With the likelihood of slower appreciation ahead, here's how to take an active role in growing your home equity.

Building home equity can not only be a reliable way to create wealth but can also help you maintain the home while you’re living in it. Building home equity generally involves increasing your property ...

Home equity is the portion of your property's value that you own outright. To determine how much equity you have, subtract the balance on your mortgage from the house's current market value. For ...

With natural disasters striking communities across the U.S. at an accelerating pace, the question of how to build homes that ...

To build the perfect fitness space in his house, editorial director Richard Dorment needed to plan for more than himself.

If you're like most people, buying a house is the largest purchase you'll ever make, and it eventually becomes a cornerstone of your wealth. But here's what many homeowners overlook: It’s not the home ...

As federal solar tax credits expire, ‘Say More’ explores how solar panels, heat pumps, weatherizing and more can make a home ...

If you’re looking to move but haven’t found the perfect home — or you’re balking at the current market’s high prices — you might be wondering what it would take to build a brand-new home of your own.

San Diego is in a housing shortage — and it affects everyone. Teachers spend half their income on rent. Families choose between groceries and housing. Employers struggle to keep workers who can’t ...

PLAIN CITY, Utah — Miranda and Cole Potokar, who are 23 and 24, have talked a lot with friends about their terrible timing in the housing market. "We would make jokes like, 'What was I doing in third ...