Carol Monaghan

Some question to consider when deciding whether to buy a second home: Do I know the market? Most second-home buyers have time on their sides, even more so in this...

Some question to consider when deciding whether to buy a second home: Do I know the market? Most second-home buyers have time on their sides, even more so in this...

Thirty seconds isn't much time to sell someone on your biggest investment, but often it is all the time buyers spend in deciding whether they are interested in a home....

There's a lot to love about concrete and granite counters--they're tough, beautiful and stand up to heat. But spill some wine or tomato sauce on either surface, and untreated counters...

During warm weather months, when the outdoors beckons, it's tough to muster patience to sift through hundreds of paint chips or hang messy wallpaper or tackle touchups. Here are some...

Transforming a room in one weekend took lots of advance planning and a flurry of work to execute (see cover story). Here are some strategies--and hints from Therese Laub, who...

Although women and men pay the same tuition to get their MBAs, they don't equally value their investment once they've earned the degree. A survey by the Graduate Management Admission...

Maybe it's all those unread e-mails clogging the inbox. Or maybe it's the lost shut-eye caused by a lumpy hotel mattress. But a new study by the Kensington Technology Group...

Fed up with meager raises and relentless demands to produce more with less, many of us are ready to bolt for a new job--when jobs open up. What many workers...