Sharon Stangenes

With today's edition of New Homes we resume publication of the House Hunter column, now written by Sharon Stangenes. The assistant editor of New Homes for the last half-dozen years,...

Some terms to know if you want to converse intelligently on the many apsects of open space and wetlands:Bog: Bogs are usually in isolated depressions or basins where drainage is...

The barn-red model home at Cornerstone Lakes in West Chicago is an eye catcher. The color is so unusual in local new-home construction that when the model opened last year,...

Promising few changes in products or services, the buyers of Dominick's Finer Foods said Friday they plan to step up renovation of existing stores and expand Chicago's second-biggest supermarket chain....

Federal officials proposed Monday that lending institutions be required to report the race and gender of borrowers who get business loans of $1 million or less. The rule, which banks...

The U.S. economy showed solid gains in the second quarter, the Commerce Department said Friday, but a buildup of inventories and weaker consumer spending signaled that slower growth may be...

When Chicago's North Federal Savings Bank proposed switching from a mutual to stock form in December 1993, longtime depositor Pat Terry seriously considered buying shares in the initial public offering....

While affirming the importance of the estimated $12 trillion market in financial derivatives, a government study released Wednesday found "significant" gaps in regulating that fast-growing business. Much of the 196-page...

A Federal Reserve report on business conditions Wednesday confirmed what some Chicago economists anticipated-that the expansion gained momentum recently across much of the nation, and especially in the Midwest. "Reports...