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With Builder in Bankruptcy, Buyers Are Left Out Ettore and Larisa Costanzo are showing off their new house, which they love madly. “Notice how we upgraded so there’s tile on all the floors,” said Mr. Costanzo, a retiree from Brooklyn. He pointed to the Kashmir granite in the kitchen. “It’s nice, no?” Now if only …
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A master insurance policy for your condo isn’t enough Sometimes, we need a painful experience to prod us into doing what we should have done in the first place. On Oct. 1, a serious fire ravished a condominium building in the Adams Morgan section of Washington, D.C. Fortunately, it does not appear that there were …
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Tips to stay on top of finances in 2008 As we wind down 2007, certain financial trends seem to be accelerating: As a nation, we’re still spending more than we earn. Credit, which has been the backbone of our ability to live beyond our means, appears to be tightening. And, home values have fallen nationally …
Southeast Steady Performers Since Southeast cities like Charlotte, N.C.; Raleigh, N.C. and Nashville, Tenn. didn’t really follow the condo boom, they’re not likely to experience the same fall-off as cities that did, industry observers agree. In fact, Integra Realty Resources, a real estate valuation and counseling firm, believes a number of key Southeast cities are …
Home prices may be leveling [Southwest Florida] Southwest Florida’s sagging housing market showed signs of stabilization in November, with Sarasota-Bradenton agents selling twice as many existing single-family homes as Miami and with prices perking up from fall lows. “Our area was inflated for so long,” said Garrick Newman, a Re/Max agent in Bradenton. “But over …
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The Gardner Family Joann Gardner admits to feeling overwhelmed. Along with providing care each day for her elderly parents and 4-year-old great-niece, she worries about losing the family home. “I don’t know from one day to the next what’s going to happen,” she said. Gardner, an outgoing woman with a warm demeanor, seems increasingly deflated …