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                                                 An Oscar-themed soiree with fancy cocktails and hors d'oeuvres, and an open house featuring a worldly selection of wine and cheeses are giving a whole new meaning to today's dog-eat-dog home-selling market. I recently read an article in The Wall St...

                                                   After a marathon of a winter, I can't begin to tell you how ecstatic I am to finally hear birds chirping outside my window and not to see snow barricading my sidewalk. With the first balmy weekend, I noticed my neighbor out in his yard replanting...

                                                    While some housing markets across the country are being hit hard with rising foreclosure rates and excess home inventory -Stockton, CA, and Las Vegas to name a few - Manhattan seems to be sitting pretty in its New York City bubble. The average M...

                                                      The recent housing bust has churned out some pretty interesting news stories. After reading about abandoned pets in foreclosed homes and a Wisconsin man offering the title to his $500,000 life insurance plan to anyone willing to buy his home, ...

                                                       With friends and loved ones currently looking for new homes, I'm often asked, is it a good time to buy? If you live in a dual-income household and have a credit score at least 680 or above, the market couldn't be riper for you. The credit cru...

                                               Every morning I usually create a to-do-list of things I have to accomplish for the day, and in celebration of Earth Day today, I've decided to add a couple of eco-friendly chores to my list. While tasks such as opening the windows instead of turning ...

From Portland, OR, to Ridgewood, N.J., the National Kitchen & Bath Association (NKBA) traveled cross country to find this year's top professional bathroom designs. The 2008 winners were announced at NKBA's annual show and conference held in Chicago April 11-13. The winners of this year's competit...

                                                A report released last week by Better Homes and Gardens magazine found that buyers who bought a new home in the last 10 years or plan to build one, say they're through with cookie-cutter houses. The research study surveyed more than 2,000 homeowners...

Are you planning on remodeling your kitchen this year, but still scratching your head for ideas? This year's top design winners of the National Kitchen & Bath Association competition created imaginative designs and aesthetically pleasing solutions that will inspire the decorator in you. Small kit...

Over the weekend I stopped by the Kitchen and Bath Industry Show & Conference held here in Chicago. While I saw my fair share of sleek new bathroom faucets and granite kitchen countertops, nothing topped the list of cool new gizmos like Kohler's VibrAcoustic bathtub. I could hear the oohs and ahh...