Escape from New York

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

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

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

… As much as we love New York living here often means thinking about leaving In … and New Jerseyan who after 20 years in New York and Jersey City relocated to Portland Maine A New Jersey native Sarah …

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

… Island or in New Jersey … The basics … Connecticut has 24 towns along its shore with a necklace of beaches that … the closest Greenwich only an hourandaquarter drive from NYC and the furthest Old Lyme just over two hours away Full … the residents of this town at the mouth of the Connecticut river have carefully preserved the historic character of …

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

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

… The fourbedroom fourbath Lauck House built in 1950 is a midcentury modernstyle gem designed … five minutes from the pretty college town of Princeton New Jersey The house underwent restoration work just seven …

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

Suburbs

The ultimate trophy home is hitting the auction block in Toronto

By Lucy Cohen Blatter |February 26, 2016 - 9:59AM