NY Times Articles

The building of few private garages has set off municipal alarm bells. Fearing copycats, the city has moved swiftly to tighten the rules.

A watercolorist and her husband have a lushly planted backyard at their home in Hillcrest, with plants that figure in her paintings.

For Patrick Shindell, finding something in Manhattan in his price range — under $300,000 — was a tall order.

A Rockland County village on the Hudson River was hit hard by the recession, but is making a slow recovery back.

Many condominium projects are returning to the market after waiting out the downturn, and some haven’t reduced prices.

Readers’ questions pertain to the Dakota Stables and the Lexington School for the Deaf.

Questions for the president and founder of IBEX Construction, a company based in New York that specializes in stores and commercial interiors.

Penthouse apartments have become increasingly accessible for buyers and renters in New Jersey over the last few years.

Highgrove, designed by Robert A. M. Stern, was to be the ultimate in Stamford high-rise living. But in the more than five years since sales began, the building is still unfinished.

Real estate brokers are holding open houses with disco and cocktail parties that help forge strategic alliances as well as sell homes.

Struggling borrowers facing “unique hardships” may find more flexibility from lenders starting this month.

Leaving a co-op during repairs; the legality of security cameras; getting to a roof deck through the gym.

A light-filled house on a hillside in Great Barrington, Mass., is designed to show off art, minimize maintenance and increase energy efficiency.

The talk show host sold his duplex for more than $4 million below his asking price.

The actor bought a one-bedroom on West 21st Street for $701,000.

A TriBeCa apartment owned by Damon Dash sold for $5.5 million. A second Dash property, also in TriBeCa, failed to sell.

The chef and restaurateur sold his East 10th Street co-op for $1.4 million.

A Los Angeles native’s move to Shanghai and her hunt for a traditional apartment.

The Cornish residential property market was sluggish last year, but has picked up in 2010 with gains of 5 to 10 percent, depending on the area.

A four-bedroom plantation house in Mississippi, a two-bedroom contemporary in Dallas and a three-bedroom house in Maine.

The developer of the new apartment complex hopes it attracts Yale graduate students and the medical community.