One of the most basic elements of hurricane-proofing is to build a home on concrete pilings, which elevate it above the storm surge. The pilings also help support the structure and keep it from ...

Demand has been disappointing during the spring home-buying season, and tariffs threaten to raise costs.

The owners of the Sullivan’s Island house salvaged design elements from the original 19th-century property, as well as from ...

After Superstorm Sandy slammed into the New Jersey shore in 2012, people whose houses were still standing began having them raised—lifted on temporary pilings so that permanent foundations could ...