Before you go live in someone else’s house, and have them live in yours, make sure everyone is covered. [...]

Houses are also selling at their "fastest pace in five years." [...]

A four-bedroom villa with a tennis court, a three-story stone house with a pool, and an urban duplex apartment. Vote for your favorite. [...]

Knowing how to shut off your power and your pipes (and turn them back on) is a matter of safety and practicality. Let’s learn how to do it. [...]

Test your knowledge of the figures and fads that have defined the look of the American home. [...]

Mortgage rates fell a little this week, as mixed economic data makes the Federal Reserve's decision-making a little trickier. The average 30-year mortgage rate fell five basis points to 6.28% APR. A basis point is one one-hundredth of a percentage point, and we calculate our weekly average using daily APRs [...]

From the five boroughs up to the Hudson Valley and the Finger Lakes, we’re looking for home buyers to feature in our weekly column, The Hunt. [...]

This week’s properties are a three-bedroom house in Greenwich, Conn., and a four-bedroom house in East Hampton, N.Y. [...]

This week’s properties are in Murray Hill, Gramercy Park and Williamsburg. [...]

Why do so many more young people own their homes outright? [...]