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His Brownstone Is Worth $5.4 Million. Why Is His Tax Bill So Low?
Housing advocates and even some homeowners in wealthier neighborhoods say New York’s property tax system is unfair. A court case could force the city to make changes.
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Real Estate
How Much Higher Are Your Post-Pandemic Property Taxes?
Real estate taxes on single-family homes increased about 24 percent from 2019 to 2023.
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Real Estate
The Homeowners Who Beat the National Association of Realtors
Six home sellers in Missouri successfully argued that the powerful real estate trade group’s rules on commissions forced them to pay inflated fees.
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Arts
Federal Agents Raid Homes Tied to Sean Combs in Los Angeles and Miami
In response to questions about Mr. Combs’s residences, Homeland Security Investigations said the searches were part of “an ongoing investigation.”
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Real Estate
Could First-Time Buyers Lose Out Under New Commission Rules?
Economists and real estate experts warn that changes in how agents are paid could have unintended consequences for people buying their first homes.
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World
A House Is Not a Home
On July 9, 1998, a small house in Anata, a village northeast of Jerusalem, was destroyed for the first time. Home to the Shawamrehs, a Palestinian family of nine, the house was built four years earlier in a part of the West Bank over which Israel has ...
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World
How to Solve the Housing Crisis? Multiply by Two.
A potential remedy for New York’s housing crisis — and the similar crises in other coastal cities — is on display in this small New Jersey town two miles west of the George Washington Bridge. Palisades Park is one of the few places in the New York ...
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Real Estate
Can’t Move? Renovate, if You Can Afford It.
Many U.S. homeowners are staying put rather than selling, even if they’d prefer to move. These days, renovating may be a better bet.
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Food
Learn ‘Modernist’ Bread Making Basics With This Free Online Course
Peruse vintage home goods from Provence, pick up chocolate-dipped matzo and more food news.
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Magazine
How to Live Like an Artist
The best — and most idiosyncratic — homes reflect their inhabitants’ tastes and whims, without compromise.