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What Happens When Wall Street Buys Most of the Homes on Your Block?
As Wall Street investors pluck up starter homes and convert them to rentals, first-time buyers are being squeezed out and residents are being forced to grapple with what the changes mean for their lives and their communities.
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CreditAnuj Shrestha The Latest Cool Amenity? A Name Brand. How About Porsche?
The market for branded luxury condos is growing, and now includes fashion houses and luxury carmakers, especially in Miami. In some buildings, a car elevator will lift you to your own parking spot.
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CreditRick Wenner for The New York Times The HuntA New York Firefighter Left the City for the Long Island Suburbs. Which House Did He Choose?
Years of living in cheap city rentals set up a single dad to buy the three-bedroom home of his dreams. Here’s what he found for $500,000.
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CreditNadia Pillon Mice Have Invaded My Apartment and the Building Can’t Fix It. What Now?
Sometimes landlords must be reminded that they are accountable to the city, not just to their tenants.
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CreditRicardo Picon of Rise Media Homes for Sale in Manhattan and Brooklyn
This week’s properties are in Murray Hill, Lenox Hill and Downtown Brooklyn.
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Credit How Much Value Is Your Home Accruing? It Depends on What It Cost.
Since 2000, the most expensive U.S. homes have quadrupled in value. At the low end, things are very different.
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CreditRealty Plans Homes for Sale in New York and Connecticut
This week’s properties are a three-bedroom in Westport, Conn., and a five-bedroom in Nissequogue, N.Y.
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CreditF. Robert Wesley A Viable Alternative to Conventional Lawn? Cornell May Have Found One.
Cornell Botanic Gardens is testing sustainable options for replacing your backyard grass. The bonus: They don’t need to be cut more than twice a year.
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CreditTodor Tsvetkov for Lila Delman Compass $2.8 Million Homes in Rhode Island, California and Colorado
A 1750 house in Newport, a Craftsman bungalow in Carmel and a Tudor Revival home in Denver.
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CreditTony Cenicola/The New York Times Saratoga Springs, N.Y.: An Urban Oasis at the Foot of the Adirondacks
The Saratoga Race Course has long been a big draw, but it’s not the only one in this small, walkable city with a ‘phenomenal quality of life.’
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CreditJeff Herr Every Bedroom Needs Storage. But What if You Don’t Have Big Closets?
There are ways to make room for storage in even the smallest bedrooms — and those without any closets at all. Here’s how.
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CreditSam Bush for The New York Times It’s Cozy and Cheap, but Do You Want to Live in This Social Media Magnet?
Social media platforms are awash with videos of microapartments and tiny homes, amassing tens of millions of views. But do clicks translate into new occupants?
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CreditCarla Garcia, TourFactory $1.4 Million Homes in California
A Gregory Ain-designed house in Altadena, a mountain retreat in Tahoma and a midcentury-modern escape in Palm Springs.
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CreditNadia Pillon Rent-Controlled vs. Rent-Stabilized: How Much Can a Landlord Charge?
Owners of the city’s roughly 16,000 rent-controlled homes can raise the rent, but only so often, and only by so much.
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CreditNadia Pillon What’s the Best Way to Buy My Rental Condo From the Landlord?
Due diligence is required, but a private sale such as this can have advantages.
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CreditNadia Pillon My Building Manager Wants to Get on My Renter’s Insurance. Is That Legal?
It depends on what kind of apartment you rent. And it may actually be a good idea.
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CreditNadia Pillon My Apartment Is Infested With Bugs. How Do I Make My Landlord Fix It?
There are numerous ways you can pressure a landlord to take action. Sometimes it takes using all of them to get a result.
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CreditNadia Pillon My Windows Are Filthy and the Landlord Won’t Clean Them
It’s not just dirt that dims city views. Windows are often caked in air pollutants that pose a health hazard.
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CreditTony Cenicola/The New York Times Manasquan, N.J.: A Beach Town Where Kids ‘Have a Little More Freedom’
This shoreline borough is becoming more polished, but residents still cherish its old-fashioned vibe: “That’s the cool part about growing up here.”
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CreditTony Cenicola/The New York Times Old Saybrook, Conn.: A Quiet Shoreline Town With Relatively Low Taxes
This Middlesex County community was once a place “where middle-class people built cottages.” Now cash buyers are winning bidding wars.
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CreditTony Cenicola/The New York Times Esopus, N.Y.: ‘Pristine Natural Surroundings’ and Stealth Wealth
This Ulster County town is known for its nature preserves, waterfront homes and quietly affluent residents: ‘They’re not in-your-face flashy.’
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CreditRachel Vanni for The New York Times Hanover Township, N.J.: ‘A Nice, Family-Oriented Place’
With good schools and relatively low property taxes, this Morris County community is popular with buyers. No surprise, then, that the market is tight.
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The Saratoga Race Course has long been a big draw, but it’s not the only one in this small, walkable city with a ‘phenomenal quality of life.’
rentersHer Choice: Love, or the Lease on a Beloved Studio. It Took Some Thought.
Taking guidance from a favorite childhood novel, “A Tree Grows in Brooklyn,” a woman says she had to decide what kind of a person she wanted to be.
By D.W. Gibson
Living smallAfter Her Husband Died, She Found a Creative Way to Move Forward
When the former defense secretary Ashton Carter died, his wife knew she couldn’t stay in their old home. Downsizing became a way of processing grief.
By Tim McKeough
streetscapesHow Black Nurses Were Recruited to Staten Island to Fight a Deadly Disease
Many old buildings at a New York City hospital are in ruins, but it played a key role in the battle against tuberculosis, which killed 5.6 million people in the U.S. in the first half of the 20th century.
By John Freeman Gill
Downsizing After a Death
When the former defense secretary Ashton Carter died, his wife knew she couldn’t stay in their old home. So she found a creative way to move forward.
On the MarketHomes for Sale in Manhattan and Queens
This week’s properties are in South Harlem, Washington Heights and Middle Village.
By Heather Senison
On the MarketHomes for Sale in New York and New Jersey
This week’s properties are a five-bedroom in Centerport, N.Y., and a three-bedroom in Medford, N.J.
By Jill P. Capuzzo and Claudia Gryvatz Copquin
Buying Is Just the Beginning. What Does It Really Cost to Own a Home?
A new study adds it all up over the typical length of homeownership. The result? Utilities will cost more than your down payment.
By Michael Kolomatsky
The HuntTwo New Yorkers Hiked Up to the Hudson Valley With $700,000. Which House Was the Right Fit?
Knowing they would be competing against others from the city, a couple searched Ulster and Dutchess Counties for a house they could afford near the natural wonders they love.
By Karen Angel
What You Get$850,000 Homes in Texas, Michigan and Pennsylvania
A Tudor Revival house in Houston, an 1897 mansion in Cadillac and a three-bedroom rowhouse in Pittsburgh.
By Angela Serratore
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