What I Love
For Sandra Brown, Suspense Writer, an Island of Calm
By JOANNE KAUFMAN
The author of ‘Lethal’ and ‘Mean Streak’ unwinds in a soothing space on the Upper West Side.
This week’s offerings include an oceanfront house in Oregon, a bungalow in California and country club living in Louisiana.
Condominiums are few and far between in the Hamptons, but the desire for an easy lifestyle and a downsized home is changing that.
New York City’s residential buildings have been named with historic reference, with lofty aspiration, and sometimes with the developer’s own moniker.
Josué Asselin-Bienvenue and Michael Robinson II needed more room than their Manhattan rental offered.
The author of ‘Lethal’ and ‘Mean Streak’ unwinds in a soothing space on the Upper West Side.
The Mamaroneck Beach & Yacht Club’s plan to add seasonal apartments has spawned years of protests and litigation over property rights, development and preservation.
This week’s questions deal with special assessments in condos; buying without a broker; and dealing with neighbor noise.
A sprawling five-bedroom aerie on the 53rd floor of One57 was the sale of the week.
An Italianate villa in Westchester, once home to John Jacob Astor III, is poised to enter the market with a price tag of $14.75 million.
More private lenders are extending credit to investment borrowers, landlords and ‘flippers’ alike, though at a premium.
New buildings are going up, and older ones are being converted to high-end residences.
The former Life photojournalist and textile designer lives in a 1914 co-op on the Upper East Side of Manhattan.
Even though prices for shares of such developments fell, promoters are restarting existing projects and thinking about new ones.
A $27 million upgrade to Bush Tower, a building finished in 1918 and once known for its sumptuous Buyers’ Club, should return three Gothic arches to its lower facade.
Modest home-improvement projects like replacing kitchen cabinet fronts or refinishing hardwood floors can be a better bet than a spare-no-expense renovation when it’s time to sell.
Here are some simple home improvements that may offer the most bang for the buck.
Questions about evicting a co-op neighbor; addressing potentially illegal renovations; and bracing yourself for a condo conversion.
Art, books and ephemera fill the Gramercy Park home of the pioneering African-American runway model in the 1970s.
Adele Sarno, a longtime resident who is Italian-American, must leave her apartment in Manhattan’s Little Italy by June 30. Housing advocates say the eviction is betraying the museum’s cultural mission.
The 30-story condominium towers over the traditional walk-ups nearby, but its brick design will also borrow from the neighborhood’s historic flavor.
Renee Nelson, a high school math teacher in the Bronx, searched for a two-bedroom apartment with some outdoor space and indoor parking.
A 7,536-square-foot prewar condominium conversion, with an open layout and north and west Central Park views, was the sale of the week.
The quality of the school district and the old-fashioned Main Street, lined with mom-and-pop shops, draw many young families to the borough.
After a recession-induced lull, new construction catering to wealthy buyers is back in a big way in Connecticut.
High rents and more affordable mortgages are not persuading more renters to buy, according to a new study.
Worshipers at the Home of the Sages charged in court that a $13 million deal was motivated by self-enrichment, with proceeds largely flowing to the synagogue’s president.
A recently overhauled free app that now allows users to read new stories every day and search for homes at the same time.
This week’s properties include co-ops in Carnegie Hill and on the Upper West Side, and a townhouse in Bedford-Stuyvesant.
This week’s properties are four-bedroom homes in Long Beach, N.Y., and Hopewell, N.J.
International buyers vanished during the global real estate crisis of 2008, but domestic demand kept prices buoyant. In Cartagena buyers find a dynamic and pricy home market.
The choice between buying a home and renting one is among the biggest financial decisions that many adults make.
Mr. Kushner, 34, is the chief executive of Kushner Companies, a developer that owns and operates more than 20,000 residential apartments nationwide.
Wake Forest Innovation Quarter updates the technology business park to fit 21st-century development priorities: proximity and collaboration.
Notable properties that have been recently listed for sale, sold or leased in New York City.
A newly renovated apartment in South London was designed using the best attributes of places where the owner had lived, including SoHo and Woodstock in New York.
The ceramists James Klein and David Reid live in Jackson Heights with their own and others’ works, vintage furniture and a few beloved unidentified objects.
A condo in Missouri, a contemporary in Los Angeles and a townhouse in Philadelphia
