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Getting Rid of Tree Roots From Next Door
When the roots from a neighbor’s tree destroy your driveway, who is responsible for fixing it?
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Homes That Sold for Around $600,000
Recent residential sales in New York City and the region.
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CreditSteven Salerno The Fix
The Best Way to Cool Your Space
What kind of air-conditioner is best for your home — and how much do you really have to spend on it?
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CreditJane Beiles for The New York Times Living In
Salisbury, Conn.: An Antidote for Cabin Fever
A small town with a range of cultural attractions and upscale restaurants nearby. Homeowners find sophisticated and accomplished neighbors as well.
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CreditiStock/Getty Images When Mom Picks Out Your Apartment for You
Should adult children let their parents not only pay for their first apartment but also find it for them?
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CreditBee Murphy What No One Ever Tells You About Tiny Homes
Tiny living has its virtues, but there are also some real down sides.
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Credit Best College Degrees for Homeownership
As commencement season winds to a close, we look at which graduates are likely to be the first to own a home.
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CreditKarsten Moran for The New York Times Homes for Sale in Brooklyn and Manhattan
This week’s properties are on Sutton Place, in Chelsea, and in Prospect Park South, Brooklyn.
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CreditDan Neville for The New York Times Homes for Sale in New York and Connecticut
This week’s properties include a five-bedroom house in Old Westbury, N.Y., and a three-bedroom penthouse in Stamford, Conn.
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CreditAlex Wroblewski for The New York Times A Family of Three Prefers Stuyvesant Town to Midtown
A couple move to Stuy Town for more space and a short walk to their son’s school, even though they didn’t score a below-market unit.
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CreditGene Maggio/The New York Times Art Dealer’s Fifth Avenue Co-op Sells for $55 Million
The Colombian financier Carlos Alejandro Pérez Dávila buys Robert H. Ellsworth’s palatial third-floor apartment for $55 million.
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CreditJanine Lamontagne for The New York Times For a City Family, a Lakeside Second Home Beckons
On a drive back from the Berkshires, Daniel and Megan Parker found a large lake on a map, and started dreaming of a place for their urban children to enjoy the country life.
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CreditColin Way for The New York Times House Hunting in … Canada
The housing market in Calgary is still recovering from its worst recession in decades, precipitated by weakness in the oil and gas industry.
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CreditEllis Creek Photography $1.9 Million Homes in South Carolina, Oregon and Vermont
An updated 1815 house in Charleston; a contemporary home in Bend; and a Queen Anne-style house in Montpelier.
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CreditFederica Del Proposto What Is the Smartest Way to Pay Off a Debt?
To repay a loan, is it better to refinance your mortgage or take out a home equity line of credit?
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CreditFederica Del Proposto When a Roommate Won’t Pay Up
What’s the best way to raise a roommate’s rent — or get her to move out?
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CreditFederica Del Proposto Dangerous Window Boxes
Many New Yorkers hang flower pots or other planting containers from their windowsills, but is that legal — or safe?
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CreditFederica Del Proposto Noisy Construction in the Building
A neighbor’s renovation is making our lives miserable and the co-op board won’t do anything.
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CreditFederica Del Proposto A Selective ‘No Pets’ Policy
Can my landlord evict me for having a dog while advertising newly renovated apartments in the building as pet-friendly?
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CreditAaron Zebrook for The New York Times Breezy Point, Queens: Tested by Hurricane Sandy
Years after the hurricane destroyed 350 homes, the private community has not fully recovered. But there are flip-flops for sale again in the surf shop, and new sand dunes to hide young lovers.
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CreditDavid Dee Delgado for The New York Times Spuyten Duyvil, the Bronx: Crosscurrents of Suburb and City
Full-service apartment buildings give an urban vibe, but historic homes and tidy yards suggest something quieter.
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CreditVincent Tullo for The New York Times East Hills, N.Y.: A Village Green Built With Recreation in Mind
The 50-acre Park at East Hills, with a pool, an outdoor restaurant, tennis courts and a theater, serves as the nexus of community life.
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CreditMeredith Heuer for The New York Times Croton-on-Hudson, N.Y.: A Magnet for the Eclectic
Nestled by two rivers and abounding in natural beauty, this Westchester County village has attracted poets, actors and Communists over the years.
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CreditJonah Markowitz for The New York Times Rosebank, Staten Island: A Little Italy, Trying Not to Shrink
Willy-nilly development is changing a once-intact Italian-American neighborhood, residents fear.
