The architect Jennifer Kell and Dominic Surprenant, a retired lawyer, hired the firm Lake Flato to design a home with multiple structures in Malibu, Calif.

A 19th-century farmhouse in Fayetteville, a Spanish-style house in SeaTac and a rowhouse in Washington.

Tree pits — those tiny patches of land beloved by dogs — have become unexpected canvases for some of the city’s most creative (and comedic) street art.

The average agent in the United States makes far less than the moneyed salespeople you see on reality TV. But a rare few have won the cutthroat game of real estate in real life.

Jamie Lenore McKillop turned her bathroom into a sanctuary with ceramic blue tiles, a refinished vanity and a tray table made for bathtub movie watching.

Rent-stabilized apartments offer a more affordable solution but are more likely than others to have poor conditions, creating an uncomfortable choice.

An Arts and Crafts-style house in Los Angeles, a wood house with a cottage in Big Sur and a midcentury modern home in Ojai.

Dimitrios Petsas never once considered living north of Bleecker Street, let alone outside of the city — until a tiny, furry creature came along.

Ventfort Hall, an 1893 mansion built for J.P. Morgan’s sister, was in disrepair. The living and the dead teamed up to save it.

At Arizona State University, residents pay about $500,000 in entrance fees to live on campus and take classes alongside undergraduates.

Designed to be the crown jewel of Billionaires’ Row in New York City, the supertall tower at 432 Park Avenue is now facing serious problems. Stefanos Chen, a reporter for The New York Times’s Metro section, describes why the decade-old condo skyscraper is likely to need a nine-figure renovation. What went wrong?

Landlords who require renters to use an electronic payment system are breaking the law.

Known for her roles in film, the actress built a second act off-screen, turning the homes she renovated into another stage.

An apartment in a historic villa, a renovated farmhouse south of the city center and a maisonette near the Arno River.

After the death of her husband, Richard Cohen, last year the broadcast journalist has decided to move on from her El Dorado pied-à-terre.

To find a place with at least three bedrooms and some outdoor space, a couple had to look in New York “neighborhoods that aren’t so central. Here’s what they found.

This week’s properties are a three-bedroom townhouse in Pleasantville and a five-bedroom converted barn in Montgomery Township.

This week’s properties are in Hell’s Kitchen, on the Upper West Side and in Dumbo.

For at least a fifth of U.S. households, the increases have likely been financially burdensome.

The gift is twice the amount Ms. Scott contributed to the African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund in 2021.