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    1. How Fast Food Is Getting Faster

      Retailers like Chick-fil-A are opening smaller, takeout-focused outposts with little or no seating to complement their traditional locations.

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      Chick-fil-A opened its first takeout-only store in Manhattan in March, joining a wave of retailers experimenting with smaller outposts.
      Chick-fil-A opened its first takeout-only store in Manhattan in March, joining a wave of retailers experimenting with smaller outposts.
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    2. What you Get

      $1.3 Million Homes in Belgium

      A four-bedroom house with a thatched roof, a turn-of-the-century rowhouse and a three-bedroom duplex in a converted grain distillery.

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  1. How Long Does It Take to Save Up for a Down Payment?

    Facing high home prices and mortgage interest rates, many people need huge down payments to afford a mortgage.

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  2. The High Line Opened 15 Years Ago. What Lessons Has It Taught Us?

    The world-famous New York City gardens offer a master class in how to grow and maintain a naturalistic landscape. Here are a few takeaways.

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    The High Line gardens, planned by the renowned Dutch garden designer Piet Oudolf, are among the best-known examples of naturalistic landscape design anywhere.
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    IN THE GARDEN
  3. They Thought They Owned Condos. They Never Got the Deeds.

    A tight-knit immigrant community trusted a developer as one of their own. But he pocketed the money, according to the state attorney general’s office.

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    Some of the residents at 345 Ovington Avenue stand with Thomas Yu (back row, second from left) from the nonprofit Asian Americans for Equality.
    CreditKatherine Marks for The New York Times
  4. Another Real Estate Broker Steps Down in the Face of Sex Assault Suits

    Tal Alexander, who rose to fame in the luxury housing market with his younger brother Oren, will take a leave from the firm he helped to create. Oren left earlier in June.

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    Tal Alexander, one of the founders of the luxury brokerage Official, was initially not named in the sexual assault complaints against his two brothers. That changed last week when a third woman came forward.
    CreditNatalie Keyssar for The New York Times
  5. An Orcas Island Home Was the Dream. Here’s How They Made It a Reality.

    The small house in Washington was designed to sit lightly on the land: It touches the ground in only six places, and they didn’t cut down a single tree.

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    Leah Martin and Vikram Prakash built a second home for their family on Orcas Island, in northwest Washington. (The pendant over the table was designed by Julie Conway, of Illuminata.)
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  1. $2.4 Million Homes in California

    A Craftsman bungalow in Altadena, a three-bedroom condominium in San Francisco and a renovated midcentury house in Sausalito.

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    What You Get
  2. What Is a Flip Tax, and Who Has to Pay It?

    Flip taxes, also known as transfer fees, help co-op buildings raise money for repairs and improvements, and they must be described in your governing documents.

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  3. The Spectacular Transformation of a Showman’s Mansion

    The Harlem home of the circus impresario James A. Bailey is being restored, detail by detail, by a couple who are learning the job as they go along.

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    The 1888 James A. Bailey mansion on St. Nicholas Place in Harlem had fallen into great disrepair before a couple bought the house in 2009 for $1.4 million and began a restoration that continues today.
    CreditTony Cenicola/The New York Times
  4. $1.5 Million Homes in Prague

    A three-bedroom loft in an revamped factory, a two-bedroom apartment in a 16th-century house, and a detached villa in a leafy residential area.

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    What you Get
  5. It Was ‘Love at First Sight’ in the Heart of Rome. But for Which Apartment?

    A recently married couple moved to the Italian capital in search of a two-bedroom with a terrace in a central neighborhood. What would their $950,000 budget afford?

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    Rosaria Silvano and Douglas Ritter in Rome, where they just closed on a new apartment. With a budget of up to $950,000, the couple wanted a two-bedroom with a terrace in the Trastevere neighborhood.
    CreditSusan Wright for The New York Times
    The Hunt

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  1. When Your Neighbor Renovates, How Do You Protect Your Home?

    A law exists to balance the interests of people who renovate their properties with the interests of their neighbors.

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    CreditNadia Pillon
  2. Co-op Assessments: Do You Have to Pay What They Say?

