The Gym in My Apartment Building Is SO LOUD! What Can I Do?
It’s possible that a gym isn’t even allowed in your building. If it is, it cannot violate the noise code, the warranty of habitability or the lease.
It’s possible that a gym isn’t even allowed in your building. If it is, it cannot violate the noise code, the warranty of habitability or the lease.
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The area in and around Greece’s second-largest city offers traditional Greek houses, modern renovations and waterfront views.
After a near-death experience gave her a new lease on life, a writer ‘broke up with New York’ and headed south to find a one-bedroom or two-bedroom apartment.
This week’s properties are five-bedroom house in Westport, Conn., and a five-bedroom in New Rochelle, N.Y.
This week’s properties are in the East Village, Chelsea and Port Richmond.
From 2018 to 2023, the average sale price of a new manufactured home grew faster than that of a new single-family home, according to a recent study.
Homeowners and builders weighed in on the difference between the two design styles taking over rural America.
Would life in the Southwest be easier for someone doing gig work in the television and film industry?
Barndos, large, open-plan structures, have surged in popularity with the recent exodus from urban to rural areas.
Families in Washington Heights are being pushed out by rising rents and costs, and New York City is losing its youngest demographic group.
Ohad Fisherman is accused of participating in an alleged sexual assault in 2016 alongside Oren and Alon Alexander.
Here’s how the central bank’s interest rate moves influence car loans, credit cards, mortgages, savings and student loans.
Raven Baxter will be the face of a national campaign to prevent housing discrimination, supported by a grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
A Queen Anne Revival in Leavenworth, a ranch house in Richmond, and a rowhouse in Trenton.
Men with meticulously curated homes are going viral on TikTok, changing the way people think about male living habits.
Barbaralee Diamonstein-Spielvogel has made it her life’s work to make sure that the city’s landmarks, and the contributions of its residents, are never forgotten.
The actor’s family were the beneficiaries of a New York State housing program aimed at middle-income residents.
The artist Dennis Maher — who rescued his Buffalo, N.Y., home from the brink of destruction — has always treasured what others have overlooked.
A craftsman-style house in Oakland, a 1922 home in Stockton and a midcentury modern-style house in Santa Rosa
If your rental is not properly heated, gather your neighbors and complain together.
After an appearance on “Seinfeld” in 1997, the pole took on a life of its own as the embodiment of the anti-holiday spirit.
A villa-guest cottage combo and a sleek contemporary house in Barbados, and a luxury bungalow in the Bahamas.
A couple hired an architect with experience designing floating homes, after a decade of downsizing on dry land.
Tal and Oren Alexander, once stars of the luxury real estate industry, and their brother, Alon Alexander, were arrested on Wednesday in Miami.
Seeking an income-generating home and a place for her brother to potentially live, a New Yorker scanned the Bronx, Westchester and southern Connecticut for the perfect spot.
Plus, a labor fight that could upend reality TV.
This week’s properties are in Midtown, on the Upper West Side and in Parkchester.
This week’s properties are a four-bedroom in Dobbs Ferry and a six-bedroom in Moorestown, N.J.
Each year, Emily Eerdmans, a design historian, and her husband, Andrew McKeon, an environmentalist, transform their rented Manhattan duplex apartment into a freewheeling holiday bazaar.
A recent study ranked large U.S. cities on the quality of dating life. A city in the South came out on top.
La disputa de las clarisas de Belorado, actualmente enredada en un tribunal español, involucra un arma misteriosa, demonios, deudas, una hipoteca y un manifiesto en el que denuncian a la Iglesia católica.
The federal indictment against Oren Alexander, Tal Alexander and Alon Alexander, on conspiracy to commit sex trafficking.
Oren and Tal Alexander, once stars of the real estate industry, had a precipitous fall after women filed lawsuits accusing them of sexual assault. Their brother Alon was also charged.
A home from 1900 in Woodstock, a midcentury modern house in Las Vegas and a converted barn in Chester.
The 2024 housing market was the slowest in decades. Next year’s might not be much better. It may come down to how many new homes can be built.
Two brothers and a designer created a development company in Pioneertown, Calif., to bring the local natural beauty to the old places that needed it.
The Poor Clares of Belorado, in northern Spain, are digging in their heels in a battle of wills over real estate with the Catholic Church.
The National Association of Realtors has created a nonprofit that gives more heavily to one side of the political aisle and to groups that have little to do with real estate and housing.
A waterfront house in Richmond, a midcentury modern home in Pasadena and a Spanish-style residence in Santa Barbara.
New York City has extended its curbside composting program to all five boroughs. Here’s how to sort through the heap of rules and guidelines.
The Trump Organization finds a warm welcome in India, where status-hungry home buyers clamor for a famous American brand.
When Pfizer moved to a new building in Manhattan last year, it left behind artwork that had hung in its lobby for 63 years. Not everyone was pleased.
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, which backstop most U.S. mortgages, know floods and fires are a growing problem. But little action has been taken.
Tenants typically cannot make alterations or improvements to an apartment without permission. Unauthorized upgrades could lead to eviction.
Walter Mosley talks about how his fictional hero frees himself from wage labor through America’s favorite side hustle: landlording.
The nation’s largest lender says the government tied its hands with regulations that prevented it from exerting control over appraisal values.
Some newer houses around the country are barely wider than a common family car.
