The 10 Most Popular International Listings of 2024

This year, we led readers on more than 125 home tours in 28 countries. Here are our most read installments.

Residents Turn to Home Lifting In Response to the Threat of Flooding

As climate change intensifies, flooding is emerging as a threat for homes not previously seen as high-risk. Some residents are responding creatively by lifting up their homes.

What $2.5 Million Buys in California

A Mediterranean-style house in San Francisco, a cottage in Calistoga and a Craftsman in Los Angeles.

Clean and Calm, in Grays, Blacks and Whites

A couple found plenty of sunlight in their new house in Chicago. All that was needed was the added “coolness.”

Our Favorite Hunts of 2024

This year, the Hunt touched down in 14 U.S. states and four foreign nations, with prices ranging from $135,000 to $6.75 million.

Which Borough Produces the Most Christmas Tree Waste?

As holiday joy transitions to wintry malaise, New Yorkers throw tons of trees to the curb.

Homes for Sale in Manhattan and Brooklyn

This week’s properties are on the Lower East Side, in Hamilton Heights and Kensington.

Homes for Sale in New York and New Jersey

This week’s properties are a three-bedroom in Sea Cliff, and a five-bedroom in Mahwah.

What $700,000 Buys You in Georgia, Massachusetts and Maryland

A brick house in Savannah, a converted schoolhouse in Salem and a colonial-revival house in Takoma Park.

Last Call for Neon in New York City

Signs at 30 Rockefeller Plaza and the Apollo Theater are among the latest to lose their vintage glow in favor of LED lighting.

The Gym in My Apartment Building Is SO LOUD! What Can I Do?

It’s possible that a gym isn’t even allowed in your building. If it is, it cannot violate the noise code, the warranty of habitability or the lease.

The Fight to Save Googie, the Style of Postwar Optimism

The car-centric architectural style, characterized by neon signs and dramatic rooflines, is now endangered. Its admirers mourn the loss of the ideals it represented.

Googie, a Futuristic Style of Architecture, Is Endangered

Googie architecture is a midcentury design style characterized by dramatic rooflines, pops of color, large glass windows and flashy signs. Anna Kodé, a reporter covering design and culture for the Real Estate section of The New York Times, describes the efforts by preservationists to save examples of the distinctive style.

$1.5 Million Homes in Thessaloniki, Greece

The area in and around Greece’s second-largest city offers traditional Greek houses, modern renovations and waterfront views.

Homes for Sale in Connecticut and New York

This week’s properties are five-bedroom house in Westport, Conn., and a five-bedroom in New Rochelle, N.Y.

Homes for Sale in Manhattan and Staten Island

This week’s properties are in the East Village, Chelsea and Port Richmond.

Priced Out of New York, She Took Her $350,000 Budget to Philadelphia. Here’s What She Found.

After a near-death experience gave her a new lease on life, a writer ‘broke up with New York’ and headed south to find a one-bedroom or two-bedroom apartment.

Even Mobile-Home Prices Keep Rising

From 2018 to 2023, the average sale price of a new manufactured home grew faster than that of a new single-family home, according to a recent study.

When a Barndominium Won’t Do, Try a Shouse

Homeowners and builders weighed in on the difference between the two design styles taking over rural America.

What Is a Barndominium? Anything You Want It to Be.

Barndos, large, open-plan structures, have surged in popularity with the recent exodus from urban to rural areas.

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