Ruth Golod

Source: Fighting the Battle of the Bungalow

Today, with the real estate boom turning coastal resorts from New Jersey to California into construction zones, a backlash is gaining strength.

Source: On the Blue Ridge, Twin Towns Drawing a Younger Crowd

Cool mountain air and the wide expanse of sky has drawn Southerners to homes in the twin towns of Highlands and Cashiers for well over a century.

Source: History in the Backyard

Houses near Civil War battlefields.

Source: Cut-Rate Homes For Middle Class Are Catching On

Public housing is being stretched to include people who are more likely to have Starbucks cash cards than food stamps.

Source: A Horse Farmer Takes Manhattan

Following a financial analyst from a Delaware horse farm to Manhattan.

Source: On the Avenue, Fifth Avenue, the Architects Attract Us

Many of the architectural details on the buildings that line Fifth Avenue, overlooking Central Park, deserve a closer look.

Source: The Real Estate ‘Queen’ in Her Hive

Barbara Corcoran is beginning a new professional life, but home base is still the three-bedroom Park Avenue apartment she bought five years ago for $3,500,000.

Source: The Allure of Buying Your Own Private Island

The real estate boom on the mainland is pushing its way offshore, brokers say, helped in part by the Internet, which has made island inventories more accessible.

Source: Getting Away to an Island, Without Being Isolated

No one is more surprised about the price of property on Balboa Island than the people who own homes there.

Source: Custom Homes

A woman talks about her custom-built, 2-bedroom home in Cazadero, Calif.