Are you looking to buy your dream home? Consider a spec home if you want high-quality finishes and a new, move-in-ready home. A spec house or speculation house is a sample home developers build to ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." When designer Hillary Kaplan decided to buy a spec house in Stone Ridge, New York and turn it into the ...

When designer Hillary Kaplan decided to buy a spec house in Stone Ridge, New York and turn it into the perfect mountain retreat for her family and friends, she had two goals: Personalize the space ...