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  • Mediterranean Style in Greenwich
    Near downtown Greenwich, Conn., this waterfront home with a large interior patio was inspired by the owner's European upbringing. Floor-to-ceiling windows show off views of the Long Island Sound.
    Created: 2/8/2012 4:21:15 PM
  • Home Prices Pop in Hot Valley Turf
    The current technology boom has rippled out into the housing markets in Silicon Valley's core towns, but the ripples aren't reaching much beyond that, as home values fell at the end of last year in a majority of the Bay Area.
    Created: 2/8/2012 2:25:32 PM
  • A Taste of Bali for Sale in Sebastopol
    A Balinese-style home on 8.3 acres in Sebastopol is on the market for $3.6 million. Two llamas, two cashmere goats and a sheep, named Violet, are negotiable as part of the sale.
    Created: 2/8/2012 1:43:50 PM
  • Pyramid Cos.' Carousel Plan Rides Again
    Developer Robert Congel's drive to create one of the largest malls in the country, in Syracuse, N.Y., is back in gear after almost being upended by the economic downturn and a nasty court battle with Citigroup.
    Created: 2/8/2012 10:49:37 AM
  • It's Hardly a Ball for 11 Times Square
    The risks of speculative office building are obvious at the 11 Times Square skyscraper. More than a year after it opened, the 1.1 million square-foot building is about 60% empty and unleased.
    Created: 2/8/2012 10:36:19 AM
  • Trade Center Costs Seen Skyrocketing
    A long-awaited audit of the Port Authority pegged the total cost of rebuilding the World Trade Center site at $14.8 billion, an increase of billions of dollars over the last estimate.
    Created: 2/8/2012 9:53:26 AM
  • Cambodia's Developers Aim at Stars
    A high-rise building boom in Cambodia's capital city, Phnom Penh, derailed by the 2008-2009 financial crisis, is starting up again.
    Created: 2/8/2012 8:38:45 AM
  • GSA Picks Trump Plan for Project
    A proposal from Trump Hotel Collection and private-equity investor Colony Capital was selected by the General Services Administration to redevelop Washington's Old Post Office Building into a luxury hotel.
    Created: 2/8/2012 7:13:18 AM
  • Contemporary Traditional House
    This five-bedroom house in southwest England was built 10 years ago in an 18th-century Queen Anne style by its current owners.
    Created: 2/8/2012 4:40:22 AM
  • A Steel Site Is Recycled
    More than 10 years after the last steelmaking operations were closed down at the Bethlehem Steel Corp. plant in Pennsylvania, its 1,800-acre site is slowly attracting new businesses.
    Created: 2/7/2012 8:33:42 PM
  • Colonial in Hong Kong
    This apartment evokes the Colonial era and is located in a cul-de-sac in Hong Kong's Mid-Levels neighborhood.
    Created: 2/7/2012 5:36:39 PM
  • U.A.E. Banks Dip Back Into Real Estate
    Banks in the United Arab Emirates are tiptoeing back into real-estate lending.
    Created: 2/7/2012 4:29:07 PM
  • Calm Oasis in TriBeCa
    Owners Laurent and Monica Imbert were drawn to their 2,400-square-foot loft in an old apothecary building because of its interior design and its TriBeCa address.
    Created: 2/6/2012 10:37:21 PM
  • Harlem Art Transformation
    Artist and designer Luis Da Cruz gutted and transformed this four-story Harlem home into a modern artist's abode.
    Created: 2/6/2012 9:12:24 PM
  • Less Building Now, Higher Office Rents Later
    Office-building construction is in the midst of a severe drought. This means higher rents may be on the horizon in some cities, if history is any guide.
    Created: 2/6/2012 9:13:47 AM
  • Foreclosure Deal Is Closer
    Federal and state officials aim to wrap up this week a multibillion-dollar agreement with five major banks to settle probes of alleged foreclosure abuses.
    Created: 2/6/2012 6:39:38 AM
  • The House a Storm Built
    When violent winds knocked down trees and damaged their home, a Minnesota couple seized the opportunity to start over.
    Created: 2/3/2012 6:11:18 PM
  • Developments Get Back to the Plan
    As more financing and private-equity investments begin to flow into residential real estate, some mothballed development plans are being revitalized.
