Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Wisconsin's mortgage-making industry has shrunk 81 percent since Jan. 1, when the state enacted sharply higher license fees and imposed new financial responsibility requirements. Financial regulators looking to weed out...

The tight labor market is squeezing out fatter salaries for Milwaukee workers, according to a new survey. Comparing jobs earning average salaries ranging from $15,000 to $80,000 nationally, workers in...

Wisconsin consumer protection officials have issued a public alert about alleged deficiencies in Masonite Woodruf shingles used on houses and other structures nationwide since 1980. The state's warning about the...

For Captain Kirk, space was the final frontier. Local developers, however, are exploring Oak Creek and Franklin--the final frontier for Milwaukee County development. Oak Creek and Franklin, which mark Milwaukee...

You can save a small fortune or endanger a larger one if you sell your house yourself. Realtors point out that they have a better handle on the market than...

When my wife and I arrived at our lot early on a recent Monday, the land looked much like it has ever since farmer Lyman Cartwright decided to sell off...

WAUKESHA, Wis. House shopping is a deceptively lightweight phrase for the mission confronting Tina Williamson and Kay Ripp. Williamson is in the throes of husband Ron's fifth corporate transfer. He...

The 366 residential structures known as the "Originals" lie in the geographic, historic and emotional heart of the village of Greendale. They are--no surprise--the original buildings built by the federal...

Margie Inscore has a rather large spot in her heart for the quiet streets, miles of farmland, shimmering lake waters and flocks of geese that kept her company as a...

When Lesa Mackin, her husband and their baby were living in her mother's attic in 1994, the family spent hours wondering whether they would ever be able to purchase a...