Mary Umberger

We now interrupt our regular coverage of the serious real estate world (because, trust us, little happens in August anyway) to focus on the industry's silly season, which seems to...

The pixel-pushers of the world have been working overtime to develop online tools for real estate, including a couple of new ways to snoop for the real scoop on that...

If you're thinking about buying a newly built house in the near future, brace yourself, because the price tag is likely to go up, significantly up, in the near term....

If you're thinking about buying a newly built house in the near future, brace yourself, because the price tag is likely to go up, significantly up, in the near term....

If you recently bought or sold a home, how did you select a real estate agent to help you with the most expensive — and potentially stressful — transaction of...

If you recently bought or sold a home, how did you select a real estate agent to help you with the most expensive — and potentially stressful — transaction of...

There's a reason that many people who have gone through a major remodeling job eventually refer to their homes — no matter how beautiful the result — as "The Money...

There's a reason that many people who have gone through a major remodeling job eventually refer to their homes — no matter how beautiful the result — as "The Money...

When we last checked in with Consumer Reports to see which things matter to the magazine's practical-minded readers, we learned that their kitchen remodeling decisions tended to boil down to...