This Ulster County town is known for nature preserves, waterfront homes and quietly affluent residents: ‘They’re not in-your-face flashy.’

This Ulster County town is known for its nature preserves, waterfront homes and quietly affluent residents: ‘They’re not in-your-face flashy.’

A Spanish-style home in Altadena, a 2022 townhouse in St. Louis and an 1870 Carpenter Gothic cottage on Martha’s Vineyard.

Designers share their secrets for adding sleeping space to any home — without relying on the dreaded pullout sofa.

A woman walking in Williamsburg saw an empty storefront for rent. It turned into a dream fulfilled. Upstairs, an apartment was being renovated.

A three-bedroom retreat in Sebastopol, a midcentury-modern home in Laguna Niguel and a 1965 house in Sonoma.

Tap into the resources available from states, nonprofits, developers and housing groups to make spaces work for families of all abilities.

Owners of the city’s roughly 16,000 rent-controlled homes can raise the rent, but only so often, and only by so much.

Building a big new house would have been easier and cheaper. But saving the 19th-century structure resulted in something better.

Building a big new house would have been easier and cheaper. But saving the rotting 19th-century structure resulted in something better.

Anthony Couverthier tried his hand at different jobs, but being a building superintendent came naturally and with an apartment for his family.

This week’s properties are four-bedroom in Yonkers, N.Y., and Saddle River, N.J.

This week’s properties are in Prospect Heights, Morningside Heights and East Chelsea.

Wondering what air-conditioning will cost you this summer? A study compared energy costs in all 50 states and Washington, D.C.

A single mother in Oakland, Calif., with a successful career and a modest nest egg looked for a home that would comfortably fit a family of three. These were her options.

They may not be the showiest thing on the patio, but these miniature landscapes inevitably take center stage: “It’s about being in Lilliputian land.”

An 1888 Queen Anne Revival house in Versailles, a Craftsman bungalow in Denton and a split-level home in New Hope.

The interior designer who renovated the Southampton, N.Y., house indulged his obsessions: James Bond movies and modernism. And he did it on a budget.

A midcentury-modern home in Walnut Creek, a Cape Cod-style house in Burbank and a 1925 Tudor Revival in Albany.

Most sexual harassment comes from potential clients, and agents say are vulnerable to abuse in an industry that offers few protections.