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Buddy LeRoux; was part owner of Sox, real estate baron; at 77 Buddy LeRoux, who rose from team trainer to part owner of the Boston Red Sox in the 1970s and 1980s, died of natural causes Monday night. He was 77. Often a controversial figure in Boston sports – both with the Red Sox and …
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Ithaca sheltered from real estate bubble [Ithaca, NY] With relatively low prices for houses, a stable housing market and steady employment, Ithaca hasn’t experienced the real estate crash some places have. “People talk about the real estate bubble bursting, but in Tompkins County the bubble never really got that big to begin with,” said Elia …
Ways to cope despite real estate’s dire outlook If you’d asked housing economist David Seiders at this time last year to forecast the real estate industry’s future, he would have told you to expect “a recovery year” in 2008. “That outlook has been cut dramatically from what I was saying a year ago,” Seiders, chief …
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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 …