Sharon Stangenes

Good transportation is the lifeblood of any community because easy access to major highways, airports or trains has enduring appeal. And few Chicago-area suburbs are as rich in transportation as...

The $200,000 house became the subject of conversation at a December builder roundtable when one recalled selling houses for $100,000. "It's almost impossible to build anything in a single-family house...

Americans are not a very consistent lot when it comes to our new-home desires. On the one hand, we want oodles of space, on the other, please make those spaces...

Each year the National Association of Home Builders builds an elaborate house to illustrate state-of-the-art design, building techniques and materials for the organization's annual trade show. This year's sprawling dream...

A helpful staffer at the Century 21 Excellence office in Northwest Indiana gave a lost House Hunter directions to two homes in Abercrombie Woods in Chesteron. When she told me...

As the old year ends and a new one begins, what message can buyers shopping for a new home in the Chicago area expect? Westward Ho! From my desk in...

At this gift-giving time of year, what is the ultimate house gift? For Sharon and Harry Beepath, it was buying and moving into a completely decorated and furnished home in...

With 98 units, the Grand Orleans is small compared to many new condominium projects in downtown Chicago, which is one reason director of sales Claudia Stachura describes it as a...

Glen Garden Estates is a sliver of a development in fast-growing north suburban Mundelein. A mere 37 lots along two sides of a street and a cul-de-sac, the development is...

Recent weather-related disasters, including Hurricane Katrina's devastation of the Gulf Coast and tornadoes in Indiana and Wisconsin, may have some homeowners wondering if there is any way to protect against...