The Board Room: New York City condos wake up to the high price of absentee ownership

By Robert Braverman Investor demand has helped fuel rising condo prices, but many New York City condo boards are waking up to the fact that a bumper-crop of absentee owners–many of

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Before Housing Bubbles, There Was Land Fever

By ROBERT J. SHILLER SINCE 1997, we have lived through the biggest real estate bubble in United States history — followed by the most calamitous decline in housing prices that the

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Today’s Dream House May Not Be Tomorrow’s

By ROBERT J. SHILLER HOUSES are just buildings, but homes are often beautiful dreams. Unfortunately, as millions of people have learned in the housing crisis, those dreams don’t always comport

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After the Remodel, It’s Payback Time

‘Sexy’ renovations like gourmet kitchens rarely recoup the construction costs when it comes time to sell the home, a report finds By SANETTE TANAKA A home renovation typically comes with clouds

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Are Two Home Loans Cheaper Than One?

By ANYA MARTIN To buy a house, some people are going through double the trouble—getting two conventional loans instead of one jumbo mortgage. Called “piggybacking,” the practice helps buyers avoid the

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Spring Homebuying ‘Stuck’ Under Tight Inventory, NAR Says

By CNBC, Like everything else in the spring, housing supply is supposed to grow. That’s because warmer weather and the convenience for families to move during the summer make spring the busiest

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10 Common Myths of Real Estate Auctions

While it’s true that the real estate market is making a slow yet highly anticipated recovery, the auction method of sale remains a top option for both buyers and sellers.

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‘Sell and Buy’ Sustained low interest rates and rising prices have energized the marketplace.

By Tim Peterson The local real estate market is thriving, with Realtors reporting multiple offers on homes in some areas and dwindling inventory of homes for sale. At least two

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