Financial services sector is producing fewer buyers and renters
Some neighborhoods are much tighter than others
Not much relief anticipated for renters in tough market
You have options for a neighbor who drives you nuts
Foreclosures fall citywide, despite more co-ops for 4th straight month
Long Island City way past the tipping point
Grammy winner and wife buy Greenwich Village penthouse
Presidential relationship hardly helps sale of former Avedon townhouse
Builders’ group once again expands list of markets it says are improving
Government’s housing scorecard reports ‘mixed bag’ for January
Wall Street Journal graphically compares eight reports on house prices
Nobody knows the amount of ‘shadow’ inventory, but Time says it’s killing the market
There may be no better time than now to refinance
So low interest rates cause surge in refi volume, but purchase activity is flat
Citi halts work with mortgage brokers, driving another nail into their coffin
Completed foreclosures in 2011 plunge 24 percent from 2010 owing to robo-signing issues
20-year mortgage is third favorite loan these days
New interactive map provides information about individual schools
Afraid of missing the boat, New Yorkers again head to Florida
Novice investors should focus first on location
And it’s not too soon for investors to prepare for 2013 tax changes
Homeowners can take advantage of up to four deductions when filing returns for 2011
First-time homebuyers tend to make the same mistakes
Squatter kicked out of the $340,000 home that he had lived in since June for $16
Installing a forbidden washing machine creates significant risk
When adding laundry to a bathroom, begin by locating existing plumbing
Painting a straight line on a textured surface is easy when you know how
Most Americans in Fannie Mae survey expect 1 percent price improvement this year
While hardly jubilant, builders feel a little better about market for ‘mature’ buyers
Calculated Risk declares one bottom has arrived and another due next month
Others express at least cautious optimism
At builders’ convention, chastened economists hedge on future
Zillow expects 3.7 percent decline in prices this year, less than in 2011
Analysts predict investment in residential property will will grow twice GDP rate this year
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