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First-Time Buyer in Chicago
Simona Covel hunts for a two-bedroom apartment in Chicago and learns that a 10% drop in home prices doesn't necessarily translate.
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Office Rents Slide on Drop in Demand
Office rents declined throughout the U.S. as business slowed and landlords grappled with a growing expanse of empty space.
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Construction Spending Exceeds Expectations
Spending on U.S. construction projects is holding up better than expected, but it is likely to falter in the coming months.
Small House, Big Loan Spells Trouble
A small shack in Arizona with a $103,000 mortgage helps explain how a series of bad decisions can add up.
- Photos: Ms. Halterman's Home
- Video: In Arizona, a $103,000 Shack
A Family's Adventures Underground
The Palmazes dreamed of a 100,000-square-foot wine cave. The neighbors weren't happy.
For Sale: Old French Manor With a Royal Reputation
A manor house that's about half a millennium old has gone on the market for $595,000 in the French region of Normandy … a mansion in Los Angeles' Bel Air neighborhood has sold for $38 million … and more.
- Photos: Montana Cattle Ranch for Sale
For Frugal Snowbirds
Weathering the winter in places where prices -- but not temperatures -- have been dropping.
Realtors Protest Fannie Fee Increase
The National Association of Realtors said an increase in fees by Fannie Mae "imposes major new costs" on home buyers and people trying to refinance into more affordable mortgage loans.
'Pseudo Short Sale' in San Diego
A buyer is ready to plunk down $1.65 million, but the seller owes more than that on the house. What to do?
Wall Street's Hard Times, in Rhymes
From property-themed haiku to TARP limericks, this year's Wall Street crisis inspired a crop of financial poetry.
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L.A. Luxury Hotels Brace for Downturn
Los Angeles's newest luxury hotels are showing signs of strain as room occupancy rates fall.
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Mortgage 'Cram-Downs' Loom
The effort to give bankruptcy judges the power to rewrite mortgages is gaining steam.
- Chart: Mortgage Modification Proposals
- Find foreclosure prevention services, by state.
- Mortgage-relief programs to help stressed borrowers.
How Six Deals Weathered the Slump
The global economic crisis has taken its toll on real-estate deals in practically every market. Here is a scorecard of how some of them fared this year.
- Photos: Real-Estate Fallout
A Retreat in Ibiza
The Spanish island of Ibiza is known both for its natural beauty and nightlife. Take a look at one house in the island's San Jose neighborhood that is on the market for €6.5 million, or $9.25 million.
Home Prices Decline at Record Pace
A measure of October home prices dropped by the sharpest annual rate on record. Separately, consumer confidence hit a new low in December.
- Video Analysis: What's in Store for Housing Markets
- Sortable Chart: Prices by Metro Area
- Discuss: When will U.S. home prices hit bottom?
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New York Housing Prices Expected to Fall Further
Cities that haven't seen steep drops in housing prices, such as New York, may be in the worst shape because they have further to fall.
- Video Analysis: What's in Store for Housing
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For REITs, 2009 Is Year of Survival
Taking Credit for Energy Efficiency
Mortgage-Relief Programs to Help Borrowers
A Taste of Italy in the U.S.
In New York, Fashion's Vacca Cuts Price to $8.9 Million

Million-Dollar Price Cuts in Manhattan
The price on a four-bedroom apartment on Manhattan's Upper West Side has been cut for the third time in a year, most recently by more than 15%.
- Previously: Haunted Hotel, Converted Barn

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Ski-In, Ski-Out Convenience
For skiers, nothing says luxury so much as an ideally situated ski-in, ski-out home. Here are three such ski properties on the market.
A Trio for Music Lovers
FHA Copes With Insuring Mortgages

Second Homes

All in the Skiing Family
Homes in ski towns with well-established winter-sports schools and plenty of family activities.
Plymouth Places
Michael Vick Cuts Price in Atlanta

Home & Garden

A Decade's Most Remarkable Homes
In the last decade, some architects resisted the housing boom's mentality of excess to design homes that are smaller and incorporate recycled materials.
Hawaii's Highest End Slows Down
Your Own Island

Commercial

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General Growth Switches Counsel
General Growth changed its bankruptcy counsel to Weil Gotshal, parting with Sidley Austin.
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A Property Firm Helps Itself
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Ashford REIT Cuts Jobs, Benefits

Columns

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By Gwendolyn Bounds
Saving Energy on the Cheap
House talk
By June Fletcher
'Pseudo Short Sale' in San Diego

House of the Day

Price Cut on Florida Waterfront Home
A 20,000-square-foot Florida mansion remains on the market for $28.5 million nearly a year after $6.5 million price cut.
Housing Push for Hispanics
Spawns Wave of Foreclosures
A push by lenders, lawmakers and advocacy groups to increase homeownership among Latinos resulted in a huge increase in nonprime lending. Now, many Hispanics find themselves mired in the national housing mess.
- Graphic: Loan Types by District
Calls Grow to Cap Property Taxes
Support for property-tax rollbacks is building, fueled by homeowners who are seeing rising tax bills despite plunging home prices.
U.K. Property Prices Signal Dismal '09
The pricing of derivatives linked to U.K. property prices suggests that investors will lose as much as 20% and that a recovery in the property market is still far off.

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Breaking the Mold

“It seems a lot of the innovation wasn't in how houses were built or how they look or function. Instead the novelty was in financing.”
—Tom Kundig, principal, Olsen Sundberg Kundig Allen Architects

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