Steve Kerch

Notes from the road: - The last time I was by Sun City Huntley, Del Webb's first northern-climate senior housing development, there was nothing on the site except bulldozers. Now,...

The National Association of Home Builders has sent around a slick, 22-page "Housing at the Millennium: Facts, Figures and Trends" booklet chock full o' interesting tidbits. The Washington-based trade group...

The Internet is a great tool. It probably is going to revolutionize home improvement someday. But when it came to the Trials of Tuckpointing, it was good old-fashioned advertising that...

When the garage door started falling apart last summer, with the bolts holding the opener arm actually ripping through the decaying fiberboard, I summoned all my home repair skills in...

Is your house in the pink? Owens Corning, which uses the Pink Panther as a marketing pet, hopes so, because the company makes a variety of insulation and other building...

Do you like government-speak? Then you'll love this announcement from the Federal Reserve Board's Open Market Committee, which ushered in a half-point rise in interest rates last week, a rise...

My friend and colleague T.J. is a self-described nomad -- ready, willing and able to move at what seems like a moment's notice, feeling fidgety if she somehow finds herself...

After reviewing the mail this week, I think there ought to be some sort of competitive arena in which columnists could measure their readers against one another, like an intramural...

I am going to take you into my confidence. And then I am going to ask you a favor. I'll understand if you say no because, frankly, I'm not sure...

Some people still own typewriters. Many more have mastered the new-fangled intricacies of e-mail. There are folks who even continue to put pen to paper. And you could swear a...