Still, Palmquist suggests most good homes for middle-class families are being created by families themselves. They are the ...

The house with the white picket fence is simply not for everyone anymore, whether because of financial or lifestyle reasons.

Beginning in the late 1940s, the white picket fence became synonymous with the American Dream. Lambert / Hulton Archive / Getty Images In little Taylor, Mississippi, outside Oxford, a developer ...

Picket Fence Cafe, 2714 13th St., is a staple of Columbus's downtown food scene. They've got pie, coffee, pancakes, burgers, salads and — you guessed it — fries. This week, I went on a ...

When Alisa Newman was shopping for a home earlier this year, she harbored no fantasies of a white picket fence surrounding a single-family home. Instead, she opted for a townhouse. "I decided on a ...

Many experts say the lack of homes is the main problem, so developers are building residences as fast as they can. Single-family home construction jumped 16% in September.

Beneath the white picket fences and worried smiles is a festering evil as people go missing and pets are mutilated. An evil that is growing as doors stay locked and bolted. An evil has been feeding, ...

As housing costs soar, younger adults are trying to reimagine prosperity — without the white picket fence. Credit ... the tasks that those vintage print advertisements made seem so romantic ...

Naperville's safe, livable. An ideal spot for those who want a good, old-fashioned suburban lifestyle. Where gardening in your birthday suit may not be so out there.