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» Posting: Take That, Billy Burg!
04/07/09 03:00 from NYT > Real Estate
The cartoon mascot representing Jackson Heights, Queens, has re-emerged as the star of a comic strip.

» Mortgages: Securing a Jumbo: No Small Task
04/07/09 02:59 from NYT > Real Estate
The nonconforming “jumbo” mortgage, which exceeds the conventional “conforming” loan limit of $729,750 set by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, is becoming more difficult to obtain.

» Big Deal: The $18 Million Fixer-Upper
04/07/09 02:46 from NYT > Real Estate
A penthouse atop the Trump International Hotel and Tower owned by the financially troubled Italian movie mogul Vittorio Cecchi Gori is in contract to sell for $18 million.

» Big Deal: Pooh to the Plaza
04/07/09 02:46 from NYT > Real Estate
Property records filed last week show that a corporation linked to Andrei Vavilov closed on the purchase of a penthouse at Time Warner Center for $37 million.

» The New County Squires
04/07/09 02:43 from NYT > Real Estate
City renters are taking their money to where the grass is truly greener. They are buying weekend homes.

» Habitats: The Traveling Circus Stops Here
02/07/09 22:26 from NYT > Real Estate
Two clowns who perform in some of the most troubled places on earth practice in a walk-up near 128th Street.

» Away: A Jazz Voice Finds a Mellower Range
02/07/09 21:38 from NYT > Real Estate
When it’s time for the jazz singer Sheila Jordan to work on arrangements, she heads to Middleburgh, N.Y.

» Streetscapes | 440 East 56th Street: For a Lullaby, the Bip-Bop-Bip of Tennis Balls
02/07/09 21:37 from NYT > Real Estate
The apartment building at 440 East 56th Street is an exemplar of how modernism and humanism can coexist.

» High & Low | Coeur D’alene, Idaho: Outdoors for All Seasons
02/07/09 19:18 from NYT > Real Estate
Residents of Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, a city of about 42,000 surrounded by lakes and protected forest, like to compare it to living in Lake Tahoe without the high prices.

» Sharp Price Drops in Manhattan Apartments
02/07/09 04:54 from NYT > Real Estate
Grim figures reflecting the downturn’s darkest months came as brokers said sales had been improving recently.