Composting Bin Dos and Don?ts: Can Your Building Restrict Your Access?

Every building is different. What to do with internal trash and recycling storage are up to the residents and managers.

Billy Joel Is Selling His $49.9 Million Dream Mansion on Long Island

The celebrated musician has decided to part with the house of his wildest childhood dreams.

Residents of a Mobile Home Park Join Forces to Buy Their Community

The residents are the first in the state of Maine to successfully utilize a new law making it easier for them to compete with investors and gain ownership of the land their homes sit on.

Personalizing a Rental Isn?t as Crazy as You Might Think

How else are you going to decorate with AstroTurf and plywood, or install your own ceramics studio?

Pet Turf? In-Unit Laundry? Which Amenities Do Renters Really Want?

An analysis of millions of rental listings found that people more often saved and shared units with practical and communal amenities over luxury offerings.

A Camera in the East Village, Capturing the Now and the Long Ago

The photographer Susan Schiffman shoots rent-stabilized apartments in the neighborhood intended as portraits of the unseen tenants who live in them.

How to Turn Your Living Room Into an Inviting Multipurpose Space

Designers show us how to turn what used to be the most formal area of a home into an inviting, multipurpose space.

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.

Add ?I?m Getting a Little Older? to the Challenges of Apartment Hunting

Finding a rental is one thing, but moving into it is no picnic either. These days, a ?senior move manager? can help streamline the process.

Get Your Mind Into the Gutter

Autumn is for addressing one of the most neglected parts of your home.

A House for One That Has Room for Many

When a woman made her weekend place on Long Island her full-time residence, she had it redesigned to fit her new life, and to allow for lots of friends to visit.

$2 Million Homes in California

A 1924 Spanish Revival house in Los Angeles, a 1962 midcentury-modern house in San Rafael, and a recently remodeled 1916 house in Oakland.

$1 Million Homes in Porto, Portugal

Offerings in the coastal city in northwest Portugal include a modern duplex penthouse, a restored stone house with vineyards, and a five-bedroom house in the historic center of town.

Homes for Sale in Manhattan and Brooklyn

This week?s properties are in Harlem, the financial district and the Columbia Waterfront District.

Homes for Sale in New York and New Jersey

This week?s properties are a four-bedroom house in Oyster Bay, N.Y., and a three-bedroom house in East Amwell, N.J.

$900,000 Homes in Pennsylvania, New York and Connecticut

A four-bedroom stone house in Bala Cynwyd, Pa., a 19th-century farmhouse in Germantown, N.Y., and am 18th-century Colonial in Essex, Conn.

$1.35 Million Homes in California

A 1958 midcentury-modern house in Palm Springs, a 1947 ranch-style house in Los Angeles, and a 1926 Craftsman-style house in Berkeley.

Can My Building Replace Our Keys With QR Codes and Facial Scans?

New York?s tenant data privacy law specifically addresses landlords? use of ?smart? entry and intercom systems. Here?s what it says.

$650,000 Homes in Nova Scotia

Three takes on a water lifestyle in Canada?s eastern province: A shingled home by the bay, a chic cabin and a contemporary bungalow.

A Compact Weekend House Filled With Comfort

A couple bought a second home with friends, and then decided that being neighbors would be much more fun.

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