Escape from New York

One NYer's housing hack: Own a house on a lake in Suffolk County, crash in Bushwick during the week

By Mimi OConnor |January 10, 2020 - 1:00PM

How to renovate a vacation home on a $20,000 budget when you work full-time in NYC

… You might live in a New York City apartment and really long to have … Brasington and Matthew de Groot embarked on a weekend renovation project in 2016 when they purchased a fixerupper … house dating to 1859 in Lyme Connecticut The couple live in a Fidi studio during the week and over a period of …

By Mimi OConnor |December 3, 2018 - 1:00PM

Escape

Snow in April, but there's space for days: One young family's move from Jersey City to Portland, Maine

By Mimi OConnor |March 1, 2018 - 12:00PM

Escape

From Brooklyn to Birmingham: One Park Sloper's no-regrets move

By Mimi OConnor |January 23, 2018 - 10:00AM

Second Homes

5 homes for sale in Hawaii, where there's no winter and prices are... lower than Manhattan

By Rebecca Fishbein |December 21, 2017 - 2:00PM

Second Homes

13 reasons why owning a vacation home is nothing like your apartment in the city

By Lucy Cohen Blatter |June 29, 2017 - 2:59PM

Suburbs

Connecticut beaches that won't leave you missing the Hamptons

… When New Yorkers think beach the Hamptons or the Jersey Shore usually come to … the closest Greenwich only an hourandaquarter drive from NYC and the furthest Old Lyme just over two hours away Full … of 17th 18th and 19th century homes galleries and restaurants and the boat ride from Stony Creek to the …

By Marjorie Cohen |July 7, 2016 - 9:59AM

Second Homes

Your top 4 questions about getting a mortgage for a country home—answered

… easy is to get a mortgage for a second home … As long as you can qualify to support all of your paymentsincluding … and that can also cover boats and RVs as long as you can live on them So as long as your NYC mortgage and … harder for renters to get a mortgage … It depends on your what you owe overall For those who rent in the city whatever …