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- No good deed goes unpunished. November 6, 2009One of my clients and I were talking about his house. Hes owned it for almost a decade and has done some improvements over that time. Hes really annoyed. One of his improvements has done much more harm than good....
- How to really clean up when selling your home November 6, 2009If you want to sell your home in this market, HomeGain.com has two words of advice for you: clean up. Thats the gist of HomeGain.s annual survey of Realtors on what is billed as the top 12, do-it-yourself home improvements...
- Lead paint in the laundry room November 5, 2009One of the differences between print media and on-line media is that topics I raise live on -- through the joy of search engines -- long beyond when we here at Boston.com have forgotten about them. Heres a questions that...
- Four more years for big development in downtown Boston November 5, 2009If you like the direction downtown Boston has taken over the past decade or so, Tuesday was your day. A wave of sleek, new glass-and-steel condo high-rises has sprouted up on seemingly every street corner, from the Ritz-Carlton Towers...
- When I met Ibanez November 4, 2009Boston.com/renow readers know about, US National Bank vs. Ibanez, the decision that was decided twice about foreclosures. Judge Keith Long ruled that US National Bank could not foreclose without the proper papers on record. He upheld his decision on October...
- Early Christmas for real estate industry November 4, 2009Months of dire warnings from the National Association of Realtors and other real estate lobby groups appear to be paying off. Uncle Sam will keep propping up the still shaky real estate market for months to come under a slew...
- Tenant-landlord relations in the recession November 3, 2009I got an email that sparked a discussion between me and my husband. The email, from one of our tenants, asked that we hold the rent check a few days before cashing it. Just three days, she said. She had...
- A good time to be a renter November 3, 2009Looking back on my renting days, I cant recall any of my landlords ever cutting my rent or offering any incentives for me to stay. The closest thing to a perk I ever encountered was during my waning days as...
- How to risk losing your deposit November 2, 2009Sam Schneiderman, Broker-owner of Greater Boston Home Team shows you how easy it is to lose your deposits. This is the true story about a buyer that did not follow through with the agreement that she made in the Purchase...
- High end likely out of luck with tax credit extension November 2, 2009So now we are down to the wire with the extension of the home buyer tax credit. Theres the usual horse trading and posturing and 11th hour deal making Washington as the end of the month deadline fast approaches ...
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- The Decline and Fall of the Bachelor Pad November 8, 2009The economy has clobbered many young, single men. And when bachelors scale down, crash pads replace seductive lairs.By SARAH MASLIN NIR
- Habitats | Lafayette Street: A Production Called Home November 7, 2009Sturgis Warner, a theater director, uses contraptions he built to make the most of his space in a fifth-floor walk-up in the East Village.By CONSTANCE ROSENBLUM
- Living In | Croton-on-Hudson, N.Y.: Where Rivers Meet, Ahh-Inspiring Views November 8, 2009About 40 percent of Croton-on-Hudson is set aside as parkland, and the area is known for its rivers.By ELSA BRENNER
- The Hunt: Going With Uncool November 8, 2009Prospect-Lefferts Gardens may be uncool and unhyped, but that's fine for Dan Schreiber and Caroline Jeanjot.By JOYCE COHEN
- Square Feet | The 30-Minute Interview: Howard L. Michaels November 8, 2009Mr. Michaels is the chairman and chief executive of the Carlton Group, a real estate investment bank that specializes in equity and debt placement.By VIVIAN MARINO
- Mortgages: HUD Combats Discrimination November 8, 2009The federal government is poised to enact rules to combat discrimination on loans backed by the Federal Housing Administration.By BOB TEDESCHI
- Posting: Selling Pieces of Manhattan Long Distance November 8, 2009To spur international investors, some real estate companies have started marketing a service that brokers have long provided informally.By ALISON GREGOR
- Streetscapes | Augustus Saint-Gaudens and Stanford White: Gilded-Age Monuments and Secrets November 8, 2009A theme of Augustus Saint-Gaudens' life was his enduring friendship with the architect Stanford White.By CHRISTOPHER GRAY
- Big Deal: Changes of Heart November 8, 2009One Madison Park, the soaring 600-foot glass condominium that towers over East 23rd Street, opened to its first residents in August, but since then only five buyers have closed, according to city records.By JOSH BARBANEL
- Big Deal: Overtaken by a School November 8, 2009The town houses on 94th Street have been gradually swallowed up by the Columbia Grammar and Preparatory School.By JOSH BARBANEL
