Category: Real Estate

This week’s properties are four-bedroom homes in Dobbs Ferry, N.Y., and Greenwich, Conn.

Bruce Falck long dreamed of following the example set by his father, who ran a construction company in Johannesburg, South Africa: He wanted to build a house designed specifically for his family. “My dad was a civil engineer, and he built both of the houses I grew up in,” said Mr. Falck, 52, a former…

Santa Rosa Beach, Fla. | $1.299 Million A 2019 house with three bedrooms and two and a half bathrooms, on a 0.2-acre lot This house is near 30A, a 24-mile span of road along the Gulf Coast that connects Santa Rosa Beach to other popular beach communities, including Rosemary Beach, Seaside and Seacrest. It is…

Q: Home inspections can give buyers some peace of mind — or some leverage — when it comes to the biggest investment they may ever make. But the process can feel overwhelming, especially for inexperienced buyers: How do you find the right inspector, and what should you look for when hiring one? What questions should…

The year ended disappointingly for many American home buyers — fewer than 16 percent of homes for sale in 2023 were affordable to local median earners, according to a study by Redfin. That’s the lowest rate since at least 2013, the year Redfin began tracking prices, when 50 percent of homes were affordable to local…

Dizzy Gillespie helped make Minton’s Playhouse famous. Minton’s in Harlem was where jazz musicians, from out-of-towners to locals performing in nearby big band theaters in Harlem, sought refuge during late-night jam sessions and a new genre, bebop, was born. Gillespie, together with Charlie Parker, is largely considered a pioneer of the rebellious jazz style that…

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

Manhattan | 1810 Third Avenue, No. A-9B East Harlem Condo $600,000 A one-bedroom, one-bath, 600-square-foot apartment with an open floor plan, built-ins in the bedroom, frosted-glass barn doors, central air-conditioning and a balcony, on the ninth floor of a 12-story doorman building with a garden, gym, roof deck, residents’ lounge, children’s play area, bike room,…

An island retreat in Charleston County, a midcentury-modern home in Portland and an early 19th-century rowhouse in Philadelphia.