The Tallest Building in Queens Rises in Long Island City
The Orchard, a rental tower with a dizzying array of luxury amenities, caps a decade of rapid development in the neighborhood.
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The Orchard, a rental tower with a dizzying array of luxury amenities, caps a decade of rapid development in the neighborhood.
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The super has denied wrongdoing and pleaded not guilty to charges in New York Supreme Court.
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State housing laws favor tenant protection, so landlords want to make sure that a new tenant will meet the lease obligations.
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Excited to start a new government job, a young first-time buyer considered starter apartments inside and outside the Beltway. Here’s what she found.
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Where Are the Most Million-Dollar Homes?
While many metropolitan areas have homes valued at $1 million or more, California is leading the pack.
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‘Excuse Me! How Much Do You Pay for Rent in New York?’
When we asked the online celeb Caleb Simpson if he would give us a tour of his house, he said “Yes.” Here’s what we found.
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Chauffeured Cars and Broadway Tickets: Inside the National Realtors Group
The National Association of Realtors, a nonprofit trade organization, offers lavish perks and payouts to its executive staff and its leaders.
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New to New York, and Dazzled by the Energy of Times Square
A couple who finally live full-time in the city sometimes can’t believe they have their own home in the middle of the craziness.
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When Your Landlord Raises the Rent, How Much Is Too Much?
Landlords of rent-stabilized units are generally not able to increase the rent by more than what is allowed. But there are some exceptions.
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‘An Absolute Mess’: Brokers Assess the Shift in Fees
The New York City Council has passed a bill that would require landlords to pay for the rental brokers they hire. Some brokers believe it will hurt tenants in the long run.
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A Glass Addition Maximizes Light and Minimizes Exposure
A couple in Barcelona sought openness and privacy for their growing family. Their architect, a friend, knew just how to provide it.
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Searching for a ‘Forever Home’ in Boston, a Family Played the Long Game
A couple with a young son hoped to size up in historic Charlestown, aiming for more space and good light. Here’s what they found.
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Where Are Property Taxes Rising the Most?
They’re up in nearly every major U.S. metro area, but homeowners in the South have seen especially large increases.
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Members of the Brownstoners of Bedford-Stuyvesant hold a house tour once a year to show off the culture and history of the Black home aesthetic.
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Why Are Your Property Taxes Higher Than Your Neighbor’s?
Property taxes for condominiums in New York City are calculated differently from taxes in other dwellings.
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Who Is Responsible for Fixing Condo Defects?
Condo boards have a duty to act in the interest of all unit owners. But if the board is controlled by the building’s sponsor, that could be tricky.
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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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He Lived in the Same Apartment for 30 Years. Then Came a Knock on the Door.
After an emergency evacuation put them into limbo, tenants of a New York building are still awaiting a court decision that might help them recover their past lives.
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Rent Was $325 a Month and the Piano Fit
A couple briefly considered moving to one of the newer market-rate buildings in New York City and paying more for a splashier place. Then they got real.
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They Wish N.Y.C. Were ‘Less Expensive,’ but They Have Big Theater Dreams
Two young actors were prepared to work hard to make it in New York theater. The rental market proved to be cutthroat.
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The New York Apartment That Has Sheltered One Family for 86 Years
A rent-controlled apartment is a rare thing, and so is the family that shared their home with students and refugees, rent-free, over the decades.
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She Suspected She Was Adopted. It Turned Out She Was Right.
A Florida woman was determined to find the birth family she never knew she had. The trail led to the New York area, where she and her girlfriend now live.
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A Spanish-style home in Los Angeles, a four-bedroom house with a detached studio in the East Bay, and a Craftsman bungalow in Sacramento.
By Angela Serratore
A renovated thatched-roof cottage, a stone house with a glass pavilion, and a restored 19th-century fisherman’s cottage in Villerville.
By Michael Kaminer
This week’s properties are a three-bedroom in Norwalk, Conn., and a four-bedroom in Irvington, N.Y.
By Alicia Napierkowski and Anne Mancuso
This week’s properties are in Turtle Bay, Hell’s Kitchen and Greenpoint.
By Heather Senison
A stone mansion from 1906 in Minneapolis, a Spanish Colonial-style house in Santa Fe, N.M., and a 19th-century rowhouse in Alexandria, Va.
By Angela Serratore
A hillside compound in Topanga Canyon, a remodeled four-bedroom house in Pacifica, and a three-bedroom bungalow in Sausalito.
By Angela Serratore
Most of the plumbing pipes in the United States are oversize, wasting water in a time of increasing drought.
By Megy Karydes
A four-bedroom Balinese-style retreat, a three-bedroom Caribbean-style house near the beach, and a contemporary four-bedroom home in a gated community.
By Roxana Popescu
This week’s properties are a seven-bedroom in West Islip, N.Y., and a seven-bedroom in Westfield, N.J.
By Claudia Gryvatz Copquin and Jill P. Capuzzo
This week’s properties are in Inwood, the East Village and Jackson Heights.
