Category: Real Estate

Marian Berg lost nearly everything in the Atlas fire of 2017 — not just the Napa, Calif., house she had…

Los Angeles | $3.495 Million A 1965 midcentury-modern house with four bedrooms and three and a half bathrooms, on a…

Since the 1990s, the yearly price of attending a four-year private college including living expenses has almost doubled — from…

“Explore what’s in bloom now,” exclaims a banner on the New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill’s website. And, indeed,…

Tiny homes are being built across the country, and novel approaches to living small are being explored around the globe.…

Castine, Maine | $550,000 A 1909 cottage with two bedrooms and two bathrooms, on a 2.1-acre lot This property is…

Q: I’m looking to buy a home in New York’s Hudson Valley, where it seems sellers sometimes ask considerably more…

What’s the easiest way to make any room look better? A vase of fresh flowers. It’s also one of the…

Calton Hill | $600,000 (£475,000) A three-bedroom mews apartment in a historic Georgian district with park access This rectangular three-bedroom,…

This week’s properties are a three-bedroom in Weston, Conn., and a five-bedroom in Stony Brook, N.Y.

Manhattan | 400 East 59th Street, No. 15G Sutton Place Co-op $685,000 A one-bedroom, one-bath, roughly 700-square-foot apartment with a…

Andrew Torrey has turned the front door of his New York apartment into a teleportation device, whisking visitors off to…

A few years ago, Khaled Khaled was envisioning a new world order for renters: “I started telling everyone, ‘No one…

Calistoga | $4.979 Million A 2009 stone villa with three bedrooms, three and a half bathrooms and a one-bedroom, one-bathroom…

Greenwich, Conn. | $2.15 Million A 1929 Colonial Revival house with four bedrooms, three full bathrooms and two half bathrooms,…

This week’s properties are waterfront homes in Massapequa, N.Y., and Margate, N.J.

Brasschaat | $1.39 million (€1.295 million) A four-bedroom, two-bath house from 1938 with a thatched roof in the Antwerp suburb…

Q: I live in a co-op in New York City that doesn’t have a doorman. The front door to the…

Chick-fil-A’s new location in New York City has everything you’d expect from the chicken shop: friendly servers, crispy waffle fries…

Hardwood floors, beamed ceilings, exposed brick walls, working fireplaces — for many New Yorkers, the elements of a classic rowhouse…

Manhattan | 425 Park Avenue South, No. 15A NoMad Co-op $930,000 A one-bedroom, one-bath, roughly 1,000-square-foot apartment with an open…

With down payments ticking up in tandem with home prices and interest rates, how long does it take to save…

Be careful: The garden wants to have its own way, to blur the lines and refocus those pictures you planned…

One man wanted to find a home for his aging parents to retire. One young woman’s mother wanted to raise…

Tal Alexander, whose portfolio of luxury real estate transactions includes some of New York and Miami’s most eye-popping sales, is…

A home should be a place where you can welcome your extended family — at least that’s what Leah Martin…

Lake Arrowhead | $1.395 Million A 1949 cottage with three bedrooms, two bathrooms and a dock house, on a 0.1-acre…

Altadena | $2.365 Million A 1917 Craftsman bungalow with five bedrooms and two bathrooms, on a 0.4-acre lot This house,…

What to do when you have too much stuff and not enough storage space? Celebrate it. Storing some of that…

This week’s properties are five-bedroom homes in Millstone, N.J., and Brewster, N.Y.

Recent college graduates have plenty on their minds this summer: The national unemployment rate ticked up last month, and a…

Q: A month before I sold my Upper Manhattan co-op, I discovered that I would have to pay a flip…

The James A. Bailey residence at St. Nicholas Place and 150th Street in Harlem, built in 1888 for the less…

Modrany | $1.5 million (34.6 million Czech koruna) A three-bedroom loft with designated children’s areas in a reimagined aircraft parts…

Manhattan | 340 East 93rd Street, No. 6C Yorkville Co-op $589,000 A one-bedroom, one-bath, roughly 700-square-foot apartment with a pass-through…

