Mary Umberger

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,...

Attention, parents of boomerang children: Those young adult children of yours who returned home to the family roost — sometimes to the discomfort of all — appear to be starting...

Attention, parents of boomerang children: Those young adult children of yours who returned home to the family roost — sometimes to the discomfort of all — appear to be starting...

Money, money, money. The buying habits of the people who have it are analyzed endlessly, for obvious reasons — and few business sectors outdo the studious zeal of the real...

Money, money, money. The buying habits of the people who have it are analyzed endlessly, for obvious reasons — and few business sectors outdo the studious zeal of the real...

At every real estate industry event I attend, inevitably there will be social media gurus present who intone about the importance of Twitter the way dentists preach about flossing. With...

At every real estate industry event I attend, inevitably there will be social media gurus present who intone about the importance of Twitter the way dentists preach about flossing. With...

Recently, Pulte Homes built a ghost subdivision in a Chicago suburb. No, that's not quite right: The builder actually constructed it within a cavernous suburban warehouse. And it's not really...

Recently, Pulte Homes built a ghost subdivision in a Chicago suburb. No, that's not quite right: The builder actually constructed it within a cavernous suburban warehouse. And it's not really...

Suburbia never seems to catch a break, at least in popular culture. In song ("Little boxes ... made of ticky tacky and they all look the same"), on TV ("Desperate...