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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House Tour: Carversville, Pa.

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

By BETHANY LYTTLE

House Tour: Carversville, Pa.

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On Location

Reimagining an Austrian Estate

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

By KIMBERLY BRADLEY

On Location

Reimagining an Austrian Estate

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House Hunting in ... Buenos Aires

Barracas, once an industrial area, is gaining ground as a desirable neighborhood, but still bears traces of its grittier past.

By VIRGINIA C. McGUIRE

House Hunting in ... Buenos Aires

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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 32 minutes ago

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 27 minutes ago

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.

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.

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.

Feature at Trade Center Is Halted After $10 Million

By CHARLES V. BAGLI

The Port Authority has struggled to create an elegant and secure skyscraper while also containing costs.

A home in Carmel Valley, Calif., priced for sale at $789,500. Homeowners in high-price areas worry that prices could tumble.

Federal Retreat on Bigger Loans Rattles Housing

By DAVID STREITFELD

Planned cuts in the size of a mortgage that can be backed by the federal government may hurt upscale housing markets in high-cost states like New York and California.

Economic Scene

Rent or Buy, a Matter of Lifestyle

By DAVID LEONHARDT

The relative merits are closer than they have been since the housing bubble began inflating almost a decade ago.

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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.