Should You Really Buy That Home?
Avoiding a money-pit or any other kind of real estate nightmare is possible if you pay attention to a few important red flags.
Highlights
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CreditWilliams New York The High End
On the Upper West Side, New Digs for Old Souls
Robert A.M. Stern’s firm has designed a new luxury masonry building, with some modern tweaks. Can it compete with glassy towers?
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CreditEvan Joseph Images Staging a Construction Site with Luxury Furniture
To drum up interest, a developer filled the concrete shell of a Brooklyn townhouse with high end furnishings.
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CreditRobert Wright for The New York Times The Hunt
A Longtime Renter Gets a Lesson in Bidding
Louis Broccoli, a digital graphic designer, was outbid on two apartments. He refused to let the next one go.
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On the Market
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CreditBrad Dickson for The New York Times Homes for Sale in New York City
This week’s homes are on the Upper East Side, on Beekman Place, and in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn.
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On the Market
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CreditDaniel Gonzalez for The New York Times Homes for Sale in New York and New Jersey
This week’s properties include a six-bedroom in Bayport, N.Y., and a three-bedroom in South Orange, N.J.
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Living In
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CreditDaniel Gonzalez for The New York Times Sayville, N.Y.: A Walkable Downtown and Victorians by the Bay
With lots of buyers and low inventory, homes in Sayville are selling faster and at higher prices than a year ago.
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What You Get
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CreditGabe Border $800,000 Homes in Idaho, New York and Michigan
A 1925 bungalow in Boise, a modern house in Hillsdale and a Victorian home in Traverse City.
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Guide
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Buying a home can seem like a daunting process, but with careful research and determination, the keys to that dream home can be yours. We’ll help you along your path toward homeownership.
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International Real Estate
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CreditNic Granleese House Hunting in ... Melbourne, Australia
Melbourne has seen a surge in home prices in recent years, thanks to low interest rates, a strong economy and rapid population growth.
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What I Love
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CreditChad Batka for The New York Times For a Creator of the Series ‘9JKL,’ Life Is Stranger Than TV
The sitcom written by Mark Feuerstein and his wife, Dana Klein, mirrors his own living situation whenever he is in New York.
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On Location
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CreditTara Striano for The New York Times Renovating a Rental with the Future in Mind
A tenant was fast outgrowing his apartment and his landlords were worried about aging out of theirs, so they came up with an unconventional plan.
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Renters
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CreditRobert Wright for The New York Times Creating a Home in a Harlem Townhouse Share
Tired of subletting and couch surfing, three actors and a lighting designer put together a real home in a shared rental.
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What's Selling Now
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Credit Homes That Sold for Around $750,000
Recent residential sales in New York City and the region.
Ask Real Estate
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Credit Can a Neighbor Keep Flowerpots on a Fire Escape?
Plants on the fire escape and window ledges cause strife.
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Credit When Whistling Is Not Music to Your Ears
The neighbor whistles, and a reader wonders how to make him stop.
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Credit Do I Have to Allow a Private Investigator Into My Apartment?
A landlord wants to inspect apartments in a rent-regulated complex, making tenants anxious.
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Credit Can Parents Leave a Co-op to a Grown Child? It Depends
The co-op board has the final say in whoever takes over the apartment and ultimately lives in it.
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Credit Renting a Second Apartment for a Spouse Under Care
Exploring options for a couple who live in a rent-stabilized apartment on the Upper East Side.
Living In
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Credit Kips Bay: An Anonymous Neighborhood With Fringe Benefits
While it has been described as the “least fashionable neighborhood in Manhattan,” Kips Bay is also one of the city’s few genuinely middle-class areas.
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Credit Roosevelt Island: Part of Manhattan, but Apart from It
Out of the ruins of prisons and hospitals, Roosevelt Island has seen an increase in development — and prices, which have spiked 59 percent since 2012.
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Credit Glen Cove, N.Y.: An Old Gem Poised for a Comeback
Where the wealthy once summered on the North Shore of Long Island, development is again booming.
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Credit Pelham, N.Y.: Close to the City, but With a Friendly Vibe
The oldest town in Westchester County, Pelham is a place where people know one another and “there’s nothing cookie-cutter” about the homes.
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Credit Metuchen, N.J.: A ‘Doughnut Hole’ with a Storied Past and New Development
This commuter town has been growing in recent years, but it’s still the kind of place where if “you do something wrong, your mother finds out.”
