Real Estate

As Labor Day recedes in the rearview mirror and the fall semester gets underway, now is a good time to examine the nation’s most budget-friendly college towns offering recent graduates and young professionals a realistic path to homeownership in a vibrant market without breaking the bank.

A private island in the Florida Keys has returned to the market for $16 million, complete with a helipad and 5.8 acres of private seabed.

WalletHub ranked the happiest cities in America for 2026, with one Bay Area hub taking the No. 1 spot.

Brokers say Mayor Mamdani’s rent freeze, new pied-à-terre tax threat and record-low vacancy are only making it worse.

It would beat out China’s New Century Global Center, which spans 18.9 million square feet and comes with an indoor beach and ski slope inside.

It’s only been a month Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s so-called “pied-à-terre” tax on second homes valued over $5 million took effect, and the city’s real estate market is already reeling.

A veritable who’s-who of the Big Apple’s upper crust — from movie stars to billionaire philanthropists — were named and had their addresses revealed on a list of New Yorkers who might be subject to the state’s new pied-à-terre tax.

Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s administration has published a searchable database of Big Apple properties that could fall under the state’s new pied-à-terre tax, effectively doxxing thousands of wealthy New Yorkers.

Alleged pot-head Chau Shing Lam — who paid $4.15 million for a condominium unit in a smoke-free Kips Bay building — has been smoking cigarettes and weed at all hours of the day and night and burning up his Kips Bay neighbors’ patience.

Two deadbeat residents are squatting in a swanky Central Park South tower, having racked up an eye-popping $78,375 in back rent, according to a new NY Supreme Court lawsuit.