Real Estate

$2.8 Million Homes in Connecticut, Florida and South Ca...

A stone house in Old Lyme, a midcentury house in Miami and a rowhouse in Charleston

How Do You Ask Your Parents to Help You Buy a House?

In today’s tough housing market, some first-time home buyers are looking to thei...

Have You Been Rejected by a New York Co-op Board? We Wa...

The New York Times is looking for buyers who suspect that discrimination played ...

Arkansas Housing Development Restricted to White Reside...

Housing rights experts say a community restricted to white residents is illegal,...

Paint, Pottery and Profitable Leases: Experiential Reta...

Immersive art experience studios are attracting the creatively curious and filli...

$4 Million Homes in California

A midcentury five-bedroom in Mill Valley, a historic four-bedroom in Los Angeles...

They Wanted More Space in Brooklyn. Now They Have Room ...

A couple seeking a more sustainable home gut-renovated a Prospect Heights townho...

What Can I Do About My Terrible Neighbor?

Co-op boards must provide habitable homes for all their residents and make sure ...

You Can Fix Those Annoying Plug Outlets

And you can do it safely, in under an hour, and for less than $50.

$1.2 Million Homes in Scotland

An 18th-century farmhouse in the Tweed Valley, a modern ranch house with mountai...

Revisiting Carrie Bradshaw’s Apartments in ‘Sex and the...

The end of “And Just Like That …” means the end of a real estate portfolio that ...

The Cost to Rebuild a Home After a Natural Disaster Is ...

That’s a big consideration when thinking about the best place to live.

Homes for Sale in New York and New Jersey

This week’s homes include a five-bedroom Victorian in Tuckahoe, N.Y., and a coun...

Escondido, a San Diego Suburb, is a Showcase for Fire-R...

“Affordable” by California standards, this San Diego suburb is the site of a new...

What to Know About Beech Leaf Disease: How It Spreads a...

Beech leaf disease has already made its way to 15 states and into Ontario, with ...

$525,000 Homes in Maine, Georgia, and North Carolina

A condo in Stonington, a Colonial Revival in Warrenton and a ranch house in Durham.

How an Interior Designer Transformed Her Basement With ...

The designer Mandy Cheng deliberately chose pieces she could recommend to her cl...

New to NY, She Found a Brooklyn One-Bedroom and Took Up...

After first landing in Williamsburg, a marketer found a one-bedroom apartment in...

$2.3 Million Homes in California

A hillside house in Topanga, a condo in Corona del Mar and a Tudor Revival in Sa...

Down Payment Assistance Is a Growing Tool for Home Buyers

The number of these programs, which come from a range of sources, is rising in t...

Can Street Vendors Set Up Right Outside My Building?

New York City has many restrictions on where and how vendors can sell their goods.

Bears Are Terrorizing Romania. It’s Humans’ Fault.

Romania’s growing bear population has turned conservation into confrontation for...

$1.5 Million Homes in Italy’s Lake Region

A custom-built home near Lake Maggiore, and a duplex and a country home both wit...

How Much Space Does the Median Income Get You?

In many large U.S. cities, the typical household can afford to rent only a space...

$1.3 Million Homes in Arizona, Maryland and New York

A 1914 house in Prescott, a Colonial in Centreville and a farmhouse in Hillsdale.

A Ranch Four Times the Size of New York City for $79.5 ...

A vast ranch in central Wyoming straddles four counties and is equipped for comm...

In Brooklyn, a Former Tailor Shop Is a Perfect Fit

Drawn back to New York after years in Europe, Donelle Kosch gravitated toward Bo...

Robert De Niro Only Wants to Shoot in New York

The actor and his partners recently opened Wildflower Studios, a 775,000-square-...

$900,000 Homes in California

A cabin in Lake Arrowhead, a townhouse in Los Angeles and a split-level in Berkeley

One Easy Rule: If You Admire It, It’s Worth Collecting

An Australian businessman built a house so he could enjoy his eclectic range of ...

Leaving the City for the Farm Is a Hard Row to Hoe. But...

We spoke with several Sullivan County farmers about the urban lives they left be...

How to Stop Your Landlord From Making You Pay for Repairs

Owners must provide and maintain required or essential services for their tenant...

In a Spanish Vineyard, an Unsung Engineer Finally Gets ...

With housing demand high in France after World War I, Ferdinand Fillod filed his...

The Grass Isn’t Green Anymore. And the Fence is Rickety...

Seeing their renovations changed or inadequate maintenance frustrates sellers wh...

$880,000 Homes in Romania

In Northern Transylvania, buyers can find traditional dwellings, farmhouses, and...

Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi Are Selling Their C...

The asking price for the couple’s property is around $30 million, while other ce...

Do Your Neighbors Trust You?

A Pew Research Center survey suggests that they may like you more than you realize.

Pottery Finds a New Audience Among Fashionable Men

Men's wear stores around the country have cleared shelf space for teacups and ha...

Company That Owns Apartments.com Sues Zillow Over Renta...

The chief executive of CoStar Group, which owns Apartments.com, said Zillow has ...

Downtown Detroit Is Back

A decade ago, the residential boom downtown would have been hard to imagine.

In Thrall to the Scented Geranium

Heirloom Pelargoniums, some with hundreds of years of horticultural history, are...

$600,000 Homes in West Virginia, Missouri and Massachus...

An 1870 house in Charles Town, an Italianate home in St. Louis and a condo in Bo...

In Brooklyn, a Palatial House on the Market for $25 Mil...

The over-the-top limestone building in Bay Ridge, built on a lot once owned by t...

The Quintessential Urban Design of ‘Sesame Street’

Over its several decades, the show’s setting has always been both realistic and ...

Homes for Sale in Manhattan and Brooklyn

This week’s properties are in Lenox Hill, Hell’s Kitchen and Crown Heights.

The Quintessential Urban Design of Sesame Street

Over its several decades, the show’s setting has always been both realistic and ...

$2.6 Million Homes in California

A midcentury modern in Los Angeles, a house with ocean views in Bolinas and a sp...

Seattle Couple Adds a Slice of Argentina to Their Backyard

The homeowners bought adjacent land to build an outdoor dining space detached fr...

Can Sitting on My Fire Escape Result in Fines to My Lan...

A violation will not likely be issued, but fire escapes must remain clear of obs...

Saving New York’s Midcentury Signs

The New York Sign Museum in Brooklyn preserves the stories of shuttered local bu...