Bill and Ellen Herman set out to tear down their 50-year-old ranch house in Potomac and build anew. But when the estimate topped $2 million, they balked. Both work in commercial real estate—Bill is a ...

Corinth Square shopping center, built in the ranch style, opened in 1955, at the peak of the ranch house mania. “By 1955, eight out of 10 homes [in the United States] were built in the ranch ...

Luoma says the typical ranch house runs about 1,300-square feet and can be purchased for “under $200,000,” but that most will add 500-900 square feet to the homes, bringing values in the range ...