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Away: The Dream House at Last:
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Jim Abdo has transformed a 1907 bungalow from its humble past into its current double life: period vernacular outside, completely modern inside.
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Havens | Three Oaks, Mich.: An ‘Our Town’ Stage for the Creative Set:
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Pioneering Chicagoans with a creative bent have transformed Three Oaks into a hot spot for second-home buyers smitten with the arts.
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Questions of Rent Tactics by Private Equity:
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Private firms are buying up rent-regulated buildings and harassing tenants to increase vacancies, advocates say.
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Your Second Home | Pests: Your House, Their Nest:
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Many second-home owners in the next few weeks will encounter evidence that their houses did not sit empty last winter.
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High & Low | Northern Catskills Farmhouses: Dreams of Fields:
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For an urban second-home buyer, the allure of a farmhouse in the northern Catskills has much to do with the setting.
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Habitats | Greenpoint, Brooklyn: A More Permanent Crash Pad:
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Two models with globe-trotting résumés have made themselves at home in a a row house near the waterfront.
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Streetscapes | 2 East 63rd Street: A $31 Million Wallflower, Languishing Amid Luxury:
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A house purchased by a billionaire in 2005 remains uninhabited and is beginning to show signs of neglect.
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Your Home: Parceling Out Power to the People:
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Energy prices are rising, and many co-op and condo buildings are looking for ways to cut costs. Basically, there are two options.
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Mortgages: Looser Rules for Federal Help:
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The Federal Housing Administration will relax the requirements for a government program to assist borrowers coping with adjustable-rate mortgages.
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Q & A: An Official-Looking Co-op Document:
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Is a notice seeking a list of co-op officers legitimate?
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Q & A: Taxing the Gas in Them Thar Hills:
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How would income from natural gas drilling be taxed?
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Breaking Ground: El Banco and Ballyhack Golf Club:
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An oceanfront residential resort near Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, and a residential golf development in southwest Virginia.
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In England, at Home in a Railroad Station:
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As a child Steve Sokalsky always preferred airplanes to trains. But that hasn’t stopped him and his family from making their home in a former railroad station.
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Property Values: What You Get for ... $3 Million:
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A five-bedroom house in Honolulu; a three-bedroom house in Bloomfield Township, Mich.; and a three-bedroom house in Weaverville, N.C.
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Young Artists Find a Private Space, Only Without the Privacy:
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At the McKibbin lofts in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn, the rooms are cramped and residents put up with a lot.
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Building Proposal by Greenwich Village Hospital Is Rejected:
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The plan would have demolished nine existing buildings to permit the construction of a 329-foot-tall hospital and a 265-foot-tall luxury condominium.
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After Repairs to Building, Artists Return to Their Lofts:
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More than 100 artists have begun to return to their loft spaces in Brooklyn, about three months after the Fire Department cited their landlord for a flurry of code violations.
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U.S. Investigates Yonkers Development After Official’s Surprising ‘Yes’ Vote:
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Federal prosecutors are investigating a $600 million development deal and leaning toward indicting a city councilwoman who had been one of its most vigorous critics.
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Coveting Thy Neighbor’s Condo:
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Buyers who long for the amenities of new buildings, but can’t afford them, are bargaining hard for older apartments.
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Living in Maspeth, Queens: Yes, Manhattan’s Over There. What of It?:
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This western Queens neighborhood has the heart of a small town with a good view of the big city.
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Sketch Pad: Pathway to a Secret Garden:
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An architect and an interior designer reconceive a one-bedroom by blending outdoor and indoor spaces.
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The Hunt: Westchester Can Wait:
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Expecting to buy a starter house, a young couple was drawn instead to a Jersey City condo.
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In the Region | New Jersey: Ideas for Bell Labs’ Future:
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Prominent New Jersey architects volunteered their time to brainstorm a wide range of redesign notions for the historic building in Holmdel, N.J.
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In the Region | Long Island: Buyers’ Guide to a Soft Market:
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Both the number of homes on the market and foreclosures are up in Nassau and Suffolk Counties, which increases the likelihood of getting a good deal.
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In the Region | Connecticut: A Revival in a Run-Down Part of Town:
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A former junior high school is the centerpiece of an 11-acre development that officials say is helping to stoke interest in a West Hartford neighborhood.
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Posting: Bigger Condos, North of Littler Italy:
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A 12-story condo rising at 290 Mulberry is a sign that NoLIta’s construction-free era may be ending.
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