Renovating a Work of Art in a Slice of Living History
By LIZA FOREMAN
A rental apartment in the Palais-Royal in Paris becomes a modern showplace.
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The living area of Petteri Knudsen’s small house on a lake in Finland is furnished simply, with a custom-made sofa and a table made out of an old door.
A house built on a remote island in Finland and heated by wood-burning stoves is a study in austerity.
What You Get for ... $535,000
By MIKE POWELL
A penthouse apartment in Houston, a contemporary in Iowa City, and a 1781 house in the Hudson Valley.
House Hunting in ... Majorca
By NINA ROBERTS
Residential property prices are selling 10 to 20 percent below levels reached during the height of Spain’s housing bubble.
A New Way to Measure All Those Swanky London Digs
By SARA SEDDON-KILBINGER
Strong demand for housing and skyrocketing prices for high-end properties in the The City of London have led the real estate agency Knight Frank to develop a residential price index.
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Search over over 80,000 vacation rental listings from New York City to the Carribean to Europe.
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A Showpiece of Communal Living in Berlin
By SARAH WILDMAN
Two architects and life partners create an elegant, six-story co-op with 10 apartment units in Berlin’s Mitte neighborhood.
House Hunting in ... Ireland
By NINA ROBERTS
The housing market in Ireland has suffered tremendously from the inflated prices of the 2006 housing boom and the crash that followed.
International Real Estate
House Hunting in ... Romania
By VIRGINIA C. McGUIRE
Housing prices have stabilized since the global economic downturn struck Romania.
On Location
A Home and Headquarters
By ELISA MALA
A four-bedroom, 2,648-square-foot contemporary waterfront house was built for the co-founders of Beat.no, a music streaming service.
Property Values
What You Get for ... $599,000
By MIKE POWELL
A 1932 house in Oak Grove, Ore.; a bungalow in Los Angeles; and a circa 1800 cabin with a modern addition in Hillsborough, N.C.
On Location
Two Families, Two Homes, One Green House
By NADJA SAYEJ
A lime-green building houses two homes owned by two brothers, each structure with a similar layout.
House Hunting in ... Montenegro
By ALISON GREGOR
With the global financial downturn, prices plunged as much as 60 percent.
What You Get for ... $280,000
By VIRGINIA C. McGUIRE
A 1934 cottage in Jackson, Miss.; a loft in a former industrial building in Denver; and a circa 1900 Victorian in Brandon, Vt.
On Location
Uprooting Their Lives for a View of the Hills
By JOYCE WADLER
A couple left New York for the rugged rocks and remote mountains of Uruguay.
House Hunting in ... Antigua
By JENNIFER BLEYER
The market in Antigua plummeted in 2008, but it shows signs of rebounding.
What You Get for ... $1.25 Million
By MIKE POWELL
A house in Sedona, Ariz.; a barn-inspired design in Kinderhook, N.Y.; a Queen Anne in Portland, Ore.
On Location
In Cambodia, a Contemporary Home in a Pastoral Setting
By NAOMI LINDT
In Siem Reap, near the Angkor Wat temples, a couple combined modern influences with classic features like lush greenery.
Property Values
What You Get for ... $599,000
By MIKE POWELL
A contemporary outside Charleston, S.C.; a bungalow in Los Angeles; and a house in New Orleans.
International Real Estate
House Hunting in ... Panama
By VIRGINIA C. McGUIRE
The housing market in Panama has started to improve, with sales volume increasing slightly in 2011.
On Location
In Chile, a Modern House Returns to Its Creator
By SARAH AMELAR
When the architect Mathias Klotz was designing Casa Raul — a clean-lined box perched on a rural hillside — he never imagined owning the house himself.
International Real Estate
House Hunting in ... British Columbia
By VIRGINIA C. McGUIRE
Most of the province in western Canada has experienced a slow market in 2011.
On Location
Life in a Belgian Water Tower
By NICK AMIES
A man realizes his dream of building a home out of a water tower, which retains many of its original features.
House Hunting in ... Madrid
By NINA ROBERTS
Spain’s housing market is reeling from the dual blows of the global financial crisis and the euro-zone debt crunch.
House Hunting in ... Switzerland
By VIRGINIA C. McGUIRE
The Swiss housing market has been robust during the last two years.
What You Get for ... $680,000
By MIKE POWELL
A 1790 house in New Hampshire; a contemporary in Minneapolis; and an adobe outside Albuquerque.
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A Modern Apartment in a Historic Gem
The Palais-Royal, built in 1629 by Cardinal Richelieu, has long been one of Paris’ great attractions. Now it is also Amanda Sykes’ home.
In a Finnish Forest, a House Blends In
Measuring 800 square feet, an austere house on a lake in Finland disappears into the trees.
Homes for $535,000
A 1781 house in the Hudson valley, a penthouse in Houston and a contemporary in Iowa city
A Stone House in a Majorca Wine-Making Village
Residential property prices are selling 10 to 20 percent below levels reached during the height of Spain’s housing bubble.
On Location | Berlin
Christoph Roedig and Uli Schop live in a duplex in the 10-unit co-op building they designed in Berlin’s Mitte neighborhood.
A Three-Bedroom Town House With Skylights in Southwest London
A three-bedroom town house in Ramsden Gate, in Southwest London, is on the market for 1 million pounds ($1.6 million.)
Homes for $859,000
An apartment in Washington, a house in the foothills of Santa Fe, N.M., and a Tudor on the North Shore of Chicago.
On Location | Azores
Pedro Correia and his wife, Graça, were looking for a dream home for their expanding family on São Miguel Island in the Azores.
Homes for $1.5 Million
A shingled house in Marin County, Calif; a 1906 mansion in Southern New Jersey; and a duplex in Salt Lake City.
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