An Independent Life of Flowers and Bible Verses in the Bronx
A woman in a HUD-subsidized apartment in a building for older New Yorkers bristles at the notion that she would stay home and “watch these four walls.”
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A woman in a HUD-subsidized apartment in a building for older New Yorkers bristles at the notion that she would stay home and “watch these four walls.”
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A shingled bungalow with a guesthouse and a geodesic dome in Topanga, a Victorian-era retreat in Napa and a midcentury-modern home in Berkeley.
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A home buyer quickly found out his co-op shared something in common with Carnegie Hall, Grand Central Terminal and the Cathedral of Saint John the Divine.
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After retiring in Seattle, a school teacher ventured to the Lake Geneva area of Eastern France, looking for ‘a small town with lots of cute shops and restaurants.’ Would Evian fit the bill?
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Should You Put Money Into a House You’re Planning to Sell?
Is your goal to maximize value by attracting many potential buyers, or to have a quicker sale that minimizes disruption in your life?
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This Old, Old House: Would You Buy a 1702 Fixer-Upper?
Many people dream about restoring a historic home. Lee McColgan actually quit his job and did it, teaching himself the necessary skills along the way.
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The Futurist Living Above the Store
Faith Popcorn blends work and life in her Upper East Side townhouse.
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Restoring a Chair Is Easier Than You Think. Ask the Brownstone Boys.
Jordan Slocum and Barry Bordelon have a lot of practice restoring brownstones in Brooklyn, so refinishing a chair was no big deal. Here’s how they did it.
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Two Floors of a Century-Old Mansion Are Listed on the Upper East Side
The longtime auctioneer David Redden and his wife, Jeanette, are selling their duplex penthouse at the Joseph Pulitzer House. The asking price is $6.975 million.
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$800,000 Homes in Glasgow, Scotland
A Victorian rowhouse in the Kelvinbridge district and two four-bedroom houses in the leafy suburb of Bearsden.
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Why One Man Runs a Tree Service That Won’t Cut Down Dead Trees
Basil Camu is on a mission to save trees, even the dying ones. His unconventional approach: Let it be.
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In London, a Houseboat Used to Be the Affordable Option. Not Anymore.
With land-based home prices increasingly out of reach, more Londoners are taking to the water. But as the canals fill up, even this affordable living option is becoming less attainable.
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$900,000 Homes in Illinois, North Carolina and Arizona
A Frank Lloyd Wright house in Wilmette, an 1897 Italianate home in Wilmington and a renovated midcentury house in Scottsdale.
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When Your Neighbor Renovates, How Do You Protect Your Home?
A law exists to balance the interests of people who renovate their properties with the interests of their neighbors.
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Co-op Assessments: Do You Have to Pay What They Say?
Courts allow co-op boards significant power over building finances, including assessments — if the fees are in ‘good faith.’
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I Hired an Agent to Sell My Home. Do I Have to Pay the Buyer’s Broker Now?
The legal settlements roiling the real estate industry are changing the way commissions get paid. But the change could come slowly.
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My Neighbor Has a Very Annoying Emotional Support Dog. What Can I Do?
As long as this dog isn’t biting people, it’s probably not going anywhere. But that doesn’t necessarily mean you have to live with the noise.
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Bernardsville, N.J.: A Gilded Age Enclave Looking to the Future
With grand estates and rolling meadows, this Somerset County borough has long attracted the wealthy. But now it’s courting younger, less affluent buyers.
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Ringwood, N.J.: A Rural Lifestyle 40 Miles From New York City
Residents say this northern Passaic County borough resembles the Catskills: “You’re in the country, and yet you’re not far from the city.”
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Brooklyn Heights: A Historic Waterfront Community Minutes From Manhattan
The neighborhood, known as New York’s first suburb, is a place where ‘people want to stay forever.’
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Medford, N.J.: A Rural Township With a Quaint Downtown
The Burlington County community often surprises new residents with its woodsy vibe: “It’s not at all what we thought of when we thought of New Jersey.”
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This week’s properties are on Riverside Drive, in Chelsea and in the South Bronx.
By Heather Senison
This week’s properties are three-bedroom homes in Croton-on-Hudson, N.Y., and Redding, Conn.
By Anne Mancuso and Alicia Napierkowski
In addition to paying the fine, the online brokerage would give a group of home sellers access to a nationwide database of commissions paid to real estate agents, pending court approval.
By Debra Kamin
A renovated midcentury home in Los Angeles, a hillside house in Sausalito and a 2020 retreat in Santa Paula.
By Angela Serratore
The civil rights organization will anchor a sprawling mixed-use development in Harlem that will include a new museum focused on the American civil rights struggle in the North.
By Mia Jackson
April's top sales include a $22 million row house bought by the founder of the beauty brand Glossier.
By Vivian Marino
The apartment, at 101 Central Park West, was bought in 1976 by Irwin Segelstein of Columbia Records and is on the market for the first time in nearly half a century.
