The fashion designer Kenneth Cole’s 14-acre spread in Purchase, N.Y., was among several notable estates to hit the market in August.

A sunny three-bedroom house with a courtyard; a corner townhouse with a rooftop terrace; a house of character in a traditional village.

Some students arrive on campus expecting certain comforts. And they, or their parents, are willing to pay thousands to settle in.

Searching in Clinton Hill and Bedford-Stuyvesant, a young couple endeavored to find a sunny place with a decent kitchen and not too many stairs.

A study compared the median listing price for a 500-square-foot apartment in Manhattan with the prices of homes in France, Greece, Italy, Portugal and Spain.

This week’s properties are in Greenwich Village, SoHo and Jackson Heights.

This week’s properties are a five-bedroom in Norwalk, Conn., and a six-bedroom in East Setauket, N.Y.

Step inside the entertainer’s Upper West Side pied-à-terre.

A circa-1900 Queen Anne-style home in Columbus, a two-bedroom condominium in Phoenix and a 1925 Craftsman house in Oklahoma City.

A new book explores the obsession and explains why it’s not exactly like collecting dolls: “It puts people in touch with their own mortality.”

Every client is unique, but Don Katz truly broke the mold.

A midcentury retreat in Idyllwild, a two-bedroom condominium in Playa del Rey and a two-bedroom townhouse in Campbell.

No, with some exceptions. But different rules may apply to a market-rate rental right down the hall.

Under new rules, potential buyers may now be responsible for paying their agent’s commission. Some now question the need for that agent.

Two architects in the Netherlands made the most of the tiniest of spaces, “maximizing absolutely everything.”

The Justice Department filed an antitrust suit against the real estate software company, accusing it of creating an illegal pricing scheme to charge tenants more.

An Art-Nouveau villa with a historic designation, a five-bedroom semidetached home and a flexible four-bedroom ‘coffee mill’ house.

The Spanish island fills beachfront hotels and glittering dance clubs with wealthy tourists. But its teachers, firefighters and police officers can’t find a place to live.

A retired schoolteacher scoured San Diego County for a condo with proximity to three important things: her mother, her grandson and the beach. Here’s where she found it.

This week’s properties are a six-bedroom house in Albertson, N.Y., and a five-bedroom in Montclair, N.J.