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The Come-Hither Lobby Published: Sat, 03 Jan 2009 In a difficult market, developers are turning to ambitious art and design plans to entice buyers and, hopefully, make a sale.

Striking Declines Seen in Manhattan Real Estate Market Published: Tue, 06 Jan 2009 A series of market reports on the fourth quarter of 2008 showed an abrupt decline in transactions, tottering prices and buyers who are still looking but unwilling to sign a contract.

New York Housing Plan Is Delayed Published: Tue, 06 Jan 2009 Tight financing has pushed back an initiative to create or preserve 165,000 residential units.

As Vacant Office Space Grows, So Does Lenders’ Crisis Published: Mon, 05 Jan 2009 Rising vacancy rates across the country could make it hard for building owners to pay their mortgages.

Mortgages: An Erratic Year for Mortgage Rates Published: Tue, 06 Jan 2009 When it comes to mortgage rates, 2008 may be remembered as the year the market went haywire.

Living In \| Suffern, N.Y.: When the Town Line Is the State Line Published: Tue, 06 Jan 2009 Suffern, a two-square-mile village in the town of Ramapo along the New Jersey border, has a coziness reminiscent of the village from an earlier era.

Streetscapes \| 110 West 40th Street: Midtown High-Rise, Flight Plans Included Published: Sat, 03 Jan 2009 Edward W. Browning planned a runway on the roof of the 1913 World’s Tower Building at 110 West 40th Street for airplanes.

The Hunt: Apartment Hunters Chart New Territory Published: Sat, 03 Jan 2009 Mattias Johansson and his girlfriend, Diane Tider, decided to buy in Jersey City after one day of apartment hunting.

Posting: A Cleaner Way to Keep the City Running Published: Sun, 04 Jan 2009 A new building with affordable rents in the Bronx will be powered partly by 10 wind turbines, which should cut its utility bills for common areas in half.

Habitats \| Boerum Hill, Brooklyn: After All Those Brownstones, a Blank Canvas Published: Sat, 03 Jan 2009 Serine Hastings, who lived in prewar apartments her first three decades in New York, decided her next home should be in new construction.

In the Region: All the Home’s a Stage Published: Sat, 03 Jan 2009 A home manager is essentially a live-in stager, as well as a caretaker and cleaner extraordinaire who helps sell a vacant property.

Big Deal: Someone Still Has Money Published: Sat, 03 Jan 2009 City records show that deals are still being done, but often far below the asking price, and bankers and hedge-fund types, who once drove prices ever higher, are a fleeting presence.

Big Deal: Signs of a Silver Lining Published: Sat, 03 Jan 2009 Nimble buyers have begun to take advantage of the faltering real estate market.

Ventures: Office Demand Is Down, and So Are the Deals Published: Sun, 04 Jan 2009 The credit crisis and recession crushed deal making in office buildings in 2008.

Catskill Home Prices: How Low Will They Go? Published: Fri, 02 Jan 2009 Second-home prices in the Catskills have dropped — some by a third or more — and still buyers are scarce.

Havens \| Elephant Butte, N.M.: Blue Skies, a Small Town and a Big Lake Published: Sat, 03 Jan 2009 Second-home owners who crave the outdoor life are attracted to the temperate climate, semirural location and lakeside living in this southern New Mexico town.

Breaking Ground: Four Seasons Resort Vail & Green Homes at the Greenbrier Published: Fri, 02 Jan 2009 A resort and residential development in ski country and a new neighborhood at a historic resort.

High & Low \| Canmore, Alberta: Still Glowing From the Olympic Flame Published: Fri, 02 Jan 2009 Canmore, in the Bow Valley of Alberta, nestles between Kananaskis Country to the east, which includes nearly a dozen provincial parks and as many ecological reserves, and Banff National Park.

Your Second Home \| Winter on the Shore: Experiencing a Cold Wave Published: Fri, 02 Jan 2009 If you like peace and quiet, Provincetown, the Jersey Shore and Montauk are wonderful in winter.

Property Values: What You Get for ... $150,000 Published: Wed, 31 Dec 2008 A one-bedroom, one-bath set of buildings in the Sonora Desert, a three-bedroom house in Indian Lake, N.Y., and a home in Leadville, Colo.

International Real Estate: For Sale in ... Lisbon Published: Wed, 31 Dec 2008 A three-bedroom 18th-century apartment in the Principe Real neighborhood of Lisbon for 790,000 euros ($1,113,000).

In Poland, Renovating a Town House Published: Fri, 02 Jan 2009 Edgar Baker and his wife, Anna Sosnowska-Baker, restored a home in a 17th-century town house in Kazimierz Dolny, which popular with artists and writers.

Square Feet: A Renter’s Market for Manhattan Offices Published: Fri, 02 Jan 2009 After the financial markets collapsed, companies that were looking for space found accommodating deals.

Breaking Up Is Harder to Do After Housing Fall Published: Tue, 30 Dec 2008 With homes worth less than the mortgage owed, some divorcing couples fight not to get the house.

Published: Sat, 03 Jan 2009

In a difficult market, developers are turning to ambitious art and design plans to entice buyers and, hopefully, make a sale.