This is what happens if you stay put, and keep digging holes: An effort that begins innocently enough — planting…

Summer officially starts on Thursday, and this season is predicted to be hotter than normal — a heat wave across…

Catskill, N.Y. | $395,000 An 1860 brick rowhouse with two bedrooms and two and a half bathrooms, on a 0.05-acre…

This story has been updated to include information about another lawsuit filed on Tuesday. For more than a decade, Oren…

Q: I am a shareholder in a Brooklyn co-op. One year ago, the board suddenly fired our super, who had…

For most buyers, mortgages are the cornerstone of purchasing a home. Sometimes a second mortgage is necessary, too, to cover…

For two years, James Valdez lived in his S.U.V., so it was a relief when he moved into Branford Village,…

For two years, James Valdez lived in his S.U.V., so it was a relief when he moved into Branford Village,…

After years of swings and misses, the Yankees legend Derek Jeter has finally found a buyer for his compound in…

Lubbers Quarters Cay | $990,000 A one-bedroom cottage with a studio guesthouse and a dock on Lubbers Quarters Cay. Two…

Suffolk | 76 Edgewood Avenue, Smithtown, N.Y. Farmhouse-Style Home $849,000 A four-bedroom, one-and-a-half-bath house built in 1900, with a circular…

Manhattan | 62 East First Street, No. 2S Lower East Side Condo $1.65 million A one-bedroom, one-bath 1,027-square-foot apartment with…

Denver | $1.285 Million A 1910 Craftsman house with four bedrooms and three bathrooms, on a 0.1-acre lot This house…

Summer is almost in full swing and New York is heating up. As the temperatures rise, we want to know…

Natale Adgnot didn’t always see the appeal of owning a cabin in the woods. For years, her husband, Sebastien Adgnot,…

I was at my station, a folding table dressed up with a burlap cloth, checking in visitors at a Garden…

Tiburon | $3.295 Million A 1974 house with three bedrooms and three bathrooms, on a 0.3-acre lot with views of…

This week’s properties are a four-bedroom in Norwalk, Conn., and a five-bedroom in White Plains, N.Y.

Manhattan | 269 West 72nd Street, No. 14D Upper West Side Co-op $425,000 A roughly 450-square-foot studio with an entry…

Choosing a good bed frame and mattress is important, but there’s something else that matters nearly as much: The way…

Q: I’m a shareholder in a large co-op in Queens. The lease prohibits odors from traveling from one apartment to…

Saint-Nicolas Parish | €893,000 ($970,000) A five-bedroom loft-style apartment with a private patio in a three-unit building Formerly a commercial…

Adam Neumann has been doing some downsizing. For several years, the maverick co-founder of what was once the most valuable…

New York City could soon lose its claim to the tallest building in the United States. The Oklahoma City Council…

Raising children in the best possible environment is a solid reason to relocate. But today’s tough real estate market has…

A three-bedroom condominium in a converted Gothic Revival church in New Haven, an 1873 rowhouse in Lambertville and a 1938…

Whether it’s complaints about air traffic at the East Hampton airport, teenagers partying on the beach or the arrival of…

The acclaimed actor Wendell Pierce says his rental application for an apartment in Harlem was denied by a white landlord,…

A Brooklyn woman who has been sober for three years needed a roommate. But alcohol would not be allowed in…

When he was growing up in Southwest Detroit, Cristian Rubio was never all that curious about the shuttered train station…

Palm Springs | $1.899 Million A midcentury-modern house with three bedrooms, two bathrooms and a vintage travel trailer, on a…

In Astoria, Queens, amid a row of small brick houses built in 1945 with tile roofs and the occasional gable,…

Most people haven’t been as lucky. Some 900 miles away in Virginia Beach, Talia Phillips and her husband started looking…

Standing in front of the Port Authority Bus Terminal on 42nd Street, a person can easily experience a multi-sensory overload…

Q: I live in a large market-rate apartment building on the Upper West Side. My landlord placed my security deposit…

Belgrano | $2.2 million (1.96 billion Argentine pesos) A three-bedroom apartment with sweeping views in a modern tower near South…

