Barbara has written professionally for more than two decades. In the past five years, she has specialized in creating real estate and home improvement content. Besides writing for Forbes Home, she ...

As panicked headlines around the world will testify, bed bugs have made a big comeback. While it’s fair to say the widely loathed pests never went away — they are easily transmitted from one person or ...

As a former realtor, general contractor and greenhouse operator, Kristi has touched nearly all aspects of homeownership, from the foundation up. Today, Kristi is a full-time investing and real estate ...

Don't let the bed bugs bite. The tiny, blood-sucking insects are preparing for some feasts as summer—when they're most active— and peak travel season approaches. Here's what you need to know about ...

The cost-of-living crisis, post-Covid travel and climate change are all driving a bed-bug epidemic that is sweeping the UK. UK cities face bed bug epidemic Lyme disease: how serious is the tick-borne ...

It’s not surprising that half-truths and downright magical thinking come into play where bed bugs are concerned. There are few things that make us feel so powerless in our own domain as the specter of ...

William Hentley is affiliated with the University of Sheffield. He receives funding from the University of Sheffield. Bed bugs have recently exploded into the limelight amid widespread reports of a ...

Britain has been hit with an infestation of bed bugs, experts at Rentokil Pest Control have warned. Since April, callouts for bed bug infestations across the UK have increased by 62 per cent. And with ...