Old Meets New in a Singapore Shophouse
By JANE A. PETERSON
In a blossoming heritage enclave near Singapore's East Coast, a couple have overhauled a 1920s shophouse to suit their family's lifestyle.
For all the talk of stratospheric prices, a home for $500,000 or less may still be had in New York if you head away from Manhattan.
Steven Rollino knew he might outgrow his first home. So rental potential was important.
Long a neighborhood of new immigrants, Ridgewood, Queens, is now seeing an influx of people from pricier areas in Brooklyn.
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In a blossoming heritage enclave near Singapore's East Coast, a couple have overhauled a 1920s shophouse to suit their family's lifestyle.
A boxy concrete, steel and glass villa in Tobago has unimpeded ocean views and a Pop Art flavor.
Ever higher residential buildings are going up in the city, transforming the skyline and tantalizing wealthy buyers with sprawling "sky villas."
A contemporary in Weston, Mass., a ski house in Wilson, Wyo., and a house on a lake in Richmond Hill, Ga.
Some buyers seeking real estate deals in New York go prospecting in neighborhoods that don’t suffer from packed open houses. Yet.
A favorable exchange rate, a shortage of available properties and a pleasant climate has driven up prices along Cape Town’s Atlantic coast.
Developers are taking showcase apartments to the next logical step – offering turnkey homes, furniture packages and interior design consultations.
Conrad Ricamora, now appearing in the revival of “The King and I,” wanted a home near Lincoln Center.
A century-old Jersey City warehouse is being reimagined as 366 residential lofts available for rent.
Mr. Whalen, a partner in Robert M. Stern Architects, lives in a building with a distinguished pedigree.
This week’s topics include quieting a songstress, installing a dishwasher, and paying for balcony repairs.
Co-op City is mostly open space, with wide lawns and bike paths. But the community’s primary perk is the below-market-rate homes.
The developer Jared Kushner sells the second of six loft-style apartments at Puck Penthouses, setting a per-square-foot record for NoLIta.
Empty nesters drawn to the culture and convenience of Manhattan and Brooklyn, but facing soaring real estate prices, are rethinking their plans.
The neighborhood of candy-colored 19th-century townhouses has been popular with American and French buyers but also appeals to the British.
Hell’s Kitchen, on Manhattan’s West Side, is the focus of the next video in our new monthly series.
The Concept House in Rotterdam, an energy-efficient wooden dwelling encased in a greenhouse, has made firm converts of its “test family.”
The library’s main reading room, set to reopen this fall, has been closed for repairs since a plaster ornament fell from the ceiling in 2014.
The hub, opening Thursday, gives the city an Instagram-ready attraction and the most expensive train station ever.
Residents in the buildings that house the Carnegie Deli and Barneys are frustrated with the halting work that has left some without heat, hot water or cooking lines for months.
As a Republican candidate for president, Mr. Trump has played up his stature in the city of his birth. But his local real estate holdings are limited, and some banks and contractors are leery of working with him.
Polluted property passed on in a will can end up costing the recipient more than it is worth, even if the deceased had no role in the contamination.
The battle between Vinod Khosla, a venture capitalist, and California’s State Lands Commission has fanned debate over public and private land use.
Even starter apartments are expensive in New York. Some parents help out by buying an apartment, then charging the child a bearable rent.
A couple who thought they found the perfect home realized the dream was elusive after they moved in.
Bookcases say as much about you as the books you read. So which style to choose? An interior designer offers some suggestions.
The costume designer Patricia Field lives in a one-bedroom apartment in a postwar co-op on the Lower East Side.
This week’s subjects include shared electric bills and strict rules in co-ops, and problem in rent-stabilized apartments.
For buyers lured by the dream of homeownership, the risky transactions can become money traps that profit investors.
An apartment with abundant space, indoors and outside, at 150 Charles Street in the West Village was the sale of the week.
The Jackson, a 56-unit condominium under construction in Queens, looks almost as though it was originally designed to serve a commercial purpose.
A recently overhauled free app that now allows users to read new stories every day and search for homes at the same time.
This week’s properties are in Greenwich Village, Murray Hill and Brooklyn Heights.
This week’s homes include a colonial in Katonah, N.Y., and a contemporary in Westport, Conn.
This week’s properties include a contemporary in Overland Park, Kan., a ski house in Stowe, Vt., and a Tudor in Washington, D.C.
Malta’s business-friendly tax structure and sunny Mediterranean climate attracts international property buyers, and demand outweighs supply.
Answers to reader questions about real estate, home buying and renting, mortgages, insurance, leases, condominiums and co-ops and real estate law.
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The choice between buying a home and renting one is among the biggest financial decisions that many adults make.
Record prices, skinny skyscrapers, celebrity listings and architectural debuts: It’s been an eventful year in New York City real estate. Test your memory with this quiz.
General Electric’s corporate headquarters campus in Fairfield, Conn.
Plans by Kleban Properties call for turning a Connecticut campus into a technology center after General Electric moves its headquarters to Boston.
Paul L. Whalen is a partner of Robert A.M. Stern Architects and a lead designer of prominent residential buildings like 15 Central Park West.
Recent commercial real estate transactions in New York City.
It’s a short hop from New York, and at the moment, it’s still less expensive.
The practice of home staging has long elicited strong reactions. But as staging has evolved, more real estate professionals stress its importance.
Houses of steel and aluminum are sprouting in cool places, a.k.a. Brooklyn neighborhoods.
Noise-control companies are endeavoring to make life a little quieter in a very loud city.
New companies are springing up to help renters find homes, break leases, sublet, find roommates and avoid broker fees.
Among over 3,000 unionized superintendents in New York City, perhaps a few dozen are women.
The Bronx, particularly the South Bronx, has assumed the mantle of next frontier for renters, buyers and developers.
The palatial Upper East Side triplex that Joan Rivers called home for more than a quarter of a century was the sale of the week.
A Greenwich Village townhouse sold by the actress and her husband, Matthew Broderick, was the most expensive sale of the week in New York City.
Finding the right one is even harder in a city where most tables are expected to multitask. An event planner offers some advice.
The pros share their strategies for making your home enticing to buyers.
A new breed of online furniture manufacturers offers high-end quality and customization – and often a quick turnaround time – at low-end prices.
With the median price for a Manhattan apartment nearing the $1 million mark, buying your first home can be a daunting task. And don’t forget to add in the fees.
Good cellphone reception is a must-have for many in New York.
Here are some simple home improvements that may offer the most bang for the buck.
A home remodeling checklist for New York apartment dwellers.
Suggestions for frustrated New York City home hunters.