Perched on a hill with a view of the Atlantic Ocean, the condo in Virginia Beach was just what Dr.…

NASSAU | 17 PEMBROKE DRIVE, GLEN COVE, N.Y. Colonial-Style House $2.2 million A four-bedroom, four-and-a-half-bath house, built in 2002 in…

The number of available rentals in New York City grew to 30,314 in April, up nearly 5 percent since last…

Many weeks before tomato seedlings can be safely transplanted outside — or almost any freshly seed-sown vegetables dare break the…

Claverack, N.Y. | $3.95 Million A 1766 Dutch farmhouse with five bedrooms and three and a half bathrooms, on 143…

One of the most famous movie residences is for sale. The “Home Alone” house, in the Chicago suburbs, is on…

For years, Elena Colombo loved the live-work studio she shared with her partner, Mark Lavelle, in an industrial section of…

Los Angeles | $4.995 Million A 1950 house with four bedrooms, four and a half bathrooms and a detached studio…

When Noah Charney and his wife were house-shopping near Philadelphia, one real estate agent after another claimed to have the…

Share your photos and videos to contribute to a New York Times story about living near elevated train lines in…

During the first quarter of 2024, sales of single-family homes in the Hamptons were up 35 percent year-over-year, and sale…

Q: I live in a co-op in Midtown East, and I cannot use the intercom in my apartment due to…

Saint James | $750,000 A two-story, colonial-inspired townhouse with two bedrooms in a golf resort This two-bedroom, two-bath townhouse with…

Judith Sheindlin, better known as TV’s Judge Judy, is putting her Manhattan home, a duplex penthouse with a wraparound terrace…

Manhattan | 511 East 82nd Street, No. 4RW Yorkville Penthouse $799,000 A one-bedroom, two-bath, roughly 1,200-square-foot duplex with an updated…

This week’s properties are a five-bedroom in Upper Saddle River, N.J., and a four-bedroom in Bronxville, N.Y.

Like the Hamptons itself, where white-sand beaches and white-glove service await those with enough equity each summer, the reality TV…

Durham, N.C. | $1.6 Million A Queen Anne Revival house with four bedrooms and three and a half bathrooms, on…

Any outdoor space in the city, no matter how small, is a precious thing. “In New York City, if you’re…

After years of renting houses in the Hamptons, Donna Lennard was ready to buy a place of her own in…

Ryan Sherman’s first job was picking up cigarette butts outside the restaurant where his mom worked. He was 12. A…

Los Angeles | $1,499,999 A Spanish-style house with two bedrooms, two bathrooms and a guesthouse, on a 0.2-acre lot This…

Lyndon Cormack loves his waterfront house in North Vancouver, Canada, which sits at the bottom of an old forestry road…

The photographer Susan Kaufman fell in love with the Hamptons at the age of 8. She was seated in the…

It was the first New York City home they owned, shortly after the breakup of the Beatles. In the fall…

Q: I am on the board of a 10-unit co-op brownstone in Harlem. We like to keep the maintenance fees…

Gothic Quarter | €640,000 ($690,000) A redesigned two-bedroom apartment close to cafes, museums and landmarks. This newly rebuilt two-bedroom apartment…

If you’ve been thinking about moving, London’s built-environment community wants you to consider staying put. On Tuesday night, the New…

Manhattan | 46 East 92nd Street, No. 1 Carnegie Hill Garden Co-op $1.55 million A two-bedroom, two-bath, roughly 1,240-square-foot apartment…

With a lack of inventory fueling the current housing crisis, U.S. cities are converting commercial spaces into residential spaces. In…

The first time I met Neil Diboll, he set his front yard on fire. On purpose. It was part of…

Lexington, Ky. | $449,000 A 1924 bungalow with two bedrooms and one and a half bathrooms, on a 0.1-acre lot…

And the most popular breed and dog name in each.

