
Have You Been Rejected by a New York Co-op Board? We Want to Hear From You.
The New York Times is looking for buyers who suspect that discrimination played a role in their rejection by a co-op board.
The New York Times is looking for buyers who suspect that discrimination played a role in their rejection by a co-op board.
Housing rights experts say a community restricted to white residents is illegal, but the creators believe they could win a potential challenge in court in the current political climate.
A couple seeking a more sustainable home gut-renovated a Prospect Heights townhouse and were able to stop paying for electricity.
A midcentury five-bedroom in Mill Valley, a historic four-bedroom in Los Angeles, and a Spanish-style five-bedroom in Ojai.
Immersive art experience studios are attracting the creatively curious and filling retail vacancies in New York City.
Co-op boards must provide habitable homes for all their residents and make sure that they are abiding by the house rules.
An 18th-century farmhouse in the Tweed Valley, a modern ranch house with mountain views, and a stone house designed to evoke a grain mill.
And you can do it safely, in under an hour, and for less than $50.
The exhibit “How Dry We Weren’t” highlights a Black lawyer from Brooklyn who represented one group of rumrunners.
With rebuilding after disasters stretching to years, factory-built houses aspire to faster delivery, longer life than trailers — and to “lift people’s spirits.”
A former N.Y.P.D. detective, he rejuvenated properties on the Brooklyn waterfront and restored a historic village in upstate New York.
Former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s proposal is a dig at Zohran Mamdani, his main opponent in the mayor’s race, but it could upend the housing search for middle-income New Yorkers.
The plan would open a swath of Manhattan, including the garment district, to residential development.
Seeking to reinvent himself as a writer, an ‘empty-nest bachelor’ looked for a co-op in Carnegie Hill for around $500,000.
The end of “And Just Like That …” means the end of a real estate portfolio that includes a cozy Upper East Side studio and a grand Gramercy townhouse.
This week’s properties are two-bedroom units in Hudson Heights and Midtown and a multifamily house in Greenwood Heights.
This week’s properties are a three-bedroom townhouse in New Canaan, and a four-bedroom house in Huntington.
That’s a big consideration when thinking about the best place to live.
Andrew Cuomo is basing his new line of attack against Zohran Mamdani on a certain definition of wealth. But the reality is complicated.
“Affordable” by California standards, this San Diego suburb is the site of a new community developed with fire preparedness in mind.
A condo in Stonington, a Colonial Revival in Warrenton and a ranch house in Durham.
Beech leaf disease has already made its way to 15 states and into Ontario, with alarming results.
El multimillonario ha comprado al menos 11 propiedades en Palo Alto, California, creando un complejo para su familia, un colegio privado para sus hijos… y dolores de cabeza para sus vecinos.
The attacks in the New York City mayor’s race may have veered into the personal, but they also reflected a larger debate on who should benefit from government regulation of housing costs.
Former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s push to keep “rich” people out of less-expensive apartments is aimed at his political rival in New York, Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani.
“It’s a natural instinct as a real estate person,” he said in announcing his federal takeover of the capital’s police, despite falling crime.
The designer Mandy Cheng deliberately chose pieces she could recommend to her clients for her media room and bar.
But he’s got some thinking to do.
A hillside house in Topanga, a condo in Corona del Mar and a Tudor Revival in Sacramento.
After first landing in Williamsburg, a marketer found a one-bedroom apartment in a (somewhat) quieter part of Brooklyn, and has taken up surfing.
The school, called BBS, enrolled 14 children in kindergarten through fourth grade and employed three full-time teachers and other staff members.
The number of these programs, which come from a range of sources, is rising in the United States, but there are barriers to entry.
The billionaire has bought at least 11 properties in Palo Alto, Calif., creating a compound for his family, a private school for his children — and headaches for his neighbors.
New York City has many restrictions on where and how vendors can sell their goods.
More than a decade after the government bailed out the mortgage giants, the Trump administration is looking for a partial stock-market exit.
Romania’s growing bear population has turned conservation into confrontation for people living in the shadows of the Carpathian Mountains.
A custom-built home near Lake Maggiore, and a duplex and a country home both with views of Lake Como.
Sarah Carroll is retiring from running the Landmarks Preservation Commission, where she worked to preserve buildings in overlooked neighborhoods.
The New York State law seeks to make it easier to prosecute deed theft. The woman, who lived in Queens, had been in hospice care with dementia.
The court revived a legal challenge to a 2022 regulation that significantly reduced the compensation utilities paid to owners of home solar systems for the electricity they sent to the grid.
A mother and her son searched near Asheville, N.C., for a quiet place with nice views and an easy commute to her new job.
This week’s homes include a five-bedroom Victorian in Tuckahoe and a country estate in Millstone Township.
This week’s properties are on the Lower East Side, in Midtown Manhattan and Dumbo.
In many large U.S. cities, the typical household can afford to rent only a space smaller than a studio apartment.
A vast ranch in central Wyoming straddles four counties and is equipped for commercial cattle operations, with a riding arena, a church and mountain views.