    Created: 2/3/2012 5:08:51 PM
  • Checking Out Continuing Care Communities
    Though convenient, continuing care retirement communities are costly. Here's how to cut the risk.
    Created: 2/3/2012 9:32:10 AM
  • Romney's Stance Hits Home
    Romney stands by his position that the government should stay out of the national housing mess and let the market "hit the bottom." But in hard-hit North Las Vegas, Nev., the implications are clear.
    Created: 2/3/2012 8:07:01 AM
  • Anna Kournikova Sells in Miami
    Anna Kournikova sells in Miami, Nobu Matsuhisa Buys in Los Angeles and a Kauai beachfront home asks $24 million.
    Created: 2/2/2012 8:04:13 PM
  • A Modest Home for Palm Beach
    This 2,286-square-foot house, built around 1925, has no garage but does boast original details like pecky cypress ceilings, handblown stained-glass panes in the powder-room door and Cuban tile floors.
    Created: 2/2/2012 3:24:20 PM
  • Mortgage Plan Draws GOP Opposition
    Obama is betting his latest proposal to aid the housing market will fare better than earlier efforts, despite congressional opposition.
    Created: 2/2/2012 11:21:36 AM
  • Ally Financial Swings to Loss
    Ally Financial, the U.S. government-owned auto lender, swung to a $250 million net loss in the fourth quarter after taking a charge for regulatory penalties stemming from foreclosure matters.
    Created: 2/2/2012 6:45:46 AM
  • When the Home Bank Closes
    The housing bust means many small businesses can no longer use home-equity loans for funding.
    Created: 2/1/2012 1:20:43 PM
  • Housing's Firmer Foundation
    Right now, the connection between what the S&P/Case-Shiller index says and what is actually going on with housing may be lukewarm at best.
    Created: 2/1/2012 3:17:22 AM
  • China's Housing Market Cools
    The average housing price in 100 major Chinese cities fell for a fifth consecutive month in January.
    Created: 1/31/2012 10:49:46 PM
  • Home Prices Tumble
    The beleaguered housing market continued to struggle as U.S. home prices posted declines in November.
    Created: 1/31/2012 4:38:28 PM
  • Australia House Prices Down
    Australian monthly house prices declined once again in December, adding to concerns among banks and property firms that a deterioration in prices across the country will resume this year.
    Created: 1/31/2012 9:11:55 AM
  • Tiny Homes Carve a Niche
    It may be one of the most intriguing trends in homebuilding: do-it-yourself tiny homes. Amid a growing interest in eco-friendly lifestyles comes a spate of picture books capturing the joys of shoe box living.
    Created: 1/30/2012 6:39:26 AM
  • D.R. Horton Swings to Profit
    D.R. Horton swung to the black in its fiscal first quarter on a double-digit jump in home-building revenue and showed optimism for the spring selling season.
    Created: 1/29/2012 3:27:51 PM
  • St. Joe Pares Back Florida Vision
    St. Joe signaled that it is again scaling back its development plans in Florida, an indication that efforts to turn the state's Northern Gulf Coast into a cluster of luxury second-home communities have been a flop.
    Created: 1/27/2012 9:30:57 PM
  • Hope Is Rising for Mortgage Accord
    New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said he is confident his main concern with a pending settlement of alleged bank- foreclosure abuses would be resolved, but he didn't commit to participating in an agreement.
    Created: 1/27/2012 5:26:59 PM
  • A Contractor Spills His Secrets
    A builder of luxury homes reveals how he created his weekend retreat on a budget.
    Created: 1/27/2012 10:24:18 AM
  • Tim Headington Asks $25 Million in South Beach
    Tim Headington asks $25 million in South Beach, Phil Mickelson relists in Rancho Santa Fe, Calif., and Mats Wilander puts his Idaho estate up for sale.
    Created: 1/26/2012 8:37:15 PM
  • A Waterfront Home in Rhode Island
    A Jamestown, R.I., home of about 6,500 square feet, with six bedrooms, seven bathrooms and two half-bathrooms, is asking $5.8 million.
    Created: 1/26/2012 4:18:28 PM