About two weeks after Marcell Leon Viragh moved into the Park Santa Monica, a Los Angeles building where residents can…

Molly Mungroo is not a homebody. “I’m not going to stay in this house and watch these four walls,” she…

Topanga | $2.2 Million A shingled split-level bungalow built in 1931, with three bedrooms, three bathrooms, a guesthouse with a…

Furnishing your home with antiques doesn’t have to be expensive — not if you’re willing to do a little restoration…

Lee McColgan’s career in finance was probably doomed as soon as he started visiting historic house museums. The first one…

The auctioneer David Redden remembers seeing the grand Joseph Pulitzer mansion on the Upper East Side from a client’s home…

Q: I am a senior citizen and I live in a modest Cape Cod-style home in northern New Jersey. The…

It’s as if you discovered that the living room in your new apartment had been painted by Michelangelo. Frank DiLella…

Bearsden | £625,000 ($785,000) A restored four-bedroom, two-bath semidetached house from the 1930s north of Glasgow. This capacious three story,…

Manhattan | 360 Riverside Drive, No. 7C Upper West Side Co-op $915,000 A one-bedroom, one-bath, roughly 800-square-foot apartment with an…

And the most popular breed and dog name in each.

It’s one of the costliest actions we take in managing our landscapes — in terms of dollars and environmental damage…

Wilmette, Ill. | $899,000 A 1916 Frank Lloyd Wright house with three bedrooms, two full and one partial bathroom, on…

Redfin will give home sellers who say they were forced to pay inflated commissions access to its vast, nationwide trove…

When you walk along the towpaths lining London’s 100-mile network of canals, a life on the water can appear idyllic.…

The National Urban League is moving its headquarters to Harlem, the neighborhood where it was founded in 1910, and will…

Los Angeles | $3.195 Million A recently renovated 1956 house with four bedrooms and three and a half bathrooms, on…

Q: I rent a market-rate apartment in a three-unit building in Queens, and my neighbor is setting up for major…

A large tax exemption enjoyed by many American home sellers for the past 27 years has been losing steam recently,…

At first glance, 160 Water Street looks like one of the many office buildings packed close together on the border…

Rua do Embaixador | €790,000 ($847,000) A renovated two-bedroom house with a patio in the Belém neighborhood This two-story townhouse,…

One weekend in 2021, Gemma Warren was doing what she did every weekend: sitting over coffee in her home in…

The stately brick-and-limestone apartment house at 101 Central Park West has been home to many high-profile residents over the years,…

Manhattan | 444 Central Park West, No. 6H Manhattan Valley Co-op $1.675 million A two-bedroom, two-bath, 1,600-square-foot apartment with an…

This week’s properties are a five-bedroom in Port Washington and a

It was a day like any other — the day my home was engulfed by fire. No one on earth…

Provincetown, Mass. | $2.1 Million An 1830 Cape Cod-style house with two bedrooms, one and a half bathrooms and a…

Tanzania Hughie had a vision. “I was going to come back to New York, get a job and live in…

For a long time, Alicia and Craig Oberg disliked their house so much that they didn’t want to invite anyone…

“If you guys are furniture people, because I’ve really gotten into furniture lately,” Kim Kardashian said in a YouTube video,…

Pasadena | $1.269 Million A 1926 Spanish-style house with three bedrooms and two bathrooms, on a 0.2-acre lot This house,…

The crowd began gathering at 5 p.m., into the movie-perfect backyard of a 1920s Spanish-style Los Angeles estate once owned…

Faith-based communities “are doing a bit of a dance,” said Ms. Tweeten, who has been advising older people for 17…

Homeownership has been a touchy subject for Gen Z, as the generation compares its housing fate with that of the…

Q: I live in a rent-stabilized apartment in Brooklyn, and my lease is up for renewal. I plan to attend…

HomeServices of America, the largest residential real estate brokerage in the United States and owned by Warren E. Buffett’s Berkshire…

Seafeathers | $1.2 million A solar-powered seafront villa with Caribbean design flourishes With the Caribbean Sea as its backdrop, this…

Manhattan | 463 West 142nd Street, No. 2A Hamilton Heights Condo $964,000 A two-bedroom, one-bath, 887-square-foot apartment with an open…

This week’s properties are a five-bedroom in New Canaan, Conn., and a four-bedroom in Chappaqua, N.Y.

