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House Hunting in ... Lithuania
Foreign buyers are relatively few in Lithuania, but growing incomes and falling unemployment are enabling more Lithuanians to buy homes.
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CreditGregg Vigliotti for The New York Times Living In
Black Rock: A Close-Knit, Harborside Connecticut Neighborhood
This peninsula in Bridgeport has homes that cost less than those in surrounding suburban neighborhoods on the water. But taxes are higher.
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CreditSasha Maslov for The New York Times The Hunt
Love the Place, Hate the View
They got the apartment they loved, but had to settle very close to a bridge to do it.
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What You Get
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CreditJohn Carrington for The New York Times $1,100,000 Homes in Georgia, Pennsylvania and Arizona
A converted church in Savannah, a rowhouse in Philadelphia and a contemporary in Phoenix.
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CreditWhitney Wong The New Suburbia: More Urban
New multifamily developments outside New York are changing the yard-and-picket-fence image of commuter towns and villages.
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360 View
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CreditShonagh Rae Tips on Doorman Tipping and Other Holiday Traditions
Yes, please, tip the doorman — and other seasonal advice for apartment-dwellers who tend to ignore their neighbors the rest of the year.
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The Hunt
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CreditSasha Maslov for The New York Times The Upper East Side: When Location Isn’t Everything
Priced out of her neighborhood of choice, a buyer widens her horizons.
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Credit Where Does Buying Pay Off First?
Given the higher upfront costs of buying vs. renting, how long do buyers have to wait before they start saving money?
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The High End
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CreditThomas Juul-Hansen Wedged and Softened to Fit in on the Upper West Side
Projects are rising on sites once occupied by parking garages, retail buildings and a rowhouse. In one case, development is topping an existing rental building.
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CreditDavid Dee Delgado for The New York Times Recent Commercial Real Estate Transactions
Recent commercial real estate transactions in New York City.
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Square Feet
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CreditNathan C. Ward for The New York Times Trading Hospital Rooms for Hotel Suites
As patients increasingly travel for medical treatment, developers are seizing on the benefits of situating hotels near major medical centers.
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On the Market
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CreditLinda Jaquez for The New York Times Homes for Sale in Brooklyn and Manhattan
This week’s properties are in Kips Bay, Midtown West and Red Hook, Brooklyn.
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CreditSusan Fisher Plotner for The New York Times Homes for Sale in New York and Connecticut
This week’s properties are in Redding, Conn., and Armonk, N.Y.
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