A contemporary home near a volcanic crater lake, and a pair of two-bedroom apartments in a harbor district of Reykjavík.
The celebrated couple bought the co-op overlooking Central Park in the early 1980s and used it as a pied-à-terre — and for big, splashy parties.
A longtime tenant is locked in a standoff with the owner of his Upper West Side building.
Seeking city-style activities in a small-town setting, a young couple headed north out of San Francisco in search of a sunny place with character, preferably for less than $1 million. Here’s what they found.
This week’s properties are a five-bedroom house in Millstone, N.J., and a four-bedroom in Huntington, N.Y.
This week’s properties on the Upper East Side, in Harlem and in Astoria.
Rental inventory is rising in Queens and Brooklyn, and declining in Manhattan. How are new developments altering the rental market?
The City Council passed a major housing plan known as “City of Yes.” Experts and elected officials say it is only a first step to address the housing crisis.
Step into the Hamptons house that the artists and jewelers have renovated through the years.
A four-bedroom Tudor Revival in Oklahoma City, a Spanish-style bungalow in West Palm Beach, Fla., and a Dutch Colonial from 1930 in Sioux City, Iowa.
Habitat for Humanity helps older people who can’t afford to make their homes safe and workable as they age.
A pocas horas en coche de Ciudad de México, estas haciendas centenarias se han convertido en restaurantes, museos, hoteles e incluso parques acuáticos. En todas ellas perduran la belleza y la historia.
The interior designer Bunny Williams shares tips on how she styles the five fireplaces in her Connecticut home.
These interior designers have strategies for creating personal spaces for reading, whether it is in a dedicated room or a welcoming corner in your house.
A three-bedroom house with a pool in Palm Springs, a cute Victorian-era house in Nevada City, and a three-bedroom bungalow from 1925 in Torrance.
Betti Franceschi has lived in her art-filled Upper West Side apartment for decades. For her latest project, she published a book of photographs featuring dancers from her generation.
Within a few hours’ drive of Mexico City, these centuries-old estates have become restaurants, museums, hotels and even water parks. In all of them, beauty and history linger.
There is a straight line from homeless schoolchildren to Donald Trump’s election victory.
Transfer fees, a.k.a. flip taxes, typically fund upgrades and improvements in co-op buildings. But how much is too much?
A gay bar. A bookstore. Fresh salt air. We could learn to preserve what matters most to people.
“You want the street name to be something people would be proud to live on,” says one developer. But no bad vibes, please.
A one-bedroom with a showcase ceiling in Marais, a lofted three-bedroom apartment on Avenue Frochot, and a three-bedroom unit in the 10th Arrondissement.
Some people race to grab their packages before thieves can nab them. Others move to buildings with dedicated mailrooms.
A one-bedroom vacation condo on St. Thomas was heaven for a writer when she was growing up. But what did the place mean after her parents were gone?
Forced out of their two-bedroom rental by a new landlord, a young couple looked to downsize in Park Slope or Clinton Hill. Here’s what they found.
This week’s properties are in Chelsea, on the Upper East Side and on the Grand Concourse.
This week’s properties are a four-bedroom in North Bellmore, N.Y., and a three-bedroom in Sherman, Conn.
It’s beaches and water (and sometimes snow), according to a study that analyzed median list prices in every state.
A five-bedroom Tudor Revival house in Detroit, a 1925 rowhouse in South Philadelphia, and a two-bedroom cottage from 1920 in Manchester, Vt.
To really communicate with people about the many problems arrayed across the housing landscape, we needed to cut through the noise.
The award-winning filmmaker has slept in the same bedroom for over four decades. He credits his home with allowing him to make the films everyone said he couldn’t.
Following a lawsuit, the National Association of Realtors was ordered to rewrite its rules governing agents’ commissions and pay $418 million in damages.
There’s a solution to New York City’s housing shortage: Build more homes. But that can get complicated. Mihir Zaveri, a New York Times reporter covering housing in the New York City region, explains why one project got built and another did not.
Two designers created a unique home that they hope makes visitors feel like they’re in an alternate world.
Dozens of New York City renters are receiving payoffs from Blackstone in a settlement of a case that accused the previous landlord of violating rent-stabilization rules.
Here is what renters, landlords, developers and politicians say.
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.
Monseñor Jamie Gigantiello tiene problemas con su diócesis. Los fiscales están investigando sus relaciones con el principal asesor del alcalde de Nueva York. Todo empezó con Sabrina Carpenter.
State housing laws favor tenant protection, so landlords want to make sure that a new tenant will meet the lease obligations.
Asa Ellerup, who is married to Rex Heuermann, the defendant in the Gilgo Beach murders, stuck it out despite destructive searches and gawkers. Now she is selling and heading to South Carolina.
The housing agency plays a central role in addressing the growing national affordability crisis.
The super has denied wrongdoing and pleaded not guilty to charges in New York Supreme Court.
Tired of the featureless white cube, curators and dealers are staging shows in the most personal spaces of all: their homes.
The Orchard, a rental tower with a dizzying array of luxury amenities, caps a decade of rapid development in the neighborhood.
A renovated thatched-roof cottage, a stone house with a glass pavilion, and a restored 19th-century fisherman’s cottage in Villerville.
A City Council committee passed a major proposal that would ease restrictions on housing growth in New York. The full Council is likely to approve it next month.
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.