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 ...

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 ...

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 ...