Sacramento Bee

The high-tech revolution sparked an explosion in home offices in the 20th century. In the 21st century, the home office neighborhood may be exploding onto the real estate scene as...

The key to a successful short sale is the ability to show the lender a reasonable offer from a prospective buyer. That means the property must be priced at market...

When Becky Holbrook was rescued from a mortgage payment she and her husband could no longer make, she entered a little-known sphere of real estate. It's an arena where bankers...

Barbara Holly likens herself to a sleuth, though her work may not have the glamour and intrigue of tracking killers or wayward spouses. Instead, her investigations begin in the fine...

When business and trade delegations from California travel overseas, they are received at some of the world's most impressive sites, from the Sydney Opera House to Beijing's Great Hall of...

Let's say you've decided to sell your Home Sweet Home and you've got seven days to get it ready for an open house. What to do? Put in for a...

The ape was in the bathroom, TP in hand. The errant boa constrictor was back in its cage. And the owners were out in front, flagging down prospective buyers. Sound...

Sacramento businessman James Cameron Jr. is turning a historic bank building into a palatial corporate headquarters complete with a rooftop garden, 17th-century fountain, climate-controlled greenhouse and a glass-sided "observatory" overlooking...

The Congress for the New Urbanism is a year-old group of prominent architects and planners with an ambitious agenda: They want to revolutionize the way towns, cities and suburbs are...

Nobody is going to mistake Sacramento for Paris anytime soon, but by one measure-sidewalk cafes-River City is doing its darndest to emulate the City of Light. Ever since the city...