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The Faces of for Sale by Owner
An economic downturn may seem like a bad time to sell your own house. But believers in for-sale-by-owner, or FSBO (pronounced FIZZ-bo, for the uninitiated), say saving the broker?s fee is worth the effort.
Big Deal: Balm for Nervous Buyers
As fear and uncertainty stalk those glittering new-condominium showrooms, developers have found a new way to try to calm the nerves of would-be buyers: a price protection guarantee.
Living In | Marine Park, Brooklyn: Isolation Is Pretty Splendid
A prideful sense of separateness from Manhattan prevails in Marine Park, a neighborhood of 21,500 people in southeast Brooklyn.
Streetscapes | 57th Street and Broadway: An Automotive Center of Gravity
The intersection of 57th Street and Broadway was once the crossroads of American internal combustion, with the automobile and businesses sprinkled around.
Habitats: Artists in Residence
Jane K. Cleland, who writes murder mysteries at home, and her husband, a bass trombone player, share a one-bedroom apartment.
Mortgages: How Rates Are Set
Interest rates are often a mystery for many people applying for home loans.
The Hunt: A Touch of Europe in Astoria, Queens
Erin F. Slattery and her husband, Jakub Duda, launched their real estate search online in Prague and ended it in Astoria, Queens.
In the Region | Long Island: Starting Up in a Sour Market
While major real estate companies have closed locations in Long Island, smaller companies have sprouted up.
Big Deal: Seems Like Old Times
Some brokers are finding that even in a troubled market, deals sometimes fall into place, just as in the old days.
Posting: Investing in a Neighborhood
After years of creating affordable housing in existing buildings, Cypress Hills Local Development Corporation is building its next two projects from the ground up.
In the Region | New Jersey: Mansions, Now for the Masses
Many buyers of historic mansions in New Jersey are looking to parlay them into public space.
Big Deal: Real Estate Remorse or Genius?
An apartment that was sold at the end of July for $28.5 million is back on the market, this time for $35 million.
In the Region | Westchester: Going Green: Still Challenging Turf
Homeowners are learning firsthand what the challenge of going green can represent.
The Fix: Job Gremlins and the Contract
Any home improvement job should account for the big unknown: a change of plans.
On Location: Updating the Haight
In San Francisco, a three-story Victorian home that once sheltered hippies now welcomes a modernist family.
In Trinidad, a Painted Lady in Distress
The rapid disappearance of historic architecture in Trinidad is provoking a sometimes heated debate about the merits of historic preservation.
The Painter and the Pink Palazzo
Julian Schnabel?s condo-palazzo near the West Side Highway offers seven-figure houses in a building named for a lollipop.
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