Median-price purchasers don't expect kitchens fit for food stars, trickling waterfalls, or fire pits. But they dream, too, and here's what's on their wish lists.

Gray is the new black; reclaimed wood and porcelain floors are made for walkin’; and wireless is controlling sound, window shades, TV, and more. This is a look at the hottest home design trends anticipated for the new year.

Adding life to outdoor spaces will help sell the lifestyle of a home. Here are staging tips to help buyers imagine gathering spaces, tranquil hideaways, or entertainment coves that are possible with your listing.

After years of filling overwhelming great rooms and domineering kitchens, designers are viewing the heart of the home in a more holistic way. Make way for “lifestyle spaces” that are in better sync with how people live today. Here’s how to make your listings fit right in.

Buyers emerging from a recession mind-set are reclaiming the master suite. What’s new in this home dreamscape?

Staging a home like a movie set could lead to a Hollywood ending.

Designers look far beyond fashion mags for ideas on how to anticipate the latest trends and future desires of home shoppers. Follow in their footsteps to become a trend spotter for your business. 

Learn about some of the more common little home intruders that try to seek shelter inside during the winter and how you can prevent the havoc they wreak.

While most real estate professionals advise their clients to tend to the yard work, trim the trees, and put out a new welcome mat, they may miss these compelling ideas for sprucing up exteriors.

With the help of a professional organizer, Coldwell Banker sales associate Bridget Gricus organized her home office in five easy steps. Here's how you can, too.

Ideas generating buzz among buyers.