A couple loved living in Sea Gate, Brooklyn, so much that they wanted to share the experience with others. So they looked for a distressed property they could restore and rent to a low-income tenant.

This week’s properties are in Harlem, Chelsea and Clinton Hill.

Nationally, one-year rent increases have leveled out, but local conditions may vary.

This week’s properties are a two-bedroom in Pound Ridge, N.Y., and a four-bedroom in Ridgefield, Conn.

Respecting your neighbor’s privacy is a friendly instinct. But you might have to get aggressive to ensure everyone else’s well-being.

Homeowners are adding hidden doors and rooms to foil burglars, eke out extra storage space and prepare for Armageddon.

A cottage in Southwest Harbor, a two-bedroom condominium in Miami Beach and a four-bedroom bungalow in Seattle.

Buildings made shaggy with vegetation or fragrant with wood are no longer novelties.

A hillside home of Spanish architects has a skin made of colorful tubes.

‘Lemons and limes are really great houseplants,’ said the owner of a rare-plants nursery in Connecticut — if you choose the right ones.

The Philadelphia rowhouse once owned by the jazz musician will be restored through funds provided by the African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Even a quarter of a century ago, the one-bedroom house was a bargain in Los Angeles. Several renovations later, it’s the home of their dreams.

A division of Mr. Buffett’s conglomerate was added to a string of defendants in an antitrust lawsuit that alleges brokerages inflated commissions that home sellers were forced to pay.

Many artworks commissioned by the rich and powerful for their final resting places have rarely been seen by the living for the last century.

During the quarantine, a couple worked hard on an application for the city’s housing lottery, and their efforts paid off: a two-bedroom for $1,241 a month in Long Island City.

A midcentury-modern retreat in Palm Springs, a hillside house in wine country and a three-bedroom home with a guesthouse and recording studio in Topanga.

Your mortgage lender can sell the servicing of your loan to a different company. You can’t stop that, but you can protect yourself.

Take a look at major residential real estate listings and sales, including Kathy Hilton's Hamptons home.

The celebrated Broadway performer, director and choreographer is asking $2.3 million for the apartment at 414 East 52nd Street, one of two he owns in the same co-op complex.

If lack of a cash is keeping you from buying a house, you may have options.