By Heather Senison
A Mediterranean-inspired estate in Terre Haute, Ind., a contemporary farmhouse in Fayetteville, Ga., and a sprawling 1963 ranch-style home in Austin, Texas.
By Angela Serratore
A family needed more space but decided not to leave New York City. They bought a fixer-upper in Brooklyn and slowly went to work.
By Tim McKeough
A Queen Anne Revival-style house in Oakland, a manufactured home from 1962 in Newport Beach, and a one-bedroom condo in the Hollywood Hills.
By Angela Serratore
The final step of a real estate purchase can be the most complicated.
By Matt Yan
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Alice Mason was New York City’s broker to the elite and a master at the art of hosting. One fete would alter her legacy and strain her relationship with her daughter.
By Anna Kodé
From the Schanfigg Valley to the Matterhorn and Mont Blanc, Switzerland offers slopes, hikes and views galore.
By Lana Bortolot
This week’s properties are four-bedroom homes in Franklin Township, N.J., and Darien, Conn.
By Jill P. Capuzzo and Alicia Napierkowski
This week’s listings are in Midtown East, Washington Heights and Downtown Brooklyn.
By Heather Senison
A study found that people who earn low wages were rent-burdened in all of the country’s 50 largest real estate markets.
By Matt Yan
With their daughter in college on Long Island, an Atlanta couple looked for a modest second home in Manhattan so they could visit more often. Here’s what they found.
By Joyce Cohen
A 1928 brick house in Oshkosh, Wis., a Craftsman-style bungalow from 1925 in Salt Lake City, and a duplex apartment in an 1854 mill building in Wake Forest, N.C.
By Angela Serratore
Claremont Hall, climbing 41 stories above the historic Union Theological Seminary campus, was designed to delight the eye without disrupting the neighborhood.
By Tim Heffernan
The reputation of the iconic New York City thoroughfare began with a competition to build lavish mansions that came crashing down with the advent of luxury apartment buildings.
By Charles V. Bagli
IKEA and Uniqlo join luxury fashion houses in owning, rather than leasing, huge retail spaces on the strip. Developers are cashing in.
By Celia Young
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Some of the biggest offenders tend to be small appliances like coffee makers and toasters. Designers are creating new ways to maximize space.
By Tim McKeough
A midcentury A-frame house in Palm Springs, a three-bedroom home overlooking Lake Arrowhead, and a hilltop six-bedroom estate in Santa Rosa.
By Angela Serratore
Landlords are not legally required to provide delivery lockers, or concierges, if these are not already provided services in your building.
By Jill Terreri Ramos
Homes in the island region of Italy include a three-bedroom villa in the Costa Smeralda, a traditional stone house in Muzzeddu, and a nine-bedroom estate on 62 acres.
By Alison Gregor
Post-pandemic, a lawyer decided she wanted a new life raising sheep. She bought land in Vermont and hired a Dutch designer to build her a shape-shifting home.
By Tim McKeough
After a white appraiser slashed the value of a Black woman’s duplex, the Justice Department sued all involved in the assessment, including the nation’s largest lender.
By Debra Kamin
As newcomers to the city, a doctor and a D.J. weren’t sure they’d have enough to afford a house for themselves and their two young sons. Here’s what they found.
By Marissa Evans
This week’s properties are in Gramercy Park, Hudson Heights and Long Island City.
By Heather Senison
This week’s properties are a four-bedroom in Port Washington, N.Y., and a three-bedroom in Pound Ridge, N.Y.
By Claudia Gryvatz Copquin and Anne Mancuso
An analysis of Census Bureau data found that while Generation Z is definitely rent burdened, millennials may have had it worse.
By Matt Yan
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Consumers claim they were duped by a vacation club managed by Hyatt. Some are locked into 40-year, $50,000 contracts that they say offer few rewards.
By Rukmini Callimachi and Derek M. Norman
A descendant of the Brothers Grimm and his husband are selling their apartment in the Carlyle on the Upper East Side.
By Debra Kamin
A Craftsman-style house from 1913 in Evanston, Ill., a two-bedroom condo in a converted mill building in Peterborough, N.H., and a Queen Anne Revival-style house from 1899 in Knoxville, Tenn.
By Angela Serratore
They have cataloged natural life online and have developed board games and walking tours to help people deepen their knowledge of the world around them.
By Margaret Roach
A couple who own an interior design firm found a residence that could also serve as a showroom for their work.
By Tim McKeough
Scott Durkin, president and chief executive of Douglas Elliman Realty, has left the company, following the sudden retirement of Howard Lorber, the chief executive of the parent company.
By Debra Kamin
A new four-bedroom mountain house near Lake Tahoe, a midcentury split-level house in Oakland, and a 1938 Mediterranean-style house in Los Angeles.
By Angela Serratore
When a new management company comes in, it may try to make new rules.
By Jill Terreri Ramos
A couple wanted a space to read and relax, but occasionally they had an overnight guest. Here’s how they made it work.
By Tim McKeough
A lakefront house in Muskoka, a cottage overlooking Beveridge Bay, and a log home on 50 acres in Parry Sound District.
