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

… they were the first to go Then the carpeting and some upper kitchen cabinets Then the outdated bathroom fixtures heavy metal doors and all lighting … … interior design … Renovation … vacation home … How to renovate a vacation home on a $20000 budget when you work …

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

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

Second Homes

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

By Lucy Cohen Blatter |June 23, 2016 - 8:59AM

Escape

Here's what happens when a lifelong New Yorker visits Los Angeles for the first time

… years to make it from my hometown of New York City to Los Angeles No one could believe it when I told them that Id … lumped together and called a city Now I am by no means an expert having spent just four days there but heres my … is a city where its easyand lovelyto be outside a lot Just ask the people working out on Muscle Beach or biking in …

By Lucy Cohen Blatter |March 16, 2016 - 9:59AM

Suburbs

Want to move out of the city? This Princeton, New Jersey house has serious architecture cred

By Lucy Cohen Blatter |March 4, 2016 - 8:59AM