Want more housing market stories from Lance Lambert’s ResiClub in your inbox? Subscribe to the ResiClub newsletter. During the pandemic housing boom, housing demand surged rapidly amid ultralow interest rates, stimulus, and the remote work boom. Federal Reserve researchers estimate “new construction would have had to increase by roughly 300% to absorb the pandemic-era surge in demand.” Unlike housing demand, housing stock isn’t as elastic and can’t quickly ramp up. As a result, the heightened demand drained the market of active inventory and caused home prices to overheat, with U.S. home prices in June 2022 sitting at a staggering 43.2%…
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Kevin Warsh is now likely to secure Senate approval as the next Federal Reserve chair—and become arguably the most powerful central banker in the world. But when Warsh appeared before the Senate Banking Committee for his confirmation hearing in April, one punchy question underscored the dilemma that Warsh, lawmakers and the Fed all face: “Are you going to be the president’s human sock puppet?” asked Republican Senator John Kennedy of Louisiana. On one level, the question reflects President Donald Trump’s intense pressure on the central bank to cut rates, with current Chair Jerome Powell often the target of his ire.…
When Olympic skier Eileen Gu walked the steps of the Metropolitan Museum of Art at the Met Gala on May 4, she wore a short, shimmering gown that appeared to be made of thousands of iridescent soap bubbles caught mid-float, clustered across her body and trailing into the air behind her. Eileen Gu at the Met Gala, 2026 [Photo: Getty] It was created by Iris van Herpen in collaboration with the Tokyo-London design studio A.A.Murakami. Assembled from 15,000 hand-formed glass bubbles, it took 2,550 hours to construct, and contained hidden microprocessors that released real bubbles into the air as Gu…
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways Clients want to understand who they are working with, investors want confidence in leadership and audiences want transparency — personal branding addresses all three. In 2026, your reputation often reaches the room before you do.Before a prospect schedules a call, before an investor responds to an email, before a partner agrees to meet, there is an online search. Your name becomes the entry point. What appears in those results influences perception in seconds.For business owners, this reality has elevated personal branding into a core business function. It directly affects trust,…
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways Fast, personalized communication drives higher enrollment and reduces student drop-off during admissions. Universities need data-driven enrollment strategies, not outdated processes focused only on application volume. Enrollment success depends on supporting students beyond admission through onboarding and first-semester engagement. Enrollment season is undoubtedly one of the most demanding and high-pressure times for higher education institutions, amid college closures, rising new competition and declining international enrollments.University enrollment teams usually have a lot on their plate. They review diverse local & international transcripts, check different grading systems, process thousands of applications, and evaluate…
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Most people do not fail to start a business because they lack ideas — they fail because the setup feels impossible. You need a marketing plan, a website, lead generation, content, research and systems. Maybe even software. And before AI, that usually meant hiring staff, learning code, paying consultants or spending months stitching together tools you barely understood. That is the part that has changed.A 2026 Goldman Sachs survey of small business owners found that 76% are already using AI, and 93% of those users say it is having a positive impact…
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways Email personalization is now expected by consumers, with over 50% willing to share personal information with brands to receive more personalized communications. Personalized emails generate 82% higher open rates and 52% more sales than generic, one-size-fits-all messages. If you treat personalization as a subject line tactic, instead of aligning content, timing and frequency with real customer behavior, you’re missing out. If your email marketing isn’t generating a consistent revenue stream for your ecommerce business, you’re probably doing it wrong. And lack of personalization is very often the No. 1 reason…
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Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways AI doesn’t fix shaky infrastructure; it accelerates bad decisions from unstable, laggy systems. Layering AI onto fragmented, complex stacks adds friction. Simplification and integration must come first. For the past 25 years, I’ve been part of scaling technology companies past the $100M mark. I’ve seen many waves of innovation over the past few decades, in cloud, mobile, SaaS and so on. Each one came with the same promise to move faster, operate smarter and gain an edge. AI is no different, but the expectations are just much higher, where many…
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways Chasing growth at all costs leads to betraying customers. Some of the most well-known companies siphon value from their customers while gradually letting their original product degrade. Loyalty comes from offering long-term solutions. We stop being valuable the moment what we sell stops working as advertised. Sustainable growth requires you to maintain the quality of your product, but it also requires you to maintain goodwill with your existing customers. The single most important thing a company can do, if you believe most self-styled business gurus, is grow. This seems self-evident…