By Michael Kaminer
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The owners of the wine store Pasanella & Son, Vintners, are selling their five-story building on South Street, which includes the store, a loft and six rental apartments.
By Tim Heffernan
As church congregations across the United States wither and disappear, the buildings they leave behind are becoming private homes.
By T.M. Brown
A young couple searched Yorkville and Lenox Hill for a place with enough space to make their guests and their pets a little more comfortable. Here’s what they found.
By Joyce Cohen
This week’s properties are in Manhattan Valley, East Harlem and Bedford-Stuyvesant.
By Heather Senison
Among the five boroughs, Brooklyn has had the most complaints so far this year. But overall, the numbers appear to be trending down.
By Matt Yan
This week’s properties are a five-bedroom in Fairfield, Conn., and a four-bedroom in Pelham Manor, N.Y.
By Alicia Napierkowski and Anne Mancuso
The 3,500-square-foot, midcentury modern house in Pacific Palisades, where the actor died last October, fetched $8.55 million.
By Debra Kamin
Office tenants are caught in the middle and the building’s fate remains unclear.
By Anna Kodé
A three-bedroom Carpenter Gothic house in Cambridge, N.Y., a renovated three-story home in Cincinnati, and a two-bedroom cottage in Portland, Ore.
By Angela Serratore
A new documentary called “The House From …” explores what happens when a home becomes a star of film or television.
By Julie Lasky
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Howard Lorber faced calls to reduce his compensation, amid allegations of sexual assault by agents and plummeting stock prices.
By Debra Kamin
Families are choosing to rent for the foreseeable future — some out of necessity, others for amenities.
By Shivani Vora
Even the most skeptical real estate agents say they think twice about the existence of ghosts, especially after unusual encounters.
By Tammy LaGorce
A 1922 bungalow in West Hollywood, a four-bedroom house from 1898 outside Monterey, and a two-story midcentury house in the Bay Area.
By Angela Serratore
Election anxiety is causing many consumers to avoid big-ticket purchases like houses, weddings and cars. “Every four years this happens,” one former car dealer said.
By Ronda Kaysen and Jordyn Holman
Local Law 11 inspections and repairs are required every five years. But how much intrusion should building residents expect, and how much is too much?
By Jill Terreri Ramos
A couple renovated a house in Darien, Conn., and retained much of what the previous owners had left behind.
By Julie Lasky
A country house with a pool southwest of the city, a two-bedroom condo with a balcony, and a modern two-bedroom duplex not yet completed.
By Roxana Popescu
The two-story home sits on a bluff overlooking the Atlantic. It was once owned by the interior designer Tony Ingrao.
By Vivian Marino
Wishing to be closer to their children and grandchildren, a couple left Philadelphia to check out townhouse communities in Dutchess County. Here’s what they found.
By Heather Senison
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Midsize metropolitan areas saw the largest increases in the share of remote workers over the past decade, according to a study.
By Matt Yan
This week’s properties are in the Sutton Place neighborhood, Lincoln Square and Jackson Heights.
By Heather Senison
This week’s properties are a four-bedroom contemporary house in Pound Ridge, N.Y., and a three-bedroom cabin in Medford Lakes, N.J.
By Anne Mancuso and Jill P. Capuzzo
The building, to be known as 520 Fifth Avenue, is adorned with setbacks and arches, nods to classic New York City architecture.
By Matt Yan
A Craftsman-style house from 1906 in Denver, a turn-of-the-century townhouse in Washington, D.C., and a Queen Anne Revival-style house in Fredericksburg, Va.
By Angela Serratore
The landscape designer Donald Pell believes using a wider palette with nonnatives from around the world can add joy to gardens.
By Margaret Roach
More couples are asking their wedding guests to help them purchase a home, eschewing traditional gifts like small appliances and linens.
By Matt Yan
When a woman made her weekend place on Long Island her full-time residence, she had it redesigned to fit her new life, and to allow for lots of friends to visit.
By Tim McKeough
A 1924 Spanish Revival house in Los Angeles, a 1962 midcentury-modern house in San Rafael, and a recently remodeled 1916 house in Oakland.
By Angela Serratore
Every building is different. What to do with internal trash and recycling storage are up to the residents and managers.
By Jill Terreri Ramos
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Offerings in the coastal city in northwest Portugal include a modern duplex penthouse, a restored stone house with vineyards, and a five-bedroom house in the historic center of town.
By Michael Kaminer
How else are you going to decorate with AstroTurf and plywood, or install your own ceramics studio?
By Julie Lasky
The celebrated musician has decided to part with the house of his wildest childhood dreams.
By Rukmini Callimachi
The residents are the first in the state of Maine to successfully utilize a new law making it easier for them to compete with investors and gain ownership of the land their homes sit on.
By Anna Kodé
Unable to afford an apartment of his own in England’s pricey capital, a longtime renter and his friend decided to pool their resources for a two-bedroom flat.
By Debra Kamin
This week’s properties are in Harlem, the financial district and the Columbia Waterfront District.
By Heather Senison
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