​​ Step into any of Chicago’s new or newly remodeled senior living communities, and you may think you’ve accidentally entered a fancy...

​​ A tour of a new retirement community brings plenty of welcome surprises. Gone are the long hospital-like hallways, replaced by open...

Online searches. Open houses. Campus tours. Meals in the dining room. Applications. Financial calculations. If you're in the so-called...

Snore rooms. Drop zones. Tandem garages. Conversation islands. It's 2014, and the active adult real estate market is wowing buyers with...

Dreaming of a home in a Chicagoland active adult community, but have less than $200,000 to spend? There are at least three affordable...

Walk-in showers. Butler’s pantries. Pull-out shelves. Custom woodwork. LED lighting. When it comes to new home amenities, yesterday’s...

Every summer, House Beautiful magazine erects a pavilion in New York's Rockefeller Plaza and asks a renowned designer to make his or her...

With 9 out of 10 homebuyers using the Internet in their search, according to the National Association of Realtors, home shopping is like...