Sharon Stangenes

Along with many other Chicago- area Baby Boomers, Tara Gilligan raised three children in a two-story suburban house. But several years ago, she found herself longing for the convenience of...

How committed are you as a buyer to a particular town or suburb? The answer can mean a difference of thousands of dollars in the price of a new home...

Like viewers of the TV series "Where In the World is Carmen Sandiego" and the "Where in the World is Matt Lauer?" segments on the "Today Show," buyers looking for...

Yes, there still are trees at Timber Trails. That is the first question asked by people when they learn I have visited the new-home development now rising on the site...

Builders tell me a growing number of new-home buyers are opting for 9-foot ceilings in basements so that the lower level can be finished into a family room or other...

Homeless is an ugly word, especially at this festive time of year. Yet with the slump in the housing market and a climbing foreclosure rate, homelessness is a fact of...

The hole at the corner of Wacker Drive and Clark Street across the street from the Chicago River may well be the start of what is stacking up as the...

As a frequent CTA rider, I have been on almost every line in the system. But I had not taken the Blue Line to the end of the line in...

`Inventory home' is a term with a high profile in recent months. These are houses, townhouses and condos available for buyers who want to move in quickly. Most production builders...

Most of the new residential construction in north suburban Lake County is "in-fill" housing, opined one builder at a recent roundtable discussion. While that is something of an exaggeration--there are...