    Courts allow co-op boards significant power over building finances, including assessments — if the fees are in ‘good faith.’

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    CreditNadia Pillon
  3. I Hired an Agent to Sell My Home. Do I Have to Pay the Buyer’s Broker Now?

    The legal settlements roiling the real estate industry are changing the way commissions get paid. But the change could come slowly.

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    CreditNadia Pillon
  4. My Neighbor Has a Very Annoying Emotional Support Dog. What Can I Do?

    As long as this dog isn’t biting people, it’s probably not going anywhere. But that doesn’t necessarily mean you have to live with the noise.

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  5. I Can’t Use My Co-op’s Keypad Entry on the Sabbath. Am I Entitled to a Side Door Key?

    Because of your religious beliefs, your co-op could face legal liability if it fails to accommodate your request.

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  1. Bernardsville, N.J.: A Gilded Age Enclave Looking to the Future

    With grand estates and rolling meadows, this Somerset County borough has long attracted the wealthy. But now it’s courting younger, less affluent buyers.

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    CreditJennifer Pottheiser for The New York Times
  2. Ringwood, N.J.: A Rural Lifestyle 40 Miles From New York City

    Residents say this northern Passaic County borough resembles the Catskills: “You’re in the country, and yet you’re not far from the city.”

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    CreditLaura Moss for The New York Times
  3. Brooklyn Heights: A Historic Waterfront Community Minutes From Manhattan

    The neighborhood, known as New York’s first suburb, is a place where ‘people want to stay forever.’

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    The Manhattan skyline and the rejuvenated piers of Brooklyn Bridge Park can be seen from the Brooklyn Heights Promenade.
    CreditJanice Chung for The New York Times
  4. Medford, N.J.: A Rural Township With a Quaint Downtown

    The Burlington County community often surprises new residents with its woodsy vibe: “It’s not at all what we thought of when we thought of New Jersey.”

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    CreditHannah Beier for The New York Times

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    $1.4 Million Homes in California

    A 1949 cottage in Lake Arrowhead, a Spanish-style home in Los Angeles and a Craftsman house in Berkeley.

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    A Look at One Way California Is Tackling Homelessness

    As the Supreme Court weighs whether cities can criminalize sleeping outdoors or in tents, Los Angeles is attempting to combat homelessness with tiny homes that some people criticize as inadequate and even ‘inhumane.’

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  18. When Is a Tiny House Too Small to Be a Home?

    As the Supreme Court weighs whether cities can criminalize sleeping outdoors or in tents, Los Angeles is attempting to combat homelessness with tiny homes criticized by some as ‘inhumane.’

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    $995,000 Homes in the Bahamas

    A two-cottage compound on Lubbers Quarters Cay, a three-bedroom bungalow on Great Exuma island, and a two-bedroom condo on Paradise Island.

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    $3.3 Million Homes in California

    A hillside home in Tiburon, a ranch-style house in Calabasas and a midcentury retreat in Palm Springs.

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    $950,000 Homes in Bordeaux, France

    Two apartments and a single-family villa in and around the port city on the river Garonne, in southwestern France.

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    $1.9 Million Homes in California

    A midcentury retreat in Palm Springs, a 2021 townhouse in West Hollywood and a 1912 Craftsman bungalow in San Diego.

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  53. Stuck in a Starter Home

    Squeezed by high interest rates and record prices, homeowners are frozen in place. They can’t sell. So first-time buyers can’t buy.

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    $2 Million Homes in Buenos Aires

    A three-bedroom apartment in a modern tower, a duplex with a rooftop soccer pitch, and an 1898 mansion configured as a hotel.

    By Michael Kaminer

     
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    Searching for New York’s Hidden Public Art

    In a city that’s constantly changing, remnants of old public artworks can be spotted between towers and in traffic triangles. You just have to look for them.

    By Gabriel Blanco, Karen Hanley, Dave Horn and Anna Kodé

     
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  62. What Is Fair Housing?

    There are laws to protect people from discrimination in buying, renting and living in their homes.

    By Debra Kamin

     
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