Sales surge in fourth quarter as inventory shrinks to a 12-year low
Rental market appears to be shifting into slower gear
What makes one apartment worth more than another?
Surprise! Times says co-op approval process is ‘formidable’
Prices shoot up in gentrified Brooklyn
Permits to build new developments growing again, but apartment supply won’t meet demand
Her boots were made for speeding
And his, made for dancing, waltz into L.A. condo
Broadcaster trades UWS strollers for trends by purchasing $1.84 million penthouse off the island
Shadow inventory of existing homes drops 12 percent during last year
Number of signed contracts attains highest level in 2.5 years
Home resales approach normal on annual basis, inventory contracts significantly
November housing starts beat year earlier by 21.6 percent
Sales of new homes 15.3 percent higher than November 2011
Housing, real estate emerge as winners on most key issues in new tax law
Asking prices increase 5.1 percent from end of 2011
Homes priced above $1 million enjoy unexpected bidding wars
Lenders scrutinize gifts to borrowers seeking loans
Jumbo borrowers getting the point to shave rates
Rates of seriously delinquent loans for single-family houses decline in November
And national foreclosure inventory falls 18 percent from 2011
Rates tick down near their record lows
Loan activity unsurprisingly drops from middle to end of December
This year may be best in long time to refi or obtain mortgage
Less is more when writing hardship letter for loan modification
Limits on tax deductions, other breaks to affect not only high earners
Big houses (not the ones ‘up the river’) making comeback
$100 million Versace mansion comes with hotel that has enough rooms for needed lawyers
D.C. townhouse receives 168 bids, topping $337,000 ask by $400,000
Tear down that wall — carefully — to profit by making charitable donations
Developers fail to find paradise in the Caribbean
Mega-million-dollar sales last year double low reached in Los Angeles during housing crisis
Generational flip-flop has children lately buying apartments for parents
Think hard, plan carefully before converting tub to shower
Nine inexpensive ways to achieve an apartment makeover
Garbage in, compost out. . . within your home
35 tends to be pivot point for change of (home)life
Surveys find declining number of first-time buyers
Biggest percentage of households in foreclosure belonged to those in Gen X
Surveyed economists see housing’s momentum persisting
Forbes columnist lists five things consumers should expect from housing this year
RealtyTrac asks where housing headed in 2013
And best housing markets assessed for this year
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