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Cabin fever

Marni Elyse Katz — 2009-11-14T20:02:32Z

You can take the man out of the woods, but you can’t take the woods out of one South End man’s apartment.

Landmark views

Elizabeth Gehrman — 2009-11-13T05:00:00Z

The Zakim Bridge and other gems can be seen from these windows.

Major upgrade awaits housing project

Casey Ross, Globe Staff — 2009-11-06T03:00:26Z

Owners of the 500-unit Castle Square housing project in the South End plan to rehabilitate apartments throughout the complex and build a new community center.

First-time home buyer credit, jobless benefits both extended

Associated Press — 2009-11-06T02:59:09Z

WASHINGTON - Missed out on Cash for Clunkers? Congress has another deal for you: Buy a home before May 1 and collect up to $6,500 from the government. If you’re a first-time home buyer, get up to $8,000.

25-story tower planned for Fort Point

Casey Ross, Globe Staff — 2009-11-06T02:58:22Z

A Boston developer wants to build what would be the tallest building in the Fort Point Channel neighborhood, a 25-story, 232-unit apartment building and parking garage on A Street.

Brockton offers lesson in foreclosures

Bryan Marquard, Globe Staff — 2009-11-02T06:10:04Z

BROCKTON - Stepping onto a bus in front of his house on Moraine Street yesterday afternoon, Nylton Andrade held up a frame that held three photos matted over the words “Home Sweet Home.’’

Help may be needed to replace odd-size door

Peter Hotton, Globe Correspondent — 2009-11-01T03:02:22Z

Q. I have to replace my front door. It has one side light, and the whole unit is 56-inches wide. The width is apparently odd, because I can’t find an entry to fit that rough opening. Are there any places I can check with to see what kind of a combination will work?

US home sale prices drop in August

Bloomberg News — 2009-10-23T02:50:13Z

Home prices in the United States fell 3.6 percent in August from a year earlier as record foreclosures and rising unemployment depressed demand.

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2009-10-23T02:50:13Z

Ruling upheld on sale of property

Jenifer B. McKim, Globe Staff — 2009-10-15T03:18:59Z

The ownership status of hundreds, and possibly thousands, of foreclosed properties in Massachusetts became muddier yesterday after a state Land Court judge reaffirmed his March decision that invalidated the sales of two Springfield homes because of improper paperwork.

Home sellers slash prices by $28.4 billion

Daniel Taub, Bloomberg News — 2009-10-09T10:17:57Z

US home sellers cut their asking prices by a total of $28.4 billion to attract buyers as the real estate recovery stalled, Trulia Inc. said.

55 condos at Natick mall sold at auction

Megan McKee, Globe Correspondent — 2009-10-05T04:00:00Z

Going. Going. Gone. It was standing room only inside a balmy, excitement-filled Crowne Plaza Boston ballroom yesterday as 55 of Nouvelle at Natick’s remaining 178 luxury condos sold at auction.

Tower’s sale may be a sign office market’s stirring

Casey Ross, Globe Staff — 2009-09-30T02:31:03Z

In a sign that Boston’s moribund office market is stirring, a 14-story building on the waterfront drew heated bidding from more than a score of potential buyers before selling to the investment bank Credit Suisse for $106.2 million.

August home sales falter after 4 months of gains

Jack Healy, New York Times — 2009-09-25T02:07:23Z

NEW YORK - Sales of previously owned homes fell unexpectedly last month, an industry group reported yesterday, showing that a budding recovery in the housing market remains weak and faltering.

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2009-09-25T02:07:23Z

It's all a matter of ZIP code

Jenifer B. McKim, Globe Staff — 2009-01-28T05:00:00Z

Finally, that place on Cape Cod may be affordable. Hyannis was among the communities on the Cape that experienced significant drops in housing prices in 2008. The median price for a single-family house in that Barnstable village was a mere $205,000 by the end of the year, according to a review by Warren Group.