We asked the experts for some shortcuts — because “budgets don’t always allow for a professional framer.”

A new building in Fort Greene was designed to encourage a more intimate living space, according to the builders.

A renovated 1951 house in Los Angeles, a home with San Francisco Bay views in Greenbrae and a shingled house near the water in Manhattan Beach.

To live in a rent-stabilized apartment in New York, it must be your primary residence. But how far can you bend the rules?

“It’s probably the best place I’ve ever lived,” said the owner of a little house in the mountainous Methow Valley of Washington.

On Ambergris Caye, the Belize island known for its water sports and pristine beaches, buyers can find resort condos and single-family homes.

Elementary school children have been writing letters to Mayor Eric Adams in an effort to save Elizabeth Street Garden, where the city is planning to build housing.

To find the right one-bedroom, a couple eschewed prewar style in favor of a cookie-cutter co-op.

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

This week’s properties are four-bedroom homes in Muttontown, N.Y., and Redding, Conn.

A new study ranks the 50 states on metrics including affordability, health care costs and weather. The upshot: head south.

The couple want more space for a growing family, but their agent said they aren’t leaving New York City to get it.

New safety regulations will impact condo owners across Florida, some of whom may have to pay thousands of dollars for required improvements. We want to hear these stories.

A Queen Anne Revival home in Galveston, a midcentury-modern bungalow in West Palm Beach and an 1890 brick house in Iowa City.

Neighbors on Fire Island took a clever approach to a common problem: They hired the same architects at the same time. Now everyone has a view.

A midcentury-modern home in Pasadena, a Mediterranean-style house in Albany and a three-bedroom retreat in Monterey.

For renters, pet fees and breed and size restrictions make it hard to keep their families together in a tough market. Some lawmakers are listening.

Property taxes for condominiums in New York City are calculated differently from taxes in other dwellings.

After an unconventional negotiation with his building manager, an artist transformed what was once a bank into a studio.

In South Africa’s legislative capital, you can find a five-bedroom compound in the Western Cape’s wine country, a four-bedroom Victorian from 1901, and a five-bedroom from 2017 in a leafy gated community.