Q: I have concerns about changes to a security monitoring system in my town house development.

Q: We are subtenants who have just found out that the landlord is evicting our "landlord," the original tenant, for illegal subletting. Apparently, the original tenant didn't ask permission to sublet his place, which he was required to do. Where does this leave my daughter and me?

A notorious housing market bear has changed his tune. Yes, he says, now is a good time to buy a home, if …

Century 21's Super Bowl ad isn't laugh-out-loud funny.

Former WMAQ-Ch. 5 sports anchor and reporter Paula Faris and her husband, John Krueger, have sold their four-bedroom duplex condominium unit in the North Side's Bowmanville neighborhood for $350,000.

New England Homes is offering discounts and incentives from Feb. 10-17 at Acadia on the Green, a mixed-use condominium development in downtown Downers Grove.

Board members know they aren't supposed to run off with their community association's reserve funds. That's an obvious conflict of interest, and illegal, to boot.

They had so much in common that mutual friends asked them if they knew each other. When Janet Chankin and Barb Saltzman bought town houses at Millbrook Pointe in Wheeling, Saltzman went to Chankin's door and introduced herself.

When it's cold outside, activities heat up at condos and apartments

Whether you're cocooning or stuck inside, condo amenities help while away winter days

Those needing help with home-improvement projects can find solutions at the Old House New House Home Show from Feb. 10-12 at Pheasant Run Resort, 4051 E. Main St., in St. Charles.

Brent Stevens appreciates history. That's one reason he and his wife, Vicki, purchased an 1840s-era home in Constantine, Mich., in 1999.

The freebie lumberyard nail pouch isn't a standard giveaway anymore. Not that it worked very well. Two pockets for different kinds of nails became one, slipping a hammer into the waist string was a wrestling match, and then the string came loose until you knotted it and couldn't get it off. No wonder it was free.

Before you begin a remodeling project, you need estimates. Getting them requires research into materials, appliances, colors, finishes and, of course, prices. Sort out the pieces, and then comes the really hard part: finding someone to put all the pieces together.

President Barack Obama on Wednesday called on Congress to approve a $5 billion to $10 billion effort to help U.S. homeowners refinance as part of a wider package of proposals to shore up the depressed housing market.

Serene and stationary in a centerpiece or outdoor container, Oriental bittersweet (Celastrus orbiculatus) appears innocent. But when set loose in a natural area, this aggressive vine quickly forms a patch of tangled stems where nothing else can live.

The winter of 2011-2012 has been pretty mild in many parts of the country, but there's still plenty of frigid weather to come. When it does, dogs and cats can get frostbite. Most susceptible are the tips of their tails and ears. Dogs with long ears, like Basset Hounds and Weimaraners, are especially at risk.

Home prices in the Chicago area fell in November for the third consecutive month, putting them back at May 2001 levels, according to a widely watched index released Tuesday.

No matter whether it's the year of the dragon, the horse, or the sheep, the philosophical principles of feng shui can add harmony to your interior design -- and even inject a new spirit of romance.

New plants can bring some spark to gardens (and help us dream of spring)

Every winter, as icy winds whip sleet around the yard, gardeners long for spring and the chance to try new things. But "new" — the most powerful word in the plant business — can be tricky.

Separate the good-as-gold advice from the misguided tips that won't go away

Sometimes it seems as if there are as many gardening books as there are dandelions in spring.