Building a home today requires a realistic understanding of costs before the first shovel ever hits the ground.

They couldn’t sleep. A hurricane was lashing their brand-new house with a torrent of wind and rain. Deborah Rodriguez and her husband were miles away, snuggled up in a hotel bed, but they could watch ...

Home equity is the portion of your property's value that you own outright. To determine how much equity you have, subtract the balance on your mortgage from the house's current market value. For ...