By Vivian Marino
A townhouse in Belém, an apartment with a balcony in Santos and an apartment on a plaza in Alfama.
By Lana Bortolot
The tiny cabin, one of the few extant examples of a popular 1970s design, had no heat or toilet. But it was theirs for $85,000.
By Julie Lasky
Pearl House, at 160 Water Street, is designed to bring personality to its neighborhood — whether you think that’s FiDi or the Seaport.
By Victoria M. Walker
When the bathroom leak in her Bed-Stuy rental became too much to bear, an Alabama native looked around Prospect Heights, Williamsburg and Crown Heights for something she could afford to buy.
By Joyce Cohen
This week’s properties are a five-bedroom in Port Washington and a horse farm in Upper Freehold.
By Claudia Gryvatz Copquin and Jill P. Capuzzo
This week’s properties are on Central Park West, in Chelsea and Bedford-Stuyvesant.
By Heather Senison
Thanks to huge increases in values, with home sellers making double or triple what they paid, more sales are triggering the capital gains tax.
By Michael Kolomatsky
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An early 19th-century Cape Cod-style home with a writing studio in Provincetown, a 1939 cottage in Austin and an 1840 house in Charleston.
By Angela Serratore
“Their disdain for this house,” the designer said, “was a green light to give it a whole new life.”
By Tim McKeough
A 1926 Spanish-style home in Pasadena, a five-bedroom retreat in Lake Arrowhead and a midcentury ranch house in La Mesa.
By Angela Serratore
It’s not that easy to tell fake Donald Judd furniture from the real thing. See if you can do a better job than Kim Kardashian.
By Anna Kodé
After moving 10 times in 10 years, a woman found that a little luck was the best companion for a lot of hard work. She won a studio in a lottery on her fifth try.
By D.W. Gibson
Fueled by the public’s love of reality TV and desire to view luxury homes, real estate agents are chasing fame as fervently as they chase deals.
By Debra Kamin and Karen Hanley
Some communities with religious origins now offer spiritual programming as just one of many enticements, like the bingo nights of yesteryear.
By Tammy LaGorce
Fueled by the public’s love of reality TV and desire to view luxury homes, real estate agents are chasing fame as fervently as they chase deals.
By Debra Kamin
Rent-stabilized tenants can request to sublet their apartments in most cases, and landlords cannot unreasonably withhold consent. But what is ‘reasonable?’
By Jill Terreri Ramos
HomeServices of America, the largest residential real estate brokerage in the United States, will settle the claims brought by home sellers who said they were forced to pay inflated commissions, pending court approval.
By Debra Kamin
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A solar-powered seafront villa, a three-bedroom house with gardens near Shoal Bay Beach, and a presale in a six-home development opposite the Four Seasons Resort Anguilla.
By Michael Kaminer
A writer reflects on what it means to lose nearly everything in a disaster, as she moves into a new home.
By Brooklyn White-Grier
Having poured thousands into an older house with maintenance issues, a single mother aimed her $450,000 budget at something newer and nicer for herself and her teenager. Here’s what she found.
By Frances Robles
This week’s properties are a five-bedroom in New Canaan, Conn., and a four-bedroom in Chappaqua, N.Y.
By Alicia Napierkowski and Anne Mancuso
This week’s properties are on Sutton Place, in Hamilton Heights and Forest Hills.
By Heather Senison
A study suggests that Gen Z has it better in the housing market than the millennials who came before them.
By Michael Kolomatsky
A 1926 brick house in Lexington, a two-bedroom condominium in Lyme and a Tudor Revival home in Minneapolis.
By Angela Serratore
Apiary Studio in Philadelphia works with whatever a site holds to create landscapes that match the city’s aesthetic: “gritty, punk, improvised, layered with history.”
By Margaret Roach
Home sellers will no longer be required to offer commission to a buyer’s agent when they sell their property, under an agreement with the National Association of Realtors.
By Debra Kamin
Love or hate the elevated train right outside your window? Tell us about your experience.
By Anna Kodé
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Here’s how to make your morning shower more luxurious.
By Tim McKeough
A three-bedroom home in La Jolla, a renovated retreat in Palm Springs and an Edwardian house in San Francisco.
By Angela Serratore
A landowner named Hezekiah Beers Pierrepont started selling plots of his Brooklyn land in the 1820s restricted by eight-foot setbacks still in effect today, rankling modern developers.
By Jeremy Lechtzin and Aliza Aufrichtig
A three-bedroom houseboat, a duplex in a 19th-century brick building and a renovated townhouse with a roof terrace.
By Alison Gregor
David Saint, a theater director and a producer of the 2021 film version of “West Side Story,” is selling his duplex with a wraparound terrace in the East Village.
By Vivian Marino
A new version of the Pritzker Prize-winning architect’s Paper Log House is on display at the Glass House in New Canaan, Conn.
By Tim McKeough
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