What You Need to Earn to Buy a Home in the Largest U.S. Cities

These days, higher home prices and interest rates mean you’ll need a higher income if you want to qualify for a mortgage.

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What You Need to Earn to Buy a Home in the Largest U.S. Cities

These days, higher home prices and interest rates mean you’ll need a higher income if you want to qualify for a mortgage.

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In the Village, Another Piece of the City’s History Is Coming Down

Like other vulnerable landmarks across the city, the house at 14 Gay Street — which helped inspire the musical “Wonderful Town” — is being demolished.

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Homes for Sale in New York and Connecticut

This week’s homes are a three-bedroom in White Plains and a four-bedroom in New Canaan.

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Homes for Sale in Brooklyn and Manhattan

This week’s properties are in Brooklyn Heights, Chelsea and in the Sutton Place neighborhood.

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Living In ... Little Falls, N.J.

The Passaic County township attracts those seeking more affordable homes than in neighboring Montclair, but with the same easy access to the city.

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Little Falls, N.J.: A Low-Key Suburb Less Than 20 Miles From Manhattan

The Passaic County township attracts those seeking more affordable homes with easy city access. (And yes, an episode of ‘The Sopranos’ was shot there.)

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$1.8 Million Homes in Florida, Tennessee and New Mexico

A Mediterranean-style house in West Palm Beach, an 1836 farmhouse on 11 acres in Knoxville and an adobe home in Santa Fe.

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Why the Queen of Christmas Refuses to Leave Battery Park City

Home is important to Elizabeth Chan: “Every Christmas song I’ve written has been written here.”

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At Home With Elizabeth Chan

Battery Park City is important to the woman whose fans consider her the Queen of Christmas: “Every Christmas song I’ve written has been written here.”

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Gen Z Problems: Maxwell Frost Is Struggling to Rent an Apartment

Other young adults, who have poor credit history and are frustrated with expensive rental application fees, can relate to the housing troubles of the first Gen Zer elected to Congress.

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He Knew He Would Be a Dancer, But Not Where It Might Lead

Alfred Gallman performed around the world, but he never had a home of his own, until he won a housing lottery and found his ‘own little corner’ in Queens.

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$950,000 Homes in California

A Craftsman-style cottage in Los Angeles, a three-bedroom apartment in San Francisco and a midcentury ranch in Novato.

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A New Lifeline for the Unseen: Homeless College Students

Two privately funded pilot programs are covering the rent for City University of New York students who face housing insecurity.

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Can My Apartment Building Really Ban Overnight Guests?

Even if no money changes hands, allowing guests to stay at your place when you’re not there could violate your lease and city laws.

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Unleash the Song in Your Heart Without Leaving the Building

Luxury condos have been adding music rooms to their lists of amenities. One was designed by Lenny Kravitz, and another is simply a piano in a room with a desk and a couch.

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Want to Make Music at Home? Start With Soundproofing.

During the lockdown, musicians were desperate to start jamming again, and even record music at home, without driving their families and their neighbors crazy.

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Homes for Sale in New York and New Jersey

This week’s properties are four-bedroom homes in Port Washington, N.Y., and Englewood Cliffs, N.J.

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Homes for Sale in Manhattan and on Staten Island

This week’s properties are in Greenwich Village, the Financial District and St. George.

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Where Are the Most and Least Affordable Homes?

A new study compares median home prices against household income, property taxes and mortgage expenses to determine affordability.

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