Can I Leave My Co-Op to All Three of My Children?
Passing a co-op to a family member is possible, but with multiple children, it can be a little more complicated.
Passing a co-op to a family member is possible, but with multiple children, it can be a little more complicated.
New Yorkers are spending billions on houses in flood-prone areas despite growing awareness of the effects of climate change.
De “Friends” a “Los Soprano”, pasando por “Mi pobre angelito”, un estudio analizó los precios actuales de alquileres y viviendas para ver si sus protagonistas podrían permitirse las casas que los espectadores conocen y adoran.
A solar-powered home in the Mayan jungle, a duplex penthouse with a rooftop pool and a modern villa with a mural by the artist Jorge Tellaeche.
The neutral can be very colorful, a homeowner learned the hard way. Take our quiz to see if you can tell the difference between shades.
The average rate on 30-year mortgages declined to 6.2 percent this week, the lowest point since early 2023.
When a couple learned they were expecting, finding a bigger home became a priority. Could they afford an extra bedroom, a decent kitchen and some outdoor space?
This week’s properties are three-bedroom homes in Westport, Conn., and Huntington, N.Y.
This week’s properties are in Hell’s Kitchen, the financial district and Forest Hills.
Binyamin Appelbaum on why Harris’s ill-defined plan is still better than Trump’s.
From “Friends” to “Breaking Bad” to “Twilight,” a study looked at current rents and home prices to see who could still live in the homes viewers know and love.
A woman who worked for the National Association of Realtors says she was fired after she reported instances of sexual harassment and discrimination, according to a federal lawsuit.
The latest report is unlikely to change the overall narrative as Republicans hammer the case home to voters.
An 1890 Queen Anne Revival house in Salt Lake City, an 1872 brick townhouse in Savannah and a 1938 Spanish-style home in Albany.
The nonprofit group Wild Ones offers a free library of designs, with plants specific to your area — and you don’t have to be a member to use it.
Christian McBride, the Grammy-winning bassist, was reluctant to move out of New York, but his wife, Melissa Walker, a jazz vocalist, turned a century-old house in New Jersey into a sanctuary.
An acre of wheat designed by the artist Agnes Denes has cropped up at a new exhibition space in Montana, where agriculture is rapidly giving way to development.
Vice President Kamala Harris has been balancing the challenges of defending “Bidenomics” and charting her own course on the economy.
The best ones have several things in common, according to the pros. Here’s how to design yours.
Many Southern Californians have moved to San Bernardino County for more affordable homes and calmer lifestyles, but some also face disaster risks.
A midcentury-modern house in Los Angeles, a ranch-style retreat in Palm Springs and a modern farmhouse in St. Helena.
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.
As housing costs soar, younger adults are trying to reimagine prosperity — without the white picket fence.
When a new owner takes over a rental building, there can be confusion about the status of the units inside.
He employed audacious marketing campaigns to lift his agency into the top tier of New York firms representing luxury properties.
Thousands of readers shared frustrations, fears and disappointments with American politics, and how they are able to live and work in another country.
The path to a life in a new country is often paved with complicated visa and residency requirements.
Gov. Gavin Newsom of California rejected a Democratic proposal that would have extended first-time home-buyer loans to some undocumented immigrants. Republicans had widely criticized the bill.
A five-bedroom estate with 18th-century origins, a semidetached seven-bedroom Victorian house, and a converted corn mill with six bedrooms.
The customized home has a propane range, an incinerating toilet and movable solar panels (for off-the-grid travel). Now the only question is where to go next.
Are the thousands of empty properties scattered across the country any kind of solution?
Looking for a change of scenery, a family left the Nevada desert for the cooler climes of the East Coast. These were the houses they considered.
This week’s properties are a four-bedroom in Rye, N.Y., and a five-bedroom in Ocean City, N.J.
This week’s properties are in Midtown, Union Square and Bedford-Stuyvesant.
Homeowners are afraid to leave behind great deals they locked in years ago, tethered to their property by “the rate-lock effect” or “golden handcuffs.”
