Beth Franken

The airplanes soaring — and roaring — overhead don't rattle Isabella Pitrello. They haven't for quite some time. A resident of the Schorsch Forest View neighborhood — a stone's throw...

After a month of amazing "firsts" — first Cubs pennant win since 1945, first presidential campaign to be sullied by an "Access Hollywood" tape — I have a few personal...

I got an email last week from a New York television producer with this in the subject line: "Casting Flippers For New TV Series." It was from the company that...

Remodeling a home is rather like having children: It's something you want to think about before you do it, so you can be prepared. On the other hand, sometimes it's...

Q: When is a garage not a garage? A: When it's a basketball court. Or a reincarnated 19th-century barn. Or a coveted guest house. Or a home office, au pair's...

For most real estate agents and home sellers the greatest fear, the toll of the bell, the worst hoodoo, is a protracted time on market. The longer the property sits...

Remember when you first moved out to the suburbs and, as you drove into the warren of tree-lined streets and cul-de-sacs, you thought to yourself, I don't really live here....