The Joys of Staying Put

New Yorkers tend to move as their needs and their lives change. Unless, that is, they are of the breed that prefers staying.

By CONSTANCE ROSENBLUM

The Joys of Staying Put

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The Hunt

A Larger Nest in the Same Neck of the Woods

Lisa and Jacob Kivett loved their Upper West Side home. All they needed was a bit more space.

By JOYCE COHEN

The Hunt

A Larger Nest in the Same Neck of the Woods

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Living In | Palisades, N.Y.

History and Scenery, With a Whiff of Celebrity

Snedens Landing, a neighborhood in the Palisades, has charming and historic homes plus outgoing, sometimes eccentric residents, artists and celebrities among them.

By ELSA BRENNER

Living In | Palisades, N.Y.

History and Scenery, With a Whiff of Celebrity

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Habitats | West 72nd Street

Family Compound on the 35th Floor

Andrew Chesler and Amanda Robb were having a hard time finding an apartment. Until his mother offered to chop her four-bedroom apartment in two?

By CONSTANCE ROSENBLUM

Habitats | West 72nd Street

Family Compound on the 35th Floor

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City Room

Big Deal | Price Cuts and Foie Gras

By SARAH KERSHAW and MARC SANTORA

To help improve sales, the developers of the 60-story hotel and condominium, which went on the market in November, have cut prices on units by as much as 24 percent.

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Big Ticket | Sold for $14 Million

By SARAH KERSHAW

Trading hands for the first time since the 1950s, a 10-room co-op at the San Remo was the highest sale of the week, according to transactions posted on Streeteasy.com.

Queens Legal Services helped Luis Mendoza, with his sons Louis and Abraham. He was behind on a $477,000 mortgage.

Budget Cuts Imperil Aid in Foreclosure Cases

By DAN BILEFSKY

Agencies across New York that have provided a last-ditch legal lifeline to distressed homeowners are imperiled.

CRACKING DOWN Gideon Stein helped marshal the votes for a smoking ban at the Ariel West.

Upper West Side Condo Votes to Ban Smoking

By VIVIAN S. TOY

The Ariel West is one of the first apartment buildings in the city to approve a smoking ban that affects not only prospective residents but also current ones.

Streetscapes | Seventh Avenue

A Hotel With a Luxury: More Sidewalk Elbow Room

By CHRISTOPHER GRAY

The largest survivor of the old Pennsylvania Station is the odd 15-foot setback, 200 feet long, in front of the Hotel Pennsylvania, itself soon to be demolished.

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Mortgages

Financing Foreclosed Homes

By MARYANN HAGGERTY

For would-be owner-occupants without cash, the federally insured 203(k) loan is key.

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In the Region | Long Island

BIG YARDS Paramount Woods, a subdivision in Ridge, will include several dozen moderately priced houses on 90 woodsy acres backing a county park.

Developers Focus on Moderately Priced Subdivisions

By MARCELLE S. FISCHLER

A universe of wallet-conscious potential buyers — both young adults and empty nesters — has motivated Suffolk County developers of two new subdivisions.

In the Region | New Jersey

HOMEOWNERS James A. Bednar and his wife, Jayne, are in the throes of renovating their first home, in Wayne. Mr. Bednar, a blogger, has been a longtime public skeptic of the real estate market.

Cautious Blogger ‘Grim’ Buys a Home

By ANTOINETTE MARTIN

For the last six years, James A. Bednar, or “Grim,” was wary of New Jersey real estate; today he is a homeowner.

In the Region | Connecticut

A START Salisbury's affordable-housing stock includes a group of new single-family homes off East Main Street built by the Salisbury Housing Trust.

Town Weighs Affordable Housing Panel

By LISA PREVOST

Faced with the possibility of becoming an “upscale retirement community,” Salisbury is taking a serious look at creating affordable housing.

House Tour: Carversville, Pa.

By BETHANY LYTTLE

A refurbished four-story grist mill from 1799 that sits on a creek has cultivated its owner’s love of gardening.

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Q & A

By JAY ROMANO

Keep the pictures on the fridge, please; billing a tenant for legal expenses; no guarantees on code compliance; who can file a mechanic’s lien.

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Square Feet | The 30-Minute Interview

A. Eugene Kohn

By VIVIAN MARINO

Mr. Kohn is a co-founder and the chairman of Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates, one of the world’s largest architecture firms.

A billboard, below, for a failed real estate project in Mexico to which Donald J. Trump licensed his name; and part of that property in Baja California, Mexico, above.

Buying a Trump Property, or So They Thought

By MICHAEL BARBARO

More than 300 buyers of units in troubled luxury high-rises are suing Donald Trump, the real estate mogul, saying they were deceived.

Claudio Caponigro has cut hair in a tiny Manhattan barbershop since the early 1950s, but now his landlord wants him to pay $1650 rent or leave by May 31.

A Constant in a Changing Neighborhood Is Endangered

By JOSEPH BERGER

Claudio Caponigro’s hole-in-the-wall barbershop on East 116th Street, an unchanging mainstay in a gentrifying neighborhood, is threatened by a rent increase.

On Location

The Hammerhaus, a 16-room mini-castle two hours outside of Vienna, was built in 1400 as a one-room home that grew larger over time.

Reimagining an Austrian Estate

By KIMBERLY BRADLEY

The Hammerhaus, a 16-room mini-castle that was built in 1400, is now filled with contemporary art and design.

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On the Market in New York City

A co-op in Greenwich Village, a co-op on the Upper West Side and a victorian in Beverley Square West.

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On the Market in the Region

A two-bedroom condo in Fort Lee, N.J., and a six-bedroom in Lawrence, N.Y.

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Homes for $900,000

A four-bedroom condo in a Queen Anne in Princeton, N.J.; a contemporary house in Virginia’s Loudon Valley; and a 1905 house set on 17 wooded acres in Pine, Colo.