Mary Umberger

A cabin in the woods is probably the ultimate anti-McMansion. It is, at least, if your mindset mirrors that of Dale Mulfinger. The Minneapolis architect's career has been so passionately...

A cabin in the woods is probably the ultimate anti-McMansion. It is, at least, if your mindset mirrors that of Dale Mulfinger. The Minneapolis architect's career has been so passionately...

By some measures, Florida is a real estate petri dish. In the buildup to the housing bubble, homebuyers, by the tens of thousands, exhibited a particularly nasty streak of irrational...

By some measures, Florida is a real estate petri dish. In the buildup to the housing bubble, homebuyers, by the tens of thousands, exhibited a particularly nasty streak of irrational...

We're serving a real estate numbers buffet this week, from 2.5-person families to 11-foot-long secret rooms. To wit: Another victory for youth. How old is your house? Its age could...

We're serving a real estate numbers buffet this week, from 2.5-person families to 11-foot-long secret rooms. To wit: Another victory for youth. How old is your house? Its age could...

Anyone who has ever owned a house knows that maintaining one can be demanding. Imagine what would be involved if you owned three houses ... or six? What if the...

Anyone who has ever owned a house knows that maintaining one can be demanding. Imagine what would be involved if you owned three houses ... or six? What if the...

Bidding wars are the real estate trend du jour: With a shortage of houses for sale in many cities, some sellers are deliberately underpricing to attract attention and generate a...

Is stainless dead? Or maybe showing its age? Not really, but Houzz, an online photo mecca for interior design devotees that claims to have 16 million unique visitors every month,...