Al Heavens

I'll let my informed readers have a go at this week's column, since they've offered some useful insight into problems for which I've requested feedback in the last few weeks....

In the old days, if you were looking for a new place to live, you picked up the newspaper, looked at the real estate classifieds, put on comfortable shoes or...

Reverse mortgages allow people 62 and older to borrow against their home equity. Like marriage, the experts say, these are arrangements not to be entered into unadvisedly or lightly. That's...

So many documents, so few being read carefully or even at all, sums up the typical closing of a house sale for a large number of buyers. "I have not...

So many documents, so few being read carefully or even at all, sums up the typical closing of a house sale for a large number of buyers. "I have not...

Q When we had our kitchen remodeled about 11 years ago, we had a ceramic-tile floor installed. The floor is very durable; however, the grout is about one-eighth of an...

Fixed mortgage rates remain below 5 percent, and these days fewer homebuyers seem to be opting for adjustable-rate loans. But low fixed rates aren't the only reason that adjustables are...

Q The section of hardwood floor that connects my mother's living room and dining room slopes downward. The slant, which has been there for many years, is not pronounced, and...