Lexington, Ky. | $695,000 A 1926 brick house with three bedrooms and two and a half bathrooms, on a 0.2-acre…

“Don’t throw it ‘away.’ There is no ‘away.’” That waste-conscious message was scrawled on the back of a decades-old pickup…

A settlement that will rewrite the way many real estate agents are paid in the United States has received preliminary…

For an upcoming project, The New York Times is hoping to learn more about New Yorkers who live in apartments…

La Jolla | $4.2 Million A 1987 house with three bedrooms and three and a half bathrooms, on a 0.1-acre…

This week’s properties are a four-bedroom in Mount Kisco, N.Y., and a five-bedroom in Glen Ridge, N.J.

At the architect Philip Johnson’s former estate in New Canaan, Conn., there has long been a Glass House and a…

Q: I am a shareholder in a Riverdale co-op, and the board recently announced a $500,000 assessment that must be…

As soon as he stepped inside the East Village duplex 12 years ago, the theater director David Saint knew that…

IJburg | €995,000 ($1.05 million) A three-bedroom houseboat in a floating gated community on Amsterdam’s waterfront This three-bedroom houseboat is…

Manhattan | 341 West 87th Street, No. 1F Upper West Side Co-op $745,000 A roughly 600-square-foot one-bath studio that has…

As a boy in Tennessee, Jared Barnes learned from his great-grandfather to place his lanky tomato seedlings on their sides…

Biltmore Forest, N.C. | $1.4 Million A 1927 Tudor Revival cottage with one bedroom and two bathrooms, on a 0.3-acre…

When Sandra Davis and Bruce Levine bought a garden-level duplex in a 1910 townhouse on the Upper West Side of…

Calistoga | $1.75 Million A 1952 house with three bedrooms and two bathrooms, along with a barn, a detached office…

Felicia Russo says her friends tell her she seems calm. But she says she’s freaking out on the inside: Her…

Manhattan | 200 Central Park South, No. 3C Central Park South Co-op $995,000 A one-bath 650-square-foot studio apartment with an…

In Scottsdale, Ariz., where the sunny weather lures bachelorette party revelers year-round, short-term rental owners are ready and waiting. Their…

Voula | €1.3 million ($1.41 million) A terraced, two-level Athens Riviera penthouse with sea, sunset and city views. This three-bedroom,…

Q: My mother has bad allergies and had to remove all of the carpets from her home many years ago.…

A recent landmark settlement that could significantly change how real estate agents are paid could also have an adverse effect…

Even if you’re not a big drinker, it’s worth taking the time to set up a home bar. Why? “It…

If paying taxes every year makes you think about moving, consider the state and local tax burden, which varies from…

Fairfield | 1 Stonehedge Drive South, Greenwich, Conn. Contemporary Home $2.45 million A four-bedroom, three-bath, 3,462-square-foot, rebuilt 1960 home that…

Have topiary (and eclipse glasses), will travel. Ken Selody, of Atlock Farm, put out the word in January: He had…

Charles Town, W.V. | $425,000 A 1940 Colonial Revival house with three bedrooms and two bathrooms, on a 0.5-acre lot…

Manhattan | 3 Hanover Square, No. 13F Financial District Co-op $1.495 million A two-bedroom, two-bath, 1,400-square-foot apartment with marble countertops,…

After Doris Kearns Goodwin’s husband died nearly six years ago, the couple’s home, a 19th-century farmhouse in Concord, Mass., no…

Riverside | $895,000 A 1929 Spanish-style house with two bedrooms, one and a half bathrooms and a guest suite with…

A five-minute walk to work and around $600 a month in rent was hard to pass up in 1990. Rodolfo…

The Hideout, a gated community in the Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania, had long operated under an unspoken covenant. Whether by…

If there is a word for people who behave like terriers, tucking themselves into cramped spaces that would drive others…

Sarah-Mai Miller and Heath Miller lived in 10 different houses and apartments in 17 years. The couple owned three of…