Real Estate

This week’s properties are a five-bedroom in Ossining, N.Y., and a four-bedroom in Redding, Conn.

By Anne Mancuso and Alicia Napierkowski

This week’s properties are on the Upper East Side, in Sutton Place and Bedford Stuyvesant.

By Heather Senison

A Tudor Revival home in Oklahoma City, a two-bedroom condominium in a converted 1869 warehouse in Mobile and a 1915 American Foursquare house in Omaha.

By Angela Serratore

A two-bedroom flat near Castello Sforzesco, a duplex on the banks of the Naviglio Grande canal, and a three-bedroom in Milan’s historical center.

By Michael Kaminer

The Chrysler Building is an icon of New York City’s skyline. But with ownership changes, a crumbling interior and newer, glitzier towers surrounding it, the building is at risk of losing that status.

By Anna Kodé, Farah Otero-Amad and Karen Hanley

This week’s properties are in Turtle Bay, on the Lower East Side and in Kingsbridge.

By Heather Senison

A recent study ranked all 50 states based on the average monthly energy bill in each. Hint: It’s better in the heat than in the cold.

By Matt Yan

This week’s properties are a three-bedroom in Nutley, N.J., and a four-bedroom in Thornwood, N.Y.

By Jill P. Capuzzo and Anne Mancuso

A 1735 stone house on 32 acres in Saugerties, a Queen Anne Revival home in Stockbridge and an early 18th-century farmhouse with a guest cottage in Collegeville.

By Angela Serratore

In her most recent book, “The Backyard Bird Chronicles,” the best-selling author revels in a newfound preoccupation with birds — and drawing.

By Margaret Roach

The fire-resistant house she built in Napa, Calif., with the insurance money was “so different — and I like different.”

By Tim McKeough

With the cost of college through the roof, some parents have sold their homes or taken out exorbitant loans to pay for their child’s degree. Share your story with us.

By Linda Federico-Ó Murchú and Rukmini Callimachi

A midcentury-modern house in Los Angeles, a three-bedroom condominium in San Francisco and a hillside home in San Rafael.

By Angela Serratore

Take a look at some of the most high-profile real estate listings and sales in June in New York City.

By Vivian Marino

A mews apartment, a two-bedroom in a semidetached Victorian villa, and a three-bedroom in a rowhouse with a private backyard.

By Alison Gregor

It starts in your own backyard (or the tiny container garden on your balcony): “You can put a single bloom in a flower vase, and that is often enough.”

By Tim McKeough

After spending two years on the road and having a baby, a young couple decided to put down roots just south of the nation’s capital. Here’s what they found.

By Michele Lerner

This week’s properties are in Sutton Place, Gramercy Park and Flatbush.

By Heather Senison

This week’s properties are a three-bedroom in Weston, Conn., and a five-bedroom in Stony Brook, N.Y.

By Claudia Gryvatz Copquin and Alicia Napierkowski

A recent study found that the size of the average new rental apartment increased by almost 30 square feet last year.

By Matt Yan

A two-bedroom cottage in Castine, a one-bedroom apartment in a Beaux-Arts building in Washington and a circa-1900 house in Louisville.

By Angela Serratore

This botanic garden is determined to bring back the American chestnut tree and heirloom apples that taste like those grown 500 years ago. It won’t be easy.

By Margaret Roach

Some interior designers decorate their adult apartments to be reminded of the hometowns where they grew up.

By Heather Senison

A stone villa in Calistoga, a Spanish-style retreat in Santa Barbara and a four-bedroom house with a guest cottage in Los Angeles.

By Angela Serratore

Because of your religious beliefs, your co-op could face legal liability if it fails to accommodate your request.

By Jill Terreri Ramos

A four-bedroom house with a thatched roof, a turn-of-the-century rowhouse and a three-bedroom duplex in a converted grain distillery.

By Marcelle Sussman Fischler

Retailers like Chick-fil-A are opening smaller, takeout-focused outposts with little or no seating to complement their traditional locations.

By Celia Young

Co-op rules meant they couldn’t add a second bedroom, so they came up with an elegant workaround.

By Julie Lasky

With their lease on a Lower East Side apartment expiring, two software engineers wondered if buying made more sense than renting, now that the housing market wasn’t quite so frenzied. Here’s what they found.

By Heather Senison

Facing high home prices and mortgage interest rates, many people need huge down payments to afford a mortgage.

By Matt Yan

This week’s properties are in NoMad, the East Village and Park Slope.

By Heather Senison

This week’s properties are waterfront homes in Massapequa, N.Y., and Margate, N.J.

By Jill P. Capuzzo and Claudia Gryvatz Copquin

A tight-knit immigrant community trusted a developer as one of their own. But he pocketed the money, according to the state attorney general’s office.

By Matt Yan

The world-famous New York City gardens offer a master class in how to grow and maintain a naturalistic landscape. Here are a few takeaways.

By Margaret Roach

A Colonial Revival retreat in Greenwich, a Prairie-style house in Chicago and a Queen Anne Revival home in Houston.

By Angela Serratore

Tal Alexander, who rose to fame in the luxury housing market with his younger brother Oren, will take a leave from the firm he helped to create. Oren left earlier in June.

By Debra Kamin

The small house in Washington was designed to sit lightly on the land: It touches the ground in only six places, and they didn’t cut down a single tree.

By Tim McKeough

A Craftsman bungalow in Altadena, a three-bedroom condominium in San Francisco and a renovated midcentury house in Sausalito.

By Angela Serratore

Flip taxes, also known as transfer fees, help co-op buildings raise money for repairs and improvements, and they must be described in your governing documents.

By Jill Terreri Ramos

A three-bedroom loft in an revamped factory, a two-bedroom apartment in a 16th-century house, and a detached villa in a leafy residential area.

By Joann Plockova

The Harlem home of the circus impresario James A. Bailey is being restored, detail by detail, by a couple who are learning the job as they go along.

By John Freeman Gill

A recently married couple moved to the Italian capital in search of a two-bedroom with a terrace in a central neighborhood. What would their $950,000 budget afford?

By Lana Bortolot

This week’s properties are in the West Village, Yorkville and North Riverdale.

By Heather Senison

A recent study ranked 100 of the largest U.S. cities based on median rents, job opportunities and social metrics.

By Matt Yan

This week’s properties are five-bedroom homes in Millstone, N.J., and Brewster, N.Y.

By Jill P. Capuzzo and Anne Mancuso

An 1860 rowhouse in Catskill, a Queen Anne Revival home in Holly Springs and a 19th-century farmhouse in Westminster.

By Angela Serratore

Their passion for fruit you’ve never heard of started small. Now they have a botanical garden that’s open to the public.

By Margaret Roach

With temperatures climbing this week, here’s how to be comfortable in your home — with or without air-conditioning.

By Anna Kodé

The best open storage adds personality to a room. Here’s how it’s done.

By Tim McKeough

A co-founder of a brokerage that caters to the ultrawealthy and his twin brother face accusations that they sexually assaulted women. They have denied wrongdoing.

By Debra Kamin