Lana Bortolot

From SoHo to Queens, how our fellow New Yorkers have coped, way beyond earplugs.

The city has a 25-page noise code laying out regulations from air conditioners to ice cream trucks. What's allowed and what's enforced are two wildly different matters, though.

There's much more to Newark than its airport.

These communities are easy going and make for good commuting.

810 River is two blocks off the Grand Concourse.

Green is in. Refinancing is out. Bushwick is so in, it’s out. Co-ops may keep their snob appeal--and affordability, compared to condos--but condo-craziness will continue to rule. And while things will stay competitive for renters and buyers, the real estate market as a whole will likely experience "less drama" over the coming year, says real estate appraiser and market analyst Jonathan Miller of Miller Samuel. "In 2013 we had a record summer in terms of activity and one of biggest springs on record, but we also had one-off situations--fiscal cliff, a flood of demand late in first quarter, mortgage rates spiking in late June, that brought a flood of people who were on the fence into the market," he says. "These were fairly complex. I see less of that, unless there is something we can’t anticipate." Those are just a few trends predicted for the new year...here’s what else the experts are saying.