Allison Hope

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Four homes now for sale in a prized NYC co-op where units rarely list

Among the city's best-kept secrets, the Grinnell -- a stately structure in Washington Heights -- now has four units seeking new generations of owners.

New luxury residences are coming to an increasingly less horrible Penn Station

People have been known to live in Penn Station, but they are generally the ones who don’t have a home.

Private helicopter company partners with luxury NYC condo building

Now you can escape New York by moving in. Private helicopter company Blade — known for whisking the rich and famous to and fro the Hamptons — has inked a...

Inside the most luxurious new trophy towers launching this year in NYC

The crunch. The bubble. The squeeze. Whatever you want to call the current housing climate, the good news is that more concrete and steel boxes are hitting the market soon.

This is why New Yorkers are spending hundreds of millions on fake real estate

Sales of “real estate” in the so-called metaverse — digital renderings of properties located on one of the four major virtual platforms — topped $500 million last year, according to...

The wild histories behind NYC's oldest private homes

New York looks forward, not backward. Unfortunately, that means many of its oldest and most impressive homes have met the wrecking ball.

Valentine's Day love nest rentals are a short drive away

Local motion: Trade your studio for a romantic cottage rental this Valentine’s Day.    

How NYC renters are turning their apartments into winter 'sane asylums'

A new wave of outside-the-box interior design is reshaping the homes of NYC’s restless renters, as they attempt to stay sane through yet another COVID-19 winter.

Fleeced Navidad: Bonkers Christmas displays cost more than ever

Ho, ho … oh: Inflation and supply chain problems mean that it’s more expensive than ever for festive New Yorkers to deck their halls.

Cellar's market: Record-high rents push New Yorkers into basement homes

Despite flooding dangers, deals drive NYC renters underground: More than 150,000 people currently live in the up to 50,000 basement apartments estimated to exist across the city.

Inside Edgar Allan Poe's hellish — and relatable — NYC housing hunt

Amenities include: a beating heart below the floorboards, ghosts and a jet-black raven rapping at your door.

NYC's safest neighborhood is this off-the-radar slice of Queens

In a quest to identify the safest ’hood in all of NYC, The Post compiled and compared neighborhood data on everything from flood zones, crime rates, proximity to hospitals, 911...

Loco-motive: New Wes Anderson-designed luxury train car debuts in UK

Symmetry-obsessed director Wes Anderson has teamed up with luxury hotelier Belmond to design a special carriage on a restored 1950s British Pullman train.

These NYC hotels are hosting the stars of the US Open

The return of the live event is also welcome news for the city’s rebounding hotel business as fans flood the city to catch their favorite racket-bearing pros volley to their...

'Whisper listings' complicate red hot middle-class housing market

Psst . . . wanna buy a house? Thanks to a booming housing market, off-market properties, a k a whisper listings, are throwing already discouraged home hunters a curve ball.

How this colorful 'Fun House' became the eye candy eyesore of Queens

"It looked like Walt Disney threw up in my yard" — This couple’s abode with an inflatable T-Rex and 40 flamingos is a love-it-or-hate-it institution.

How developers are selling Manhattanites on luxury — in another borough

Beauty Queens: Manhattan looks its best when you aren’t in it, just really close to it. 

New developments offer unbeatable deals in the Bronx

Want more more boogie down for the buck? The Bronx is burning — with bargain beauties! 

Millennials are moving back into awkward teen rooms in record numbers

Let the renovations commence: 26.6M adults are now residing with a parent — the highest number since the Great Depression.

Hedge funder's hockey palace slashes ask to $5.9M

This six-bedroom, six-bathroom Connecticut spread for seriously slick skaters is gonna give Wayne Gretzky house envy. The enormity of a house – or really, a compound – at 503 Studio...