Around the country, developers are building energy-resilient communities that act as their own miniature power grids.

A renovated cottage in Santa Monica, a Spanish Colonial Revival home in Santa Barbara and a three-building complex in Mendocino.

Start by reading your co-op’s proprietary lease, then move on to city law.

Start by reading your co-op’s proprietary lease, then move on to city law.

Designers Christine and John Gachot should know how to furnish an outdoor space: Their rental has six. Here’s their step-by-step guide.

With interest rates climbing, a new form of one-upmanship is making the rounds: the mortgage-rate humble brag.

A West Village penthouse sold for $52 million and a SoHo penthouse for $50 million. Also, Julia Koch and Alexis Stewart found buyers for their homes.

Finances matter, of course, but so do your future plans, lifestyle, location and other factors. Answer a few questions to learn what may be best for you.

Designers Christine and John Gachot offer a step-by-step guide to decorating an outdoor space.

This week’s properties are in Hell’s Kitchen, the financial district and Astoria.

This week’s properties are a four-bedroom house in Readington, N.J., and a five-bedroom in Katonah, N.Y.

Two first-time buyers set their sights on Morningside Heights and South Harlem, aiming for a two-bedroom or large one-bedroom in an elevator building.

Rents are still up over last year in just over half of the 100 largest U.S. cities.

Rents are still up over last year in just over half of the 100 largest U.S. cities.

Two first-time buyers set their sights on Morningside Heights and South Harlem, aiming for a two-bedroom or large one-bedroom in an elevator building.

This Middlesex County community was once a place “where middle-class people built cottages.” Now cash buyers are winning bidding wars here.

Innisfree, in Millbrook, N.Y., “doesn’t look like other gardens.” That’s by design.

This Middlesex County community was once a place ‘where middle-class people built cottages.’ Now cash buyers are winning bidding wars.

A saltbox house with an attached 1830 barn in Hartland, a two-bedroom condominium in a 1914 building in Brooklyn and a Tudor Revival house in Akron.

This Middlesex County community was once a place “where middle-class people built cottages.” Now cash buyers are winning bidding wars here.