Touches of the screenwriter's career are throughout the 4,500-square-foot home he and his wife, Kyle, had built in Austin, Texas.
A 1914 house in Prescott, a Colonial in Centreville and a farmhouse in Hillsdale.
Drawn back to New York after years in Europe, Donelle Kosch gravitated toward Boerum Hill, transforming 450 square feet into a place she could live and entertain guests.
An Australian businessman built a house so he could enjoy his eclectic range of furniture, accessories and art every day.
A cabin in Lake Arrowhead, a townhouse in Los Angeles and a split-level in Berkeley
The actor and his partners recently opened Wildflower Studios, a 775,000-square-foot production facility in Queens.
Owners must provide and maintain required or essential services for their tenants, including repairs.
We spoke with several Sullivan County farmers about the urban lives they left behind, and what it means to tend the land in the 21st century.
As needs escalate, more U.S. cities and states are making it easier to build on irregular and long-overlooked lots.
The asking price for the couple’s property is around $30 million, while other celebrities, like Adam Levine and Tony Parker, also have put their homes up for sale.
In Northern Transylvania, buyers can find traditional dwellings, farmhouses, and stables converted into homes.
Seeing their renovations changed or inadequate maintenance frustrates sellers who still have an attachment to their former homes.
With housing demand high in France after World War I, Ferdinand Fillod filed his first design patent well before experiments by his contemporaries. One of the last few homes left has been restored.
Tired of paying rent increases and hearing the ‘sirens and screams’ in Hell’s Kitchen, he looked for a studio or one-bedroom in Turtle Bay, Kips Bay and Midtown East.
A one-bedroom in SoHo, a three-bedroom on the Upper West Side and a two-bedroom in Jackson Heights.
This week’s properties are four-bedroom homes near the water in Southold and Margate.
A Pew Research Center survey suggests that they may like you more than you realize.
The chief executive of CoStar Group, which owns Apartments.com, said Zillow has ‘stolen’ thousands of images to bolster its business.
An 1870 house in Charles Town, an Italianate home in St. Louis and a condo in Boston.
Heirloom Pelargoniums, some with hundreds of years of horticultural history, are among 2,000 kinds of plants in an herb collection in rural New Jersey.
A decade ago, the residential boom downtown would have been hard to imagine.
Before building the beachfront homes of their dreams, the superrich keep tearing down perfectly good mansions.
Men's wear stores around the country have cleared shelf space for teacups and handmade ceramics so image-conscious men can invest in their home space.
The over-the-top limestone building in Bay Ridge, built on a lot once owned by the keyboardist for Blondie, might be fit for a king, with its abundance of marble and gold.
Over its several decades, the show’s setting has always been both realistic and idealistic. And it has evolved, much like the New York City streets that inspired it.
For America to survive Trump, Democrats must prevail in the midterms.
The homeowners bought adjacent land to build an outdoor dining space detached from their home for hosting barbecues for friends and neighbors
A midcentury modern in Los Angeles, a house with ocean views in Bolinas and a split-level in Santa Cruz
Through boom and bust, Jeremy Wacksman says people keep coming to the listings site to “gawk” and “dream.”
A violation will not likely be issued, but fire escapes must remain clear of obstructions and can be dangerous.
Thousands of people don’t have stable housing, sleeping on floors and couches and packed into too-small bedrooms. But they are not considered to be homeless.
New South Wales properties include a Queenslander in Billinudgel, plus a villa and a California-style bungalow in Mullumbimby.
The New York Sign Museum in Brooklyn preserves the stories of shuttered local businesses.
The attorney general of Texas, who is challenging Senator John Cornyn, could have secured favorable mortgage rates, and may have violated the law if he knowingly falsified loan documents.
The brokerage, which has already handled transactions with digital payment in lieu of cash, is the first major U.S. firm to create a dedicated team for such deals.
A couple from Colorado wondered for years if they’d be able to buy a home in France and make a new life for themselves. Last year, they saw where their $450,000 budget could take them.
This week’s properties are three-bedroom homes in Long Beach and Stamford.
This week’s properties are in Lenox Hill, Hell’s Kitchen and Crown Heights.
Houses at the top 5 percent of the market cost over $1 million in all but seven of the largest U.S. metros.
Stephen Chu, the architect behind the $85 million makeover of the beloved amphitheater in Central Park, has spent over two decades remaking his home in Ridgewood, Queens.
June, usually the height of the spring housing season, saw sales of existing homes drop from the previous month, according to the National Association of Realtors.
A 1950s bungalow in Beaver, a midcentury-modern house in San Antonio and a cottage from 1900 in Wake Forest.
New Jersey officials are tinkering with the state’s ambitious climate regulations amid a housing crisis. Activists say that economically vulnerable residents could suffer.
A designer and ceramicist set out to build a house in New York’s Hudson Valley region that her family could live in forever. Her son’s sketches stole the show.
Designing around a collection, whether the items are conventional or eccentric, can personalize a home.
Voters will have a chance to reshape the city’s approach to development and limit the power of the City Council to stop new affordable housing projects.
