A look at where the ownership gap is greatest and smallest across the U.S.

Aiming to be her ‘own advocate’ and save on commission fees, a schoolteacher dove into the real estate game and emerged with her first single-family home. Here’s how she did it.

This Fairfield County city is working to shed its ‘rundown’ image, although progress is happening slowly: “The city’s turning itself around.”

This Fairfield County city is working to shed its ‘rundown’ image, although progress is happening slowly: “The city’s turning itself around.”

This Fairfield County city is working to shed its ‘rundown’ image, although progress is happening slowly: “The city’s turning itself around.”

For a quarter of a century, Ira Wallace has nurtured seeds and gardeners: ‘When you say her name in our community, all this love comes up.’

A Spanish-style house in Phoenix, a Craftsman bungalow in Tampa and a 1916 Colonial Revival home in Lexington.

Thanks to an awareness that design affects children’s development, playrooms are no longer ‘the worst room in the house.’ You may even want to hang out there.

Yaakov Bloom says he has learned a lot about himself after living in six apartments in the last decade, including one with an unruly pet.

A 1911 Craftsman house in Oakland, a stylish retreat in Lake Arrowhead and a two-bedroom condominium in Malibu.

Half a century ago, Marc Harrison built a prototype for a home that would accommodate people of all ages and abilities. Now his daughter has restored it.

Half a century ago, the industrial designer built a prototype for a home that would accommodate people of all ages and abilities.

When the building itself is making noise, it’s not as simple as telling it to quiet down.

The Rehearsal Club, which provided inexpensive housing for decades for aspiring actresses, singers and dancers trying to make it in New York City, is back. Carol Burnett said the club “saved my life.”

Unable to afford the homes they wanted on their own, a couple and their friend combined resources and bought a multifamily house. Here’s what they found in western Queens.

This week’s properties are on the Upper East Side, in South Harlem and in Hunters Point.

This week’s properties are in Brookville, N.Y., and New Canaan, Conn.

Parents have more flexibility these days to choose where they want to put down roots. A new study can help them decide.

Unable to afford the homes they wanted on their own, a couple and their friend combined resources and bought a multifamily house. Here’s what they found in western Queens.

Moody’s Analytics finds that households in the U.S. now pay 30 percent of the median income for the average rent.