Miriam Schwartz

Want to be a part of living history? Or have your morning coffee in it? Salem’s Cook-Oliver House, circa 1803, has hit the market at 142 Federal Street, much to the delight of history and architect…

If we had to pick one word to describe the single-family at 936 Central Avenue in Needham, it would be “soothing.” Between the soft lighting touches, custom woodwork, and an abundance of natural li…

It's never too early to find a home for the (next) holidays and 75 Woodfall Road in Belmont is an idyllic backdrop for making a new batch of core memories. The Mediterranean-inspired villa stuns from the curbside with a sweeping circular driveway and stately facade, set on almost half an acre.

Wakefield is where charming New England sensibilities meet “but not in the middle of nowhere.”

Seaside cottages and lakeside chalets get a lot of love in New England, but may we suggest “antique Federal-style home abutting woodlands” as your new go-to home or vacation retreat?

Here’s a controversial take: New condo units don’t need to top 2,000 square feet to feel spacious or functional. The new development at 249 Corey Road in Boston — The Jordan — takes this theory for…

With temperatures dipping into single digits and much of Greater Boston iced over, now is the perfect time to start your daydreaming about warmer days on the water.

While we often find ourselves swooning over a luxe detail or two, real life is less “rare piece of Italian marble” and more “a place to keep your muddy boots neatly organized and out of the way.”

Occasionally, the urge to “Walden Pond” it out of city life wins and you decide to move to a log home on a two-acre lot in Warwick surrounded by a protected state forest.

Where “island time” is already a familiar ethos, we'd like to petition to bring “pond time” into the lexicon.