The white-brick buildings of the ’50s and ’60s may be a better deal than the prewar buildings to which they are often unfavorably compared.

State and city officials are hoping to attract arts-loving people to downtown Newark.

When it comes to using public open houses as a sales tool, brokers differ. Some swear by them. Others say they are not worth the trouble.

The cachet of having a home as a film-shoot location can help generate interest from potential buyers.

Stated-income loans were acceptable in flush times; today, those who have difficulty documenting their income no longer have that option.

When Andrea Syrtash and Michael Paoli went looking for an apartment to buy, they tried to follow the advice that she gives to the lovelorn: be open-minded.

Redevelopment plans for the Brooklyn Navy Yard may be hampered by the precarious condition of some historic buildings.

Joan Snyder and Maggie Cammer wanted a city place with studio space. They found it in an old farmhouse, complete with carriage house, that still evokes the country.

Wakefield, one of the northernmost places in the Bronx, and therefore the city, shares a suburban character with Westchester, its neighbor across the border.

Mr. Abrams is an executive vice president of the Real Estate Disposition Corporation of Irvine, Calif., one of the country’s largest real estate auction companies.

Having the publishing giant as a tenant would bring a particular cachet to 1 World Trade Center.

The architect Jacob Wrey Mould was lavish with color. But sometimes, mysteriously, he preferred vanilla.

After more than a year on the market, Joseph Moinian’s Park Avenue co-op gets a price cut.

About 84 percent of first-quarter sales in North Brooklyn were in condo buildings, a report says.

Two condos in former hotels are now on the market, each with a $15 million price tag.

The TriBeCa duplex of Uzi Ben-Abraham, a founder of the clothing store Scoop, is on the market.

Melissa Schooltink-Hubers and Leon Schooltink’s cottage in Baak, the Netherlands, sits in the middle of a fairy tale scene.

The City Council in New York plans to introduce legislation requiring landlords to battle garbage, mold and vermin, all factors that have been linked to asthma.

Pelham Manor, N.Y., used its master plan, zoning laws and the courts to redevelop an industrial eyesore.

A three-bedroom house in San Antonio, a brick house in Asheville, N.C., and a condo in Chicago.