The Land That Allowed Ken Burns to ‘Raise the Dead’
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.
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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.
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Following a lawsuit, the National Association of Realtors was ordered to rewrite its rules governing agents’ commissions and pay $418 million in damages.
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Two designers created a unique home that they hope makes visitors feel like they’re in an alternate world.
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The Orchard, a rental tower with a dizzying array of luxury amenities, caps a decade of rapid development in the neighborhood.
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Former Building Superintendent Charged With Stealing From Older Tenant
The super has denied wrongdoing and pleaded not guilty to charges in New York Supreme Court.
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I’m Ending My Lease Early and Found the Landlord a New Tenant. Can He Refuse?
State housing laws favor tenant protection, so landlords want to make sure that a new tenant will meet the lease obligations.
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She Took Her $300,000 Budget to the Washington, D.C., Area. Could She Afford Something in the City?
Excited to start a new government job, a young first-time buyer considered starter apartments inside and outside the Beltway. Here’s what she found.
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Where Are the Most Million-Dollar Homes?
While many metropolitan areas have homes valued at $1 million or more, California is leading the pack.
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‘Excuse Me! How Much Do You Pay for Rent in New York?’
When we asked the online celeb Caleb Simpson if he would give us a tour of his house, he said “Yes.” Here’s what we found.
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Chauffeured Cars and Broadway Tickets: Inside the National Realtors Group
The National Association of Realtors, a nonprofit trade organization, offers lavish perks and payouts to its executive staff and its leaders.
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New to New York, and Dazzled by the Energy of Times Square
A couple who finally live full-time in the city sometimes can’t believe they have their own home in the middle of the craziness.
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When Your Landlord Raises the Rent, How Much Is Too Much?
Landlords of rent-stabilized units are generally not able to increase the rent by more than what is allowed. But there are some exceptions.
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‘An Absolute Mess’: Brokers Assess the Shift in Fees
The New York City Council has passed a bill that would require landlords to pay for the rental brokers they hire. Some brokers believe it will hurt tenants in the long run.
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A Glass Addition Maximizes Light and Minimizes Exposure
A couple in Barcelona sought openness and privacy for their growing family. Their architect, a friend, knew just how to provide it.
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Why Are Your Property Taxes Higher Than Your Neighbor’s?
Property taxes for condominiums in New York City are calculated differently from taxes in other dwellings.
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Who Is Responsible for Fixing Condo Defects?
Condo boards have a duty to act in the interest of all unit owners. But if the board is controlled by the building’s sponsor, that could be tricky.
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When Your Neighbor Renovates, How Do You Protect Your Home?
A law exists to balance the interests of people who renovate their properties with the interests of their neighbors.
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Co-op Assessments: Do You Have to Pay What They Say?
Courts allow co-op boards significant power over building finances, including assessments — if the fees are in ‘good faith.’
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He Lived in the Same Apartment for 30 Years. Then Came a Knock on the Door.
After an emergency evacuation put them into limbo, tenants of a New York building are still awaiting a court decision that might help them recover their past lives.
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Rent Was $325 a Month and the Piano Fit
A couple briefly considered moving to one of the newer market-rate buildings in New York City and paying more for a splashier place. Then they got real.
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They Wish N.Y.C. Were ‘Less Expensive,’ but They Have Big Theater Dreams
Two young actors were prepared to work hard to make it in New York theater. The rental market proved to be cutthroat.
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The New York Apartment That Has Sheltered One Family for 86 Years
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.
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She Suspected She Was Adopted. It Turned Out She Was Right.
A Florida woman was determined to find the birth family she never knew she had. The trail led to the New York area, where she and her girlfriend now live.
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A five-bedroom Tudor Revival house in Detroit, a 1925 rowhouse in South Philadelphia, and a two-bedroom cottage from 1920 in Manchester, Vt.
By Angela Serratore
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.
By Angela Serratore
A renovated thatched-roof cottage, a stone house with a glass pavilion, and a restored 19th-century fisherman’s cottage in Villerville.
By Michael Kaminer
This week’s properties are a three-bedroom in Norwalk, Conn., and a four-bedroom in Irvington, N.Y.
By Alicia Napierkowski and Anne Mancuso
This week’s properties are in Turtle Bay, Hell’s Kitchen and Greenpoint.
By Heather Senison
A stone mansion from 1906 in Minneapolis, a Spanish Colonial-style house in Santa Fe, N.M., and a 19th-century rowhouse in Alexandria, Va.
By Angela Serratore
A hillside compound in Topanga Canyon, a remodeled four-bedroom house in Pacifica, and a three-bedroom bungalow in Sausalito.
By Angela Serratore
Most of the plumbing pipes in the United States are oversize, wasting water in a time of increasing drought.
By Megy Karydes
A four-bedroom Balinese-style retreat, a three-bedroom Caribbean-style house near the beach, and a contemporary four-bedroom home in a gated community.
By Roxana Popescu
They’re up in nearly every major U.S. metro area, but homeowners in the South have seen especially large increases.
By Matt Yan
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