Imagine, if you will, a contractor who approaches you with a gleam in their eye and a plan so vague it might as well be written in invisible ink. “Trust me,” they say, “I’ll work on your house for ...

Starting a business is like building a house. The first step is to build the foundation—do that wrong and the roof won’t fit. Many entrepreneurs jump headfirst into launching a new venture with little ...

Would you like a home customized to your tastes and the way you live? Who wouldn’t? Here are four ways to build a house yourself so you can have the home you love. The ultimate solution to having a ...

The average 30-year fixed mortgage rate hit a whopping 7.23% in August, an eye-watering number for anyone looking to buy a house. And many prospective homebuyers have decided that if they have to pay ...

They couldn’t sleep. A hurricane was lashing their brand-new house with a torrent of wind and rain. Deborah Rodriguez and her husband were miles away, snuggled up in a hotel bed, but they could watch ...

An ambitious Gen Z man has spent $20,000 and more than six months building his own makeshift home, using only YouTube videos to learn how. Carter, 23, came up with the idea after leaving the Marine ...

There aren't enough homes available for sale. Are you better off just building a new one? The answer depends on time and money. David McMillin writes about credit cards, mortgages, banking, taxes and ...

Visions of a grand house extension have been filling your daydreams for some time, and now you’ve decided to make it happen. How best, then, to translate your mental wish list into the built reality ...

From the air, David Thevenin’s home two hours from Tokyo looks deceptively simple: a small, minimalist concrete structure with a pitched roof. But the single-story home is perched on the side of a ...

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My husband and I live in Washington state. We can’t afford to buy a house. Housing is extremely expensive. A single-family home where we live costs $600,000 or more — even a small 1,100-square-foot ...

Exterior view of Ronaldo Norman's home with hole in one of the walls on the lower floor. An Atlanta property owner says he found part of his home demolished and alleges city workers were responsible, ...