A well-kept exterior can make a home look more inviting. Homeowners whose houses are looking a little drab may be considering updating their home with new stucco or siding—but what is the best type of ...

Dawn Weinberger is a freelance writer in Portland, Oregon who has contributed to numerous publications and websites over the past 20 years, including RD.com, Glamour, Women's Health, Entrepreneur, and ...

Q: I have been told that if you buy a home with the exterior having stucco, you are just looking for trouble. I have looked at a home that I just love but it has stucco on the outside. A: That ...

Our house is natural stucco, but has been painted over and over and is now peeling very badly. Our dilemma is whether to repaint, put new siding over the stucco or possibly re-stucco, so we have ...

Jeff Somers is a freelancer who has been writing about writing, books, personal finance, and home maintenance since 2012. When not writing, Jeff spends his free time fixing up his old house. He has ...

Vinyl siding came in second again to stucco among the primary types of exterior wall materials put on new U.S. single-family houses in 2020. Even though the number of houses built increased to 912,000 ...