Gut the house, not the relationship A year into their marriage last August , Paula Soares and Brian Zink decided to buy a 100-year-old condo in East Cambridge that needed a little work. They figured they could save money by doing the repairs themselves. But , as it goes with old houses in New England, …
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America’s biggest housing bargains? [Chicago]
America’s biggest housing bargains? [Chicago] With the nation’s lowest median house price, the Danville area’s residents feel the pain of selling out A four-bedroom, two-story house with fireplace on a tree-shaded street for $54,900? A three-bedroom brick ranch, with attached garage, for $79,900? They sound like real estate listings from the early 1970s, but these …
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Four developments with cheaper units OK’d [South Florida]
Four developments with cheaper units OK’d [South Florida] Claps. Whoops. Sighs. Smiling developers giving hardy handshakes and atta-boys to their lobbyists. The Collier County Commission chambers hasn’t seen such relief in months. Affordable housing won the day Tuesday as Collier commissioners ended a standoff with developers and granted their first rezoning approvals since February.
To live and buy in L.A. [Southern California]
To live and buy in L.A. More people. Prices stuck in the stratosphere. Vanishing open land. These and other factors give the housing crunch new bite. If Southern California’s housing market of the last six years were a hit song, owners who have seen their homes double in value would be humming “We’re in the …
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A place to call my own
A place to call my own Besides college graduation, their first “real” job and their first new car, we can add another common milestone to the list for young single adults: buying a home. More adults under 30 are entering the real-estate market, and many are doing it at ages uncommon a decade ago. And …
Last house on Singer Island’s condo-laden beachfront isn’t for sale — at any price [South Florida]
Last house on Singer Island’s condo-laden beachfront isn’t for sale — at any price [South Florida] John Shillingburg’s slice of paradise is exactly that — 50 feet wide, 400 feet long, from Intracoastal to Atlantic, the only single-family house perched on the island’s oceanfront. And no, it’s not for sale, at any price. The modest …