- The New Old Mexico
In San Miguel de Allende, a place beloved for its preserved Spanish colonial architecture and aura of timeless charm, new developments for expatriates may threaten the lifestyle that drew them there.
posted on November 21, 2008 12:45:19 am
- Away: A Focus on Light and Thrift
The view from inside this Vermont home looks out over a sloping meadow, a pond, a forest and the dramatic peaks of the Northfield mountain range.
posted on November 21, 2008 12:45:52 am
- Your Second Home | Family Gatherings: A Crowd at the Table
To have a big traditional Thanksgiving dinner at a vacation home, there are a number of problems to be solved and decisions to be made.
posted on November 21, 2008 12:48:34 am
- Havens | Norris, Tenn.: Lake Living in Solitude Draws ?Outsiders?
Second-home owners and retirees are being drawn to Norris by its mild year-round climate and inexpensive housing ? all complemented by proximity to the cities of Oak Ridge and Knoxville.
posted on November 21, 2008 12:49:34 am
- High & Low | Vieques, P.R.: Prosperity After the Bombs Stopped
Vieques boasts more than 50 sparsely populated white sand beaches, crystal-clear water, a bioluminescent bay and hilly subtropical forest.
posted on November 21, 2008 12:50:55 am
- Breaking Ground: Costa Pedasí & The Cliffs at Keowee Springs
A beachfront residential development and a lakeside golf resort community.
posted on November 21, 2008 12:54:42 am
- Ordering Out for More Space
Regina and Bill Marengo replaced their Bronx house with one made of two prefabricated 18-ton boxes covered in concrete panels.
posted on November 20, 2008 01:55:50 pm
- Hudson River Park Board Weighs Proposals for 15th Street Pier Development
Three developers are vying for the right to transform a dilapidated pier in Chelsea into a three-level complex of museums, shops, markets, film centers and public space.
posted on November 20, 2008 11:09:55 am
- Defying Slump, Developers Plan 60-Story Hospital Industry Center on West Side
The developers say the building would open in 2013 and would serve as an anchor for Hudson Yards, one of the last parcels of underused land in Manhattan.
posted on November 20, 2008 11:05:11 am
- International Real Estate: For Sale in ... British Columbia, Canada
A one-bedroom two-bath chalet with a sleeping loft and a separate one-bedroom apartment is for sale for 829,000 Canadian Dollars ($678,119).
posted on November 19, 2008 04:13:54 am
- Property Values: What You Get for ... $800,000
A four-bedroom house near Breckenridge, Colo., a three-bedroom house in Phoenix, and a St. Simons Island, Ga., home one block from the beach.
posted on November 20, 2008 12:35:41 am
- Square Feet: An Island of Industry
Port Morris in the South Bronx is one of the few industrial areas of New York City that are flourishing.
posted on November 19, 2008 01:35:48 am
- Home Prices Decline by 9%
The prices of existing single-family homes prices fell 9 percent in the third quarter compared with the period a year ago, weighed down by foreclosure sales, a trade group report showed.
posted on November 19, 2008 01:12:57 am
- 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.
posted on November 17, 2008 01:19:27 pm
- 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.
posted on November 14, 2008 03:56:15 pm
- Deconversions Suffer but Don?t Stop in London
The recent global financial crisis is likely to weed out some renovators in London, but experts say overhauls, known as ?deconversions,? probably would not come to a complete halt.
posted on November 20, 2008 11:57:40 am
- Mortgages: How Rates Are Set
Interest rates are often a mystery for many people applying for home loans.
posted on November 15, 2008 05:25:32 pm
- 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.
posted on November 15, 2008 12:23:00 am
- 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.
posted on November 20, 2008 04:15:39 pm
- 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.
posted on November 14, 2008 04:30:00 pm
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