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NYT > Real Estate Wed, 14 May 2008 23:17:54 GMT
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In Paris, Owning an Eleventh of an Apartment Real estate experts say that Americans looking to buy abroad are increasingly exploring group properties.
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Condo Life: Foreclosures, Higher Fees and Yardwork As foreclosures mount and contributions to building associations shrink, condo owners find themselves nagging each other to pay their assessments and haggling over chores.
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Property Values: What You Get for ...$900,000 A three-bedroom 1890 Victorian in Fernandia Beach, Fla.; a two-bedroom 1800s cabin in Franklin, Tenn.; and a four-bedroom contemporary in Rancho Mirage, Calif.
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Worth the Climb Some of the best deals in New York right now are for top-floor apartments in walk-ups. Buyers who make the effort are finding lots of light and great views.
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Living in Rossville, S.I.: Steeped in History, With a Feel of the Brand New Families in search of a suburban setting have flocked to Rossville to fill the new houses that keep popping up.
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Streetscapes | SoHo Historic District: Not Exactly the Wild West One side of a SoHo street received protection as a historic district in 1973. Why does the unprotected side look so similar?
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Posting: Brooklyn Churches Come and Go More than two dozen churches and synagogues in Manhattan and Brooklyn have been repurposed for residential and commercial development since the 1980s.
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Habitats | Ridgewood, Queens: A ‘Farmhouse’ Near the L Train In search of a space to renovate, a family was drawn to a 1908 row house in Ridgewood, Queens.
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The Hunt: Home Again (or Still) Feeling caged after a few years in one place, a couple searched the Upper West Side for a two-bedroom.
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Your Home: Can a Bargain Rent Have Staying Power? For landlords and tenants in rent-stabilized buildings, few issues are more important than “preferential rent.”
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Mortgages: A Fixed-Fee Refinancing A new kind of adjustable-rate mortgage allows users to refinance the loan for a flat fee.
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Q & A: Can the Sponsor Vote for His Ex-Wife? The ex-wife of a co-op sponsor wants to serve on the board. If the sponsor is paying her alimony, can he vote for her?
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Q & A: The Trunk Is in Their Yard, the Branches Are in Yours What rights do I have to get the railroad to take care of trees intruding into my property?
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In the Region | Westchester: Parking Space as Living Space? A report suggested using land in office parks for moderate-cost housing, but officials are wary.
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In the Region | New Jersey: Spring in a Cold Climate The latest residential real estate numbers from New Jersey make it clear that the housing market has further to fall.
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In the Region | Long Island: Bridal Gown? Caterer? Mortgage? As they seek to offset the downturn in sales, real estate and mortgage brokers have recently started courting the newly engaged.
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Big Deal: Selling Isn’t Poetry Owners of co-ops and condos lingering on the market have been trimming prices and considering unusual inducements to get a second look from buyers.
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Big Deal: Stylish School Expansion The Spence School signed a contract to buy a mansion on East 90th Street, which was formerly the home of an international socialite.
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Away: The Dream House at Last Jim Abdo has transformed a 1907 bungalow from its humble past into its current double life: period vernacular outside, completely modern inside.
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Havens | Three Oaks, Mich.: An ‘Our Town’ Stage for the Creative Set Pioneering Chicagoans with a creative bent have transformed Three Oaks into a hot spot for second-home buyers smitten with the arts.
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Questions of Rent Tactics by Private Equity Private firms are buying up rent-regulated buildings and harassing tenants to increase vacancies, advocates say.
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Your Second Home | Pests: Your House, Their Nest Many second-home owners in the next few weeks will encounter evidence that their houses did not sit empty last winter.
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High & Low | Northern Catskills Farmhouses: Dreams of Fields For an urban second-home buyer, the allure of a farmhouse in the northern Catskills has much to do with the setting.
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Breaking Ground: El Banco and Ballyhack Golf Club An oceanfront residential resort near Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, and a residential golf development in southwest Virginia.
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New Vision for Catskill Development, Without Cards Louis R. Cappelli, a Westchester County builder, emerged as an unlikely potential savior after the federal government quashed a decades-long effort to bring casino gambling to the Catskills.
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In England, at Home in a Railroad Station As a child Steve Sokalsky always preferred airplanes to trains. But that hasn’t stopped him and his family from making their home in a former railroad station.
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Property Values: What You Get for ... $3 Million A five-bedroom house in Honolulu; a three-bedroom house in Bloomfield Township, Mich.; and a three-bedroom house in Weaverville, N.C.
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Young Artists Find a Private Space, Only Without the Privacy At the McKibbin lofts in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn, the rooms are cramped and residents put up with a lot.
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Building Proposal by Greenwich Village Hospital Is Rejected The plan would have demolished nine existing buildings to permit the construction of a 329-foot-tall hospital and a 265-foot-tall luxury condominium.
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