Wanting to be closer to their adult children, they moved west, knowing they would have to make some compromises to live near Malibu. Here’s what they found.

A Craftsman bungalow in Kaukauna, a rowhouse in Philadelphia and a midcentury ranch house in Florence.

Tim and Sue Soar have toiled for decades to maintain their medieval estate and not go broke. They can’t take it much longer. But will it sell?

When two artists bought the vacant building, it was ‘grim and creepy.’ Now it’s not only a home — it’s a communal arts space.

When two artists bought the vacant building, it was ‘grim and creepy.’ Now it’s not only a home — it’s a communal arts space.

When two artists bought the vacant building, it was ‘grim and creepy.’ Now it’s not only a home — it’s a communal arts space.

A Spanish-style home in Los Angeles, a renovated 1905 bungalow in Palo Alto and a Cape Code-style retreat in Laguna Beach.

Thousands of people released from prison in New York go directly to homeless shelters.

Sometimes simply filing a lawsuit is enough to lure a person to the negotiating table. But you have to find them first.

The landlord says an appraiser, who is white, used unfair comparisons to assess the worth of his apartment building.

Home sales to Americans have increased significantly, giving them a chance to enjoy a lifestyle they could not afford in major U.S. cities, but the influx worries upsetting local residents.

This week’s homes are in Greenwich Village, Lenox Hill and on the Grand Concourse.

This week’s homes are a five-bedroom in Northport, N.Y., and a four-bedroom in Greenwich, Conn.

A recent study shows the U.S. states with the highest and lowest property taxes.

She wanted to stay in the city; he wanted to decamp to the country. They met in the middle — between two of Manhattan’s best parks.

A three-bedroom house in Houston, a penthouse condominium in Blacksburg and a 1928 Tudor Revival home in Minneapolis.

In this quaint Hunterdon County community, ‘everybody is interested in the good things in life.’

In this quaint Hunterdon County community, ‘everybody is interested in the good things in life.’

Charles Dowding, a longtime proponent, insists that it’s not only easier than what you’re doing now, but it actually works. Here’s how.

Ms. Williams’s brief to her designer was simple: ‘Imagine if Josephine Baker lived in Harlem today. That’s what I want this apartment to look like.’