Finishing a basement feels like one of the smarter home investments you can make. You're turning unused square footage into a ...

A thorough home inspection can be the difference between a great deal and a terrible one. Here are the questions any home buyer should ask. By Tim Heffernan I recently reread the inspection report for ...

When homeowners doing work on their property consider a cheaper route, for example, hiring a contractor who doesn’t want to pull permits, they may not realize the risk they ...

Walk into any home inspection and you'll almost certainly walk out with a report listing something that needs attention. That ...

Homebuilders — always, everywhere, and all at once — face challenges when it comes to securing timely building inspections they require in their build cycles to “progress” and complete new homes for ...

Greg Daugherty has worked 25+ years as an editor and writer for major publications and websites. He is also the author of two books. Vikki Velasquez is a researcher and writer who has managed, ...

Q: Our son just made an offer on a home. The sellers and their agent say the house was “built to code,” but they won’t say whether the addition was built with a permit. Our son's home inspector ...

When homeowners doing work on their property consider a cheaper route, for example, hiring a contractor who doesn’t want to ...