Building a new home is a perfect opportunity to customize your space according to your own needs and wants, and you’ll have to make lots of decisions. Before you dive into a new construction deal, make sure you've got these basic tips in mind, and your experience...

Buying a new home can be an exciting time. It can also be frustrating and exhausting. To help prepare, here are five important things to know about the market.

Selling your house can be an intensely emotional experience in any market, but it's particularly nerve-wracking when it seems like other homes are going under contract in a matter of days while your listing lingers. Usually it's the listing price, but there are a ton...

Buyers in cash-offer-heavy areas, take heart. There are ways to compete with those all-cash folks and come out ahead — with the keys to the home of your dreams.

Even the very best real estate agents at the top of their careers have to deal with clients who are upset with them after the transaction closes and everyone walks away from the table. But even though it's a fact of life, that doesn't make it especially pleasant or...

Is now the best time to sell your home? That's an intensely personal question that depends on a number of factors -- many of them beyond your control. In 2006, some sellers might have been wondering if they should have waited another year and netted even more profit...

If you've seen the Tom Hanks classic movie, "The Money Pit," you know that while it's funny happening to someone else, when your fixer-upper home becomes a money pit, it's more like a horror movie. If you're looking for a new property and considering an underpriced...

There's a reason why people love looking at photos of homes for sale -- it's rare that we get to see a place look it's very best, and scrolling through gorgeous room after room helps serious buyers see themselves settling down in those very rooms.

Moving to the suburbs can be a real toss-up when it comes to living a healthy lifestyle. On one hand, you probably have access to clean sidewalks, big parks, and more room to wander, which is very helpful when you're trying to squeeze in exercise around your work and...

Living a healthy lifestyle seems like a simple choice to make: You get one body and one mind, so it's best to take very good care of both, right? As anybody who lives in reality knows, it's not quite that simple. But there are some things you can do to help boost your...