When an old beach house in Truro, Mass., was listed for sale, a family of former renters snapped it up and renovated it for a growing clan.
A midcentury modern in Thousand Oaks, a contemporary home in Carmel Valley and a French Normandy Revival in Oakland
On the cusp of choosing the city’s next mayor, New Yorkers are taking stock of their town. But many are split on whether it’s back on track, or off the rails.
The 38-story building in the heart of Midtown Manhattan will be turned into 1,250 apartments.
Municipalities are encouraging office conversions with incentives and rule changes.
New York City was on the front lines of the Covid-19 crisis. It has largely recovered, but has transformed into a place of greater extremes.
Whether you fled a crowded city or thought a puppy was the answer, the glimpses of another life we got during Covid have faded away.
Legislation would end tenant protections that were first put in place during the pandemic.
The pandemic upset a delicate balance of part-time and full-time residents in a community in the Poconos, sparking a debate over short-term rentals.
A surge of new residents into Rocky Mountain states drove up home prices. The result was property tax increases of 40 percent or more for some of those already there.
Unlike most of his predecessors, he has had few accomplishments while leading New York City. But there’s still time to change that.
The city has rebounded from the worst of the coronavirus pandemic in meaningful ways. But the recovery is incomplete and uneven.
Chastened by a series of economic downturns that punished the hospitality industry, state leaders are working to broaden the economy.
Gross domestic product expanded 5.2 percent, as China worked to export more to make up for weak demand, high debt and a steep property contraction at home.
The Federal Reserve’s relentless attack on inflation has jeopardized the housing market.
Everyone who relies on credit in America is confronting a new reality: Money will cost more for a good long while.
Federal Reserve officials forecast higher interest rates through 2026 this week, a sign that borrowing costs are not heading back to the rock-bottom levels normal before the pandemic.
Hace un siglo, un edificio bien ventilado se consideraba una buena práctica sanitaria. Pero cuando llegó la COVID-19, nuestros edificios apenas podían respirar. ¿Cómo ocurrió eso? ¿Y cómo conseguimos ahora que el aire fresco ingrese a nuestras casas?
In New Zealand, high interest rates have sent property prices sliding nearly 18 percent since November 2021.
A century ago, a well-ventilated building was considered good medicine. But by the time Covid-19 arrived, our buildings could barely breathe. How did that happen? And how do we let the fresh air back in?
Dr. Franklin and giving credit to women for their scientific contributions. Also: New College of Florida; Black unemployment; housing solutions; Covid risks.
The banking crisis may be just getting started.
Many of the nation’s major cities face a daunting future.
Facing an existential crisis over empty space, owners are trying to fill malls with residences, building on the live-work-play model sought by young adults.
New arrivals over the last few years have fueled hopes of population growth, but workers increasingly struggle to find housing in a market gone wild.
Before the pandemic, turning a house into a hub for big gatherings seemed like a good idea.
What is it like to pour your life savings into apartments that might never get built?
The New York City Housing Authority collected just 65 percent of the rent it charged in the 12 months leading up to December, the lowest percentage in the agency’s history.
Federal guidelines require employees’ health information to be kept confidential. But employers also have an obligation to protect the workplace.
From Barbiecore to revenge travel, social media trends gave us a clear picture of the forces reshaping the economy.
Airbnb se ha convertido en un destino en el que estadounidenses y europeos encuentran alquileres de largo plazo en la capital mexicana, trastocando el mercado local.
American and Europeans are using Airbnb to find long-term rentals in Mexico’s capital, pushing housing costs higher and, critics say, forcing out local residents.
Years into the pandemic, it is still difficult to get a handle on what comes next for the economy by looking at examples from the past.
For many middle- and working-class New Yorkers, it’s an even more distant possibility than it used to be.
In a city of renters, the turbulent pandemic housing market is making it harder than ever to buy a home.
Puja Patel wanted her own apartment and wanted to be within walking distance of her new job as an emergency room doctor at Mount Sinai Queens.
Inflation-corrected prices may end up substantially lower as factors driving high home prices weaken with time.
In a rare act of defiance, people across the country who bought property from indebted developers are refusing to repay loans on their unfinished apartments.
A House subcommittee investigation found four firms were responsible for nearly 15,000 eviction filings while there were moratoriums on evictions.
More than 40 percent of the available units in Manhattan currently come from tenants priced out of apartments they leased in 2020 and 2021, according to a new StreetEasy report.
The project promises to update the notorious eyesore but critics of the plan are concerned about the cost.
And among those who moved out of their childhood bedroom, a third are spending about half of their monthly income on rent or mortgage.
Shifting demographics are reshaping complexes built for older Americans, who are looking for a variety of rates and services.
Many people changed where and how they lived, but “upgrading their policies for all of these experiences fell by the wayside,” an appraisal executive said.
Apartment hunting in the city has never been easy, but now the search has become seemingly impossible as prices soar. Readers told us about their pandemic housing struggles — and eventual successes.
Rarely have so many Americans gained so much equity in so little time, but it’s also inseparable from the housing affordability crisis.