Fewer buyers are coming from New Jersey and more are coming from California, according to a study that tracked sales during the first half of the year.
Dozens of new buildings are going up along the famously polluted Gowanus Canal. The discovery of an underground chemical plume hasn’t slowed the development.
A saltbox-style house in Ancram, a Tudor Revival cottage in Richmond and a four-bedroom home in St. Louis.
The TV host is trading his 3,500-square-foot apartment, painstakingly assembled over nearly 21 years, for a penthouse in the same neighborhood.
After being tied up in litigation for years, an assemblage of 13 properties on the cliffs west of Hoboken will see what the market has in store for them.
Homeowners are gearing up to pay more on their loans as the Bank of Japan’s rate increases signal the end of decades of ultralow interest rates.
Artwork has been part of urban projects for decades, but a new push from developers looking for ways to drive foot traffic has created a boom for the art world.
Getting there required buying something far worse than the typical fixer-upper: “It was like excavating in Pompeii.”
A 1931 Spanish-style house in Glendale, a floating home in Sausalito and a waterfront retreat in San Rafael.
The movement of the ground in Rancho Palos Verdes is threatening homes. But as the city searches for solutions, many residents are committed to staying.
Kamala Harris’s proposals won’t fix the housing affordability crisis. The solution can be found in the way the U.S. raised the legal drinking age.
A gallery in Manhattan is to exhibit a selection of the abstract works of Iria Leino, a pioneer in New York in the ’60s and a mystery to many in the art world.
City codes govern the removal of construction debris, including keeping waste contained.
The two presidential nominees are talking about their approaches for solving America’s affordability crisis. But would their plans work?
A sunny three-bedroom house with a courtyard; a corner townhouse with a rooftop terrace; a house of character in a traditional village.
Some students arrive on campus expecting certain comforts. And they, or their parents, are willing to pay thousands to settle in.
Central bankers are lowering borrowing costs, but that won’t be a cure-all for a widespread lack of affordable housing.
Further declines could encourage more activity from buyers and sellers.
Searching in Clinton Hill and Bedford-Stuyvesant, a young couple endeavored to find a sunny place with a decent kitchen and not too many stairs.
A study compared the median listing price for a 500-square-foot apartment in Manhattan with the prices of homes in France, Greece, Italy, Portugal and Spain.
This week’s properties are in Greenwich Village, SoHo and Jackson Heights.
This week’s properties are a five-bedroom in Norwalk, Conn., and a six-bedroom in East Setauket, N.Y.
Max Gunawan, a product designer, lost his heart to the Place des Vosges. Now he lives in the fabled square.
Step inside the entertainer’s Upper West Side apartment.
A circa-1900 Queen Anne-style home in Columbus, a two-bedroom condominium in Phoenix and a 1925 Craftsman house in Oklahoma City.
A new book explores the obsession and explains why it’s not exactly like collecting dolls: “It puts people in touch with their own mortality.”
When Crystal Williams became president of Rhode Island School of Design, she moved into a Colonial Revival mansion and rolled up her sleeves.
Every client is unique, but Don Katz truly broke the mold.
A midcentury retreat in Idyllwild, a two-bedroom condominium in Playa del Rey and a two-bedroom townhouse in Campbell.
Los residentes del Galleria, un edificio en el centro de Manhattan, demandaron al famoso mago alegando que había dejado en mal estado su propiedad.
Developers and landlords of subsidized housing, who cannot raise rents or charge more for starter homes, say property insurance increases could put them out of business.
La isla española está llena de turistas adinerados, hoteles en primera línea de playa y sus famosas discotecas. Pero sus profesores, bomberos y policías no encuentran donde vivir.
The candidates’ housing plans offer a window on how they would govern.
No, with some exceptions. But different rules may apply to a market-rate rental right down the hall.
Under new rules, potential buyers may now be responsible for paying their agent’s commission. Some now question the need for that agent.
An Art-Nouveau villa with a historic designation, a five-bedroom semidetached home and a flexible four-bedroom ‘coffee mill’ house.
