Builders are reporting increased interest from prospective buyers as mortgage rates slowly decrease. Higher new home production could ease the affordability crisis, expand housing inventory and lower inflation. According to the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index, which is based on builder perception of current single-family home sales and sales expectations for the next six months (including the traffic of prospective buyers), a three-point increase happened in December. Read more here.
Check on Your Dropbox Files.
If you’ve used Dropbox’s artificial intelligence services, some of your documents and files may have been shared with OpenAI. Dropbox works with OpenAI to provide chatbot services, such as file summarization or answering questions; here is the cause for concern. Dropbox AI customer documents are stored on OpenAI’s servers for a maximum of 30 days, and the “third-party AI” toggle is enabled by default in account settings. Turn this toggle off if you prefer not to send your files to OpenAI. CEO Drew Houston says this data-sharing only occurs when users actively engage with the AI features. Learn more here.
Take Control of Your Time.
Are you a maker of lists, and do you check them twice or over and over again? A new year is a great time to take back some of your time by automating, delegating and streamlining. Check out this article; it’s divided into three sections focusing on working smarter, not harder.
- Must-do marketing tasks
- Office and administrative tasks
- Communication tasks