The panic in the Manhattan real estate market has lifted in the last few weeks, brokers say, as more buyers and sellers have found the courage to sign on the dotted line.

On the fifth anniversary of The Hunt, it?s time to catch up with some of those who so graciously shared their house-hunting tales.

A couple that originally met while performing on the ?90s television show now sneak in dates around their Sackett Street duplex in Brooklyn.

In an effort to spare borrowers some of the abuses of the subprime era, the F.H.A. is tightening its review of mortgage professionals who are permitted to originate its loans.

This neighborhood is home to meticulously kept brownstones and a superior collection of brunch spots. Real estate, when priced right, can still sell at asking price.

Across the Island, short sales are up. Brokers say that banks are increasingly amenable to approving them, though expediting the paperwork is not always a cinch.

In a town where hundreds of older structures were knocked down over the past decade to make way for huge new ones, this property is a landmark.

In New Jersey?s urban locales, the P & F Management Company is seeking to provide ?affordable homes, with a little class.?

Two houses designed by Robert A. M. Stern, the first in a controversial Riverdale community called Villanova Heights, opened their doors to prospective buyers.

Can Alec Baldwin, Sarah Jessica Parker and other bargain-hunting buyers restore the Apthorp to it?s grander?

A whirlwind renovation at 155 Lexington Avenue went so fast that the Department of Buildings never approved the plans for a new fifth floor.