Every roof ages differently and at a different pace, depending on the shingle material and installation. However, there are other ways to dete…
GARDENING SERIES: A series of free online presentations on a variety of gardening topics will begin Monday night with a class on garden planning.
Q: Our tenants are nice people but consistently pay their rent late. Their annual lease expires in September, and I do not want to renew it.
COVID-19 has changed how people travel in addition to the way people work and where they want to live.
DALLAS — Homebuilders who are scrambling to meet a swell of buyer demand are hitting a wall.
Q: The house next door was recently sold, and there is construction going on day and night.
U.S. home prices were up by 14.9% year-over-year in the final months of 2020, according to the latest survey by the National Association of Realtors.
GAP YEAR: The Chippewa Valley Home Builders Association will not be holding its annual Home & Garden Show this year due to the ongoing COV…
People are spending significantly more time at home as a result of COVID-19, which has led to shifts in habits and a renewed focus on how thei…
Is now still a good time to refinance a mortgage?
Q: Several years ago, our mother left a small house for her six children. One sibling has since passed away. Now two of us want to buy the pro…
U.S. home construction starts rose for a fourth-straight month in December to the best pace since late 2006 as builders responded to the robus…
Master Gardeners in western Wisconsin will host a virtual Growing Together spring garden seminar during February and March, featuring four onl…
Here’s a refresher on how to make sure you and your loved ones get through winter unscathed by weather-related injuries while shoveling and wa…
Your kitchen is the heart of your home and cabinetry is its most important feature. If your cabinets have good bones but are tired and dated, …
Q: I recently closed on the new home I purchase pre-construction from a builder.
When we bought a house in New Jersey 19 years ago, our real estate agent told us, “When you buy a house, if you find gold on the property, it’…
There are few reasons to lament the end of 2020, but the housing market has been one bright spot in an otherwise bleak year.
Q: We are buying our first home and will need to use most of our savings for the down payment and furniture. We cannot afford to make any majo…
In the early 1900s, the budding concept of the kitchen work triangle placed the sink, stove and refrigerator at opposite points to maximize ef…
MINNEAPOLIS — When Opendoor, Zillow Offers and other “iBuyers” popped up around the country a few years ago, they hoped to upend the tradition…
Record-low mortgage rates were supposed to make it easier for homebuyers. Instead, they’ve helped push affordability to a 12-year low.
PARAMUS, N.J. — The dark textured walls are lined with dimly lit sconces and surround-sound speakers. Below them, carpeted tiers of cup-holdin…
Q: Our community association owns two paths to the beach. The association pays for the upkeep and expenses.
With home prices surging in many areas of the country, U.S. homeowners gained an average $17,000 in the equity in their properties this year.
Top national real estate economists at an online conference earlier this month predicted home prices would continue to rise in 2021.
Q: We recently moved next to a golf course, and an errant ball broke one of our windows. We called the clubhouse, but they did not want to help.
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