Five Homes for Sale With Dreamy Pools
A 1960s compound in the Berkshires, a tropical cottage in Miami, a quintessential Hamptons house, and two California retreats.
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Real Estate and Housing (Residential)
Kathie Lee Gifford Lists Connecticut Estate for $100 Million
The former TV host bids farewell to Greenwich. Ken Griffey Jr. put his Florida home on the market, while Lindsey Vonn lowers the asking price on her house in Beverly…
Interior Design and Furnishings
In Memphis, an Italianate Home Dripping With Texture
A couple found such success with their interior designer, one half joined his team.
Real Estate and Housing (Residential)
How Do I Stop a Bad Landlord From Ruining My Neighborhood?
A well-organized group of neighbors is often the most powerful force.
Real Estate and Housing (Residential)
$1.3 Million Homes in Sweden
A 10-bedroom manor from 1806, a 25-acre farm estate near the Baltic Sea, and a five-bedroom modern farmhouse.
Artificial Intelligence
A.I. Boom Leads to Record Home Prices in San Francisco
The Bay Area boasts the highest median home prices in the country and experienced the sharpest annual price increases.
Real Estate and Housing (Residential)
How to Make Wallpaper Art
Start out with a low-stakes installation on an art canvas. You’ll learn the basics, and you can easily undo it.
Art
For Rent: A One-Bedroom Coyote House
The artist Johnny DeFeo reimagined his wildlife paintings as a tiny adventure house that he constructed high in the New Mexican desert. (Vacationers, check Airbnb.)
Real Estate and Housing (Residential)
Homes for Sale in New York and New Jersey
This week’s properties are a four-bedroom in Laurel, N.Y., and a five-bedroom in Bridgewater, N.J.
Real Estate and Housing (Residential)
Homes for Sale in Brooklyn and Manhattan
This week’s properties are in Williamsburg, on the Upper West Side and in Hudson Heights.
Real Estate and Housing (Residential)
Still Mailing Your Rent? You’re Hardly Alone.
Those who pay their rent online are now the majority — but just barely.
Artificial Intelligence
I Tried to Sell My House With A.I.
Over five frantic days, I gambled my family’s life savings on a hunch that A.I. could outperform a real estate agent.
Real Estate and Housing (Residential)
America’s Last Surviving Wallace Neff Bubble House Is for Sale
Located in Pasadena, Calif., this futuristic dome — and affordable housing prototype — still stuns.
Real Estate and Housing (Residential)
$2.8 Million Homes in New York, Pennsylvania and Tennessee
A 19th-century farmhouse in Red Hook, N.Y., a Frank Lloyd Wright-inspired cottage in Port Allegany, Pa., and a 1949 house in Franklin, Tenn.
Real Estate and Housing (Residential)
A House That Adapts to Party Mode, Private Mode and Guest Mode
A London couple turned their four-bedroom house into a one-bedroom shape-shifter — and got a lot more room for living.
Mamdani, Zohran
Mamdani’s Public Housing Plan Partly Relies on Private Sector
Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s new housing plan will include measures to improve New York City’s crumbling public housing system.
Real Estate and Housing (Residential)
Sometimes, the Best Way to Explore a Landscape Is to Sit Down
Madoo, in Sagaponack, N.Y., is giving visitors a different way to view a garden, with outdoor seating in a variety of styles and colors.
Costa Rica
A Striking Costa Rican Beach House Pays Tribute to Latin America
A builder and an architect collaborated on a family beach compound using local materials and with a patio and a pool at the center.
Costa Rica
A Striking Costa Rican Beach House Pays Tribute to Latin America
A builder and an architect collaborated on a family beach compound using local materials and with a patio and a pool at the center.
Homeless Persons
In Homeless Crisis, California ‘Is Waging a War on R.V.s’
The R.V.s are seen as an eyesore — the most visible sign of the state’s homelessness crisis. Neighbors and politicians want them gone. The people who call them home feel…
Real Estate and Housing (Residential)
As Rents Soar, Londoners Turn to Vacant Pubs, Offices and Police Stations
Property guardianship, in which residents live in otherwise vacant buildings, used to be considered edgy. But as the rental market tightens, more people are embracing the arrangement.
Real Estate and Housing (Residential)
My HOA Neighbor Is Breaking the Rules. What Can I Do?
There are contracts between property owners, and also between owners and the community.
Real Estate and Housing (Residential)
$1 Million Homes in Curaçao
Willemstad, the Caribbean island’s capital, offers Caribbean-style villas, modernist homes, and indoor-outdoor specialties.
Real Estate and Housing (Residential)
How China’s Housing Crisis Has Global Consequences
Our Beijing bureau chief, Keith Bradsher, describes how China’s enormous housing crash is affecting economies all over the world.
US and Israeli Attack on Iran (2026)
Mortgage Rates, Now 6.5%, Hit Highest Level Since War Began
The average rate on a 30-year mortgage rose amid growing concerns over inflation and as the war with Iran showed no sign of ending.
China
China’s Endless Housing Crisis Shows Faint Signs of Hope
Property prices in Shanghai, in particular, are rebounding, but the national market still faces an enormous overhang — 90 million empty or unfinished apartments.
Hotels and Travel Lodgings
New Jersey Says Yes to Airbnbs During the World Cup
As New York City tamps down on short-term rentals, some New Jersey municipalities are encouraging residents to take advantage of the windfall World Cup travelers could bring.
Real Estate and Housing (Residential)
Digging Deep Into Dog Poop Data: Which Neighborhood Is the Worst?
The city relies on 311 complaints to log dog waste. But one resident took a closer look.
Real Estate and Housing (Residential)
Homes for Sale in Brooklyn and Manhattan
This week’s properties are in Bushwick, Kips Bay and Midtown East.
Real Estate and Housing (Residential)
Homes for Sale in New York and Connecticut
This week’s properties are in Chappaqua, N.Y., and New Fairfield, Conn.
Real Estate and Housing (Residential)
Return to the Land, a Whites-Only Community, Is Sued for Discrimination
Return to the Land, a 160-acre development requiring members be white and heterosexual, is breaking fair housing and civil rights laws, according to a lawsuit.
Real Estate and Housing (Residential)
$825,000 Homes in Nevada, Idaho and North Carolina
A midcentury modern house in Las Vegas, a home with river views in Bonners Ferry, Idaho, and a 1950s cottage in Charlotte, N.C.
Zoning
A Homeowner Built Townhouses in a Jersey City Backyard
As YIMBYs and NIMBYs debate where to build housing, a project in Jersey City, N.J. shows how seemingly irreconcilable sides can find common ground.
Real Estate and Housing (Residential)
Filling a Lenox Hill Living Room With Objects That Inspire
The designer Josh Greene splurged on a sexy ’70s credenza and found the perfect display for heirloom antiques in his one-bedroom co-op.
Real Estate and Housing (Residential)
For Sale: Three Marrakesh Riads for Less Than $800,000
Riads, the traditional open-air Moroccan homes or palaces, predominate in the Medina, Marrakesh’s walled ‘old city.’
Real Estate and Housing (Residential)
Selena Gomez Lists Her Los Angeles Home for $6.5 Million
The house was the setting for her HBO show “Selena + Chef.” Plus, J.Lo drops the price on her Beverly Hills mansion, and Sergey Brin lists a rental.