Contractors, it seems, are always busy. Seldom has this been more true than in the current remodeling market. Lately, a downturn in the availability of labor and construction materials has caused a ...

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 ...

It takes careful planning, saving and budgeting to be ready to renovate your home. But the next step you take — hiring a contractor — might just be the most important. That’s because a good one will ...

Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. Somer G. Anderson is CPA, doctor of accounting, and an accounting and finance professor who ...

Starting a new home project is exciting, but it’s also a huge undertaking. Your contractor can make or break the renovation. Hire the wrong person for the job, and you could be living in a ...

Contractors fill one of every five jobs in the United States and are expected to make up nearly half our workforce within the next decade. They bring with them varying degrees of occupational health ...