The Spanish island fills beachfront hotels and glittering dance clubs with wealthy tourists. But its teachers, firefighters and police officers can’t find a place to live.
Two architects in the Netherlands made the most of the tiniest of spaces, “maximizing absolutely everything.”
Residents of the Galleria, a Midtown Manhattan apartment building, sued Mr. Copperfield, saying he left his once-ornate condominium in disrepair.
The Justice Department filed an antitrust suit against the real estate software company, accusing it of creating an illegal pricing scheme to charge tenants more.
Three pet parrots at a Manhattan apartment building irritated their neighbors, who moved to evict them and their owner. The owner took the neighbors to court and was awarded $165,000 in damages.
Home buyers this week saw the lowest average rate since early 2023, and existing-home sales rebounded in July. Analysts predict more relief ahead.
We explore why it could take a long time to fix — and what policymakers are doing about it.
A retired schoolteacher scoured San Diego County for a condo with proximity to three important things: her mother, her grandson and the beach. Here’s where she found it.
The city plans to turn a sanctuary on the edge of Little Italy into housing for older New Yorkers. Robert De Niro, Martin Scorsese and Patti Smith pleaded on the garden’s behalf.
This week’s properties are a six-bedroom house in Albertson, N.Y., and a five-bedroom in Montclair, N.J.
This week’s properties are in the Gramercy Park neighborhood, Manhattan Valley and Downtown Brooklyn.
All over, with 500,000 new units expected to be completed in 2024.
A decade ago, the city — and all of Michigan — had too many houses. Now it has a shortage. The shift there explains today’s costly housing market in the rest of the country.
A 1911 Arts and Crafts estate in Portland, a four-bedroom home in Charlotte and an 1870 brick townhouse in Boston.
At Wethersfield Estate, in upstate New York, restoring the formal gardens involves dealing with emboldened pests and pathogens — but carefully, so visitors don’t see.
Mayor Eric Adams signed an executive order that directs every city agency to investigate whether they have land that can be developed.
This summer, thousands of local protesters in the Spanish city denounced overtourism. With more crowds expected for the America’s Cup, we visited the areas where tensions are highest.
Framers say they aren’t getting rich protecting some of your most precious memories and art, but they know you have sticker shock.
Raising three children in Hoboken, N.J., they always looked forward to summer at the beach in New York. Now they have a home there that’s really their own.
And no, she hasn’t called for price controls.
She’s right to focus on the high cost of living, even if the details could use some tweaks.
A three-story contemporary house in Santa Monica, a four-bedroom home in Mill Valley, and a floating house on a slip in the Santa Barbara Harbor.
Candice Miller mostraba los lujos de su familia en las redes sociales, mientras que su esposo Brandon se debatía en secreto por las deudas.
Changes in how real estate commissions are advertised and paid went into effect this weekend. Buyers and even some agents aren’t sure what they mean.
Ambos candidatos abogan por ampliar el poder del gobierno para dirigir los resultados económicos, pero en ámbitos muy diferentes.
Special features, such as windows with curved glass, may be difficult to replace. Repair or retrofitting might be the better option.
Both candidates embrace expansions of government power to steer economic outcomes — but in vastly different areas.
Real estate industry insiders say it’s time for agents to face a new reality of discussing fees with buyers and sellers.
A hilltop estate perched 427 feet above sea level, a self-powered 11-bedroom compound, and a modern three-bedroom house on 0.63 acres.
On Aug. 17, real estate agents across the country began following new practices on how commissions are paid. The rules change the way buyers and sellers approach real estate transactions.
The former studio head Amy Pascal’s house needed a change. Maybe she did, too.
The New York City Council approved a rezoning plan that will produce nearly 7,000 housing units, some of which will be offered at below-market rents, near four new commuter rail stations.
Los cuartos para las empleadas domésticas en el país, vestigio de la historia de esclavitud, están desapareciendo o transformándose a medida que su sociedad se enfrenta a desigualdades profundamente arraigadas.
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.