After lava swallows their Hawaii home, a couple is ready to live in a tropical paradise on St. Thomas; a New York couple with seven kids under 18 look for a new life in Roatan, Honduras.

A Toronto couple sell everything to run a bed-and-breakfast in Bocas del Toro, Panama; one has lavish dreams of something move-in-ready, while the other is more concerned with ensuring the adventure doesn't sink their savings.

A busy California couple looks to shake things up in Sosua, Dominican Republic; he wants to save money to put toward a business on the island, but buying a spacious home for their large family is her top priority.

Ready to leave the snow behind, an adventurous Ohio couple looks for a new home in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic; they look for a modern condo close to the beach that has privacy, lots of amenities and enough space for friends and family to visit.

A hard-working couple from Nebraska is ready to ditch the landlocked life for the beautiful beaches of Vieques, Puerto Rico; they hope to find a fixer-upper with a large backyard and rental potential to sculpt into their personal paradise.

After dating for a few months, a couple that met online and bonded over love of cocktails traveled to one of her favorite places, the island of St. John; he fell in love with the island and now they're looking for a home on the beach.

A Canadian couple looks to shed winter coats and some weight with a move to the Dominican Republic; they want a more active and healthy lifestyle and hope to find a home with rental potential, an updated kitchen and a swimming pool.

After saving for years, a New York City couple is ready to live full time on the quiet island of Vieques, Puerto Rico; his dream is to be oceanfront, while she wants a home far from the shore, but they both agree that rental potential is a must.

An adventurous couple is leaving the cold behind for the warm weather on Roatan, Honduras; a couple makes the move from Georgia to the place where she grew up in the Bahamas.

A Maryland couple looks for the perfect home on St. John; a Michigan couple moves to St. Croix to be closer to the ocean and live a more active lifestyle.

A couple is blowing out of the windy city of Chicago to plant their roots in Vieques, Puerto Rico; a Texas couple is looking to move to St. John to enjoy all that the island has to offer.

A newlywed couple is trading long Michigan winters for year-round sunshine on St. Croix; a couple decides to move to Las Terrenas, Dominican Republic, and the man brings his son to help find the perfect condo.

Newlyweds leave their farm in Ontario, Canada, for a life of adventure on St. Maarten; she wants a move-in-ready condo with a large kitchen, but he's looking for a boat where he can spend his days on the water.

A couple with two daughters leaves behind their hectic life in Texas for the island of Aruba; they're eager to relax as a family and discover more about the island's culture, but are torn between buying a condo or a single-family home.

A Pennsylvania dentist convinces his family to leave the cold northeast for the Dominican Republic; they seek a home with access to the beach that has a nice backyard for the kids, but nothing so big that he has to spend all his time doing yard work.

A man from Maine convinces his wife to make Vieques, Puerto Rico, their forever home; a Michigan woman is ready to embrace island life in St. Croix.

A woman from Pennsylvania is ready to make Las Terrenas her forever home; she is looking for a property with at least two bedrooms, a large kitchen, a space big enough for her jewelry-making hobby and is feline-friendly.

An outdoor-loving Ohio couple is relocating to St. Croix to avoid snow and spend more time off-roading and finding new trails; while he wants space to tinker with his cars, she's focused on sticking to their budget.

High school sweethearts from Kansas City eye Roatan, Honduras, for the opportunity to reduce their work schedules and have a less stressful life; a home close to the beach is their top priority, but they would also love a pool and space to garden.

A fun-loving couple is moving from Atlanta to Vieques, Puerto Rico, and wants a beachfront property where he can snorkel and she can lay by the pool; a family leaves snowy, cold Canada for the warm, white beaches of Roatan, Honduras.

A couple wants to bring their Southern flavors to Roatan, Honduras; a Texas power-couple makes a big purchase on the island of St. John.

Making one's home on a tropical island sounds like an expensive proposition, but this house-hunting series shows it can be done within almost any budget as families seek to find their own corner of paradise. The featured properties run the gamut from ultra-affordable to totally outrageous, located in places like Key West, Fla., Kodiak Island, Alaska, Mount Desert Island in Maine, and Washington State's San Juan Islands. Everyday families ready to start a new adventure, escape hectic lifestyles in cookie-cutter subdivisions, or simply get away from cold and snow, prove that island fantasies can be reality.

Purchasing a beachfront property doesn't always mean buyers have to break the bank. This series documents the journeys of families who are dreaming of living in a sandy locale with palm trees and warm ocean breezes, but those dreams are accompanied by a firm budget. And by budget we mean substantially short of a million dollars. The house hunters tour three to four waterfront properties -- each with surprisingly affordable price tags -- before choosing the one that turns the beach lifestyle dreams into reality.

Mexico is much more than a tourist destination. Its warm Caribbean waters, sandy beaches, vibrant nightlife and sizzling culinary scene, among other benefits, attracts expatriates worldwide. "Mexico Life" takes a page out of HGTV's long-running "House Hunters" to feature people who want a secluded piece of south-of-the-border paradise to call their own. From condos in Cabo San Lucas and Puerto Aventuras to bigger residences in the coastal towns of Tulum or Akumal, homebuyers and local real estate professionals work together to find perfect Mexican properties.

The series brings potential home buyers a better understanding of the process, each episode following a prospective buyer and an agent from start to finish.

Fixer-uppers are on the wish lists of house hunters in this addition to HGTV's long-running franchise. In each episode, the featured home buyers tour three for-sale homes and choose the one that is the perfect fixer-upper. The added bonus? Cameras also capture what happens after the home is purchased and the renovation project begins. The progress is charted as the new homeowners turn their property into home sweet home, then they finally reveal their new space.

There's a trend in U.S. housing, albeit a very small one. Drawn to the prospect of financial freedom, a simpler lifestyle, and limiting one's environmental footprint, more buyers are opting to downsize -- in some cases, to spaces no larger than 600 square feet. Where are these homes, and how do buyers find them? In this series realtors help people find perfect compact kingdoms -- from full-time residences to seasonal getaways. Shoppers in each episode get to see three styles before they decide which is their best fit.