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Useful in almost any room, low stools offer a place not just to sit, but to rest your feet, your drink or your eyes.

When the choreographer finally got his dream house, it was during a nightmarish time in his life.

The choreographer and his family find a place where there is room to roam, and room enough for a room where it happens.

Chinese buyers spent far more than other foreign buyers in the U.S. residential real estate market.

This week’s properties are on the Upper West Side, in Midtown, and in Park Slope, Brooklyn.

This week’s properties are on the Upper West Side, in Midtown, and in Park Slope, Brooklyn.

This week’s properties include a four-bedroom in Waccabuc, N.Y., and a six-bedroom in Middletown, N.J.

This week’s properties include a four-bedroom in Waccabuc, N.Y., and a six-bedroom in Middletown, N.J.

Buying an apartment in New York City is a grueling process, and being rejected by a co-op board is a sting that lasts.

The number of people who commute two hours or more to work is expected to grow, especially now that it is easier to work occasionally from home.

The restaurateur will open a Rome-style coffee bar and a wine bar alongside Marta, his pizzeria in a NoMad hotel.

The two box tunnels are the first section of the multibillion-dollar Gateway project to almost reach completion.

The goal was sunshine and quiet, and proximity to a subway hub.

From $50 million mansions to more modest homes, the focus is on outdoor spaces that blend seamlessly with the living room.

An antebellum home near Pittsburgh, a modernist house outside Santa Fe, N.M., and an 1895 townhouse in St. Louis.

An antebellum home near Pittsburgh, a modernist house outside Santa Fe, N.M., and an 1895 townhouse in St. Louis.

Chateaus and other high-end homes are more affordable in Brittany than in other parts of France, although prices have been increasing in recent years.

This eight-bedroom chateau is being sold for $1.6 million.

With noise complaints doubling over five years and once-quiet neighborhoods offering little refuge, the city is considering a law to help quiet the din.

New York’s fourth-largest city is being revitalized from the inside out, and developers are busy adding residential high-rises to an area once bereft of them.

New York’s fourth-largest city is being revitalized from the inside out.

Recent commercial real estate transactions in New York City.

An explosion in costs has emerged as a central problem for the state, and state and local governments are pondering a series of measures to correct course.

Recent residential sales in New York City and the region.

How much of a neighbor’s kitchen are you obliged to repair when damage results from your own renovation?

The owners, Francine Stephens and Andrew Feinberg, gave no reason, announcing that “It’s time to say goodbye” on the restaurant’s website.

A young family makes sure it takes full advantage of a summer rental in Westhampton that costs nearly $40,000 for the season.

Minus the flash and price of the Hamptons, the North Fork on the East End of Long Island now attracts a younger crowd from Brooklyn and Manhattan.

Recent commercial real estate transactions in New York City.

Recent commercial real estate transactions in New York City.

Recent commercial real estate transactions in New York City.

The e-commerce company is looking to make a temporary arrangement permanent, pledging to spend “tens of millions of dollars” on a facility for families.

As Cuba’s relationship with the United States grows warmer, redevelopment is heating up, too. But obstacles lie between the pent-up demand and the potential payoff.

The downtown boom, visible in the new night-life scene along Newark Avenue, poses a threat to the urban pioneers from the city’s grittier days.

Recent commercial real estate transactions in New York City.

Plans include Marriott International moving its headquarters from the suburbs to downtown.

The government is heavily promoting the M+ museum, set to open two years behind schedule in 2019, but questions of curatorial independence remain.

Recent commercial real estate transactions in New York City.

After voters defeated a measure that would have curtailed construction, the city’s future looks much denser.

The owners of Gurney’s Montauk, a luxury resort on the tip of Long Island, N.Y., are hoping to replicate their success in the seaside city of Newport.

Recent commercial real estate transactions in New York City.

Recent commercial real estate transactions in New York City.

Recent commercial real estate transactions in New York City.

The developer, which owns Rockefeller Center and the Chrysler Building, is building a 620,000-square foot office tower.