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Mortgage closing costs are sky-high in Florida State’s fees are behind only New York, Texas, Hawaii and Ohio. For the second year, New York has the highest mortgage-related fees in Bankrate .com’s annual closing-costs-comparison survey. New York’s high title and settlement costs lifted the state well above No. 2 Texas. The Lone Star State was …
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Reaping a Profit, With the City’s Help [New York] Soon after Lovelynn Gwinn moved into her three-story town house in West Harlem six years ago, she received a call from the F.B.I. telling her that a woman had been thrown or had fallen from a nearby building. That wasn’t the only bad news about her …
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‘Like Monopoly, but with real money’ A sluggish real estate market is bringing new life to an old transaction: the swap. Paul Forsberg worried about selling his Punta Gorda waterfront investment house for what he thinks it is worth. He also was keenly interested in postponing a hefty capital gains tax he’d owe on the …
Rent with a view, style: Luxury buildings take off [Boston] Boston has never been known as a mecca of stylish, contemporary high-rise apartment buildings – that is, until now. While Boston’s condo market is in the midst of a downturn, the luxury-rental market is booming. One thing driving luxury rentals is the softness in the …
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Fence dispute between 2 condo groups resolved [South Florida] The work was delayed for several weeks, but now a wire fence has been relocated to separate Sunnyland Garden Apartments and The Courtyards of Golden Gate. Installation along Sunnyland’s true property line took away several sidewalks and parking spaces. Brian Elliott, one of three new owners …
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One year later, many New Orleanians unable to find affordable insurance Attorney Vallie Schwartz fell in love with the 130-year-old Victorian shotgun in the French Quarter, which like all grand houses in this former Spanish enclave has tall, cathedral ceilings and brightly painted cypress shutters. A successful personal injury lawyer, she could comfortably afford the …
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