘defies gravity,’ economists say
- The NAR is talking to Silicon Valley tech giants, but won’t say why
- Cryptocurrency Set To Disrupt The Trillion Dollar Real Estate Industry
- 15 Great Design-Minded Uses for LED Lighting
- Extreme Herb Gardening for Extreme Flavor

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2018’s Happiest Cities in America - Three are in California

1 Fremont, CA
2 Bismarck, ND
3 San Jose, CA
4 Pearl City, HI
5 Plano, TX
6 Fargo, ND
7 Sioux Falls, SD
8 Irvine, CA
9 Huntington Beach, CA
10 Grand Prairie, TX




10 Best Reasons To Go To San Jose - In the heart of California’s high-tech Silicon Valley, vibrant San Jose and its close-knit neighbors deliver abundant diversions: enriching cultural scenes, verdant nature escapes and deliciously divergent cuisines, including Michelin-star restaurant bragging rights (more applause about that below). San Jose is a surprising, soothing and stimulating vacation destination. This cool, innovative haven has long been a hotspot of reinvention — first sprouting as an agricultural mecca, luxurious with farms, vineyards and orchards (thought to be California’s oldest settlement, founded in 1777) and now flourishing as the epicenter of dot-com expertise, with thousands of growing tech companies, anchored by the headquarters of Google, Apple, Facebook, eBay, Netflix, Yahoo, Intel, Hewlett Packard, Cisco and Tesla.


 Bay Area job market ‘defies gravity,’ economists say - The Bay Area job market will outperform the nation during 2018, but skyrocketing housing prices might imperil the region’s economy, two economists said Monday. One area of worry that could trigger an economic slowdown: the battered brick-and-mortar segments of the retail sector. Bay Area job growth and personal income are expected to remain resilient in 2018, but will slow down in 2019 and 2020.


The NAR is talking to Silicon Valley tech giants, but won’t say why - “As part of Bob Goldberg’s vision as NAR CEO, he created a new team within NAR, the Strategic Business, Innovation & Technology Group, led by Senior Vice President Mark Birschbach to ensure that NAR remains at the forefront of business and technology,” Wiskerchen said. “This new group has been and will continue to be very active in the real estate and technology communities to promote innovation in our industry in a way that best serves our members.”


Cryptocurrency Set To Disrupt The Trillion Dollar Real Estate Industry - Realtor.com has listed 37 single-family homes accepting Bitcoin, listing at $114,000 or the Bitcoin equivalent for a home in Kansas, all the way up to a 9,500-sq.-ft. Miami mansion for $6.5 million or the equivalent in Bitcoin


15 Great Design-Minded Uses for LED Lighting - See how this energy-efficient light source can jazz up vanities, countertops, cabinets and more


Extreme Herb Gardening for Extreme Flavor - Fresh herbs grown at home are the secret to sumptuous meals for you and your guests



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