These two men are checking the diagonal measurement for the forms for a concrete slab. They want to make sure it’s square. (Tim Carter/TNS) Perspective by Tim Carter Recently, a 75-year-old man ...

A 75-year-old man recently submitted a question on the Ask Tim page at askthebuilder.com. I get quite a few each week and answer each one. This particular question put a huge smile on my face because ...

Home builders are advertising mortgage rates that look almost impossibly low, turning financing into the main sales pitch rather than the house itself. Those offers can help buyers clear today's ...

We bought a house two years ago. Our purchase included a one-year warranty on the home. W e have yet to get our one-year home fixes done. Some of our repair requests have been blatantly ignored and ...

I’m guessing you log onto the internet each day. I travel the information superhighway all day long as part of my business. Fiber optic cables have now been extended throughout my small town in New ...

Q. I need to repair the mortar joints on my older brick home that was built in the late 1800s. I’ve seen some horrible workmanship where the mortar doesn’t match at all, and I want to avoid this. How ...

Be it good times and bad in residential real estate and construction, there’s no getting around how capital-intensive a business it is. But this time is different. Through the decades and right up to ...

Used to be, diligent consumers would check out complaints against builders at the attorney general's office, look for major lawsuits at the courthouse, and investigate credentials. But now that's ...

For the past few years, developer and home builder Estridge Homes could bank on the price quotes it received for asphalt holding steady for at least nine months. That window is now 15 days. For many ...