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Could Fewer Cars Mean Higher Home Values?

Filed under: News Here's a thought experiment: picture your nearest subdivision with for-sale signs dotting the yards. Now picture a high-rise downtown with easy access to theaters and restaurants,...

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Toll Brothers, the Elephant of Housing, Comes to Dumbo

Filed under: News,Lifestyle Toll Brothers, a national homebuilder that has struggled to implement its plain-vanilla housing formula in New York City's most populous borough, has paid $8.6 million for a...

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Are E-Car Charging Stations The Next Must-have Amenity?

Filed under: DesignCould recharging stations for electric cars be the next must-have accessory in upscale housing, now that wine cellars and bathrooms the size of some apartments are out of vogue?...

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Treasury Ends A Successful Aid Program

Filed under: NewsThe Treasury Department recently announced it was ending a little known program that has successfully stoked states and cities with $23 billion in credit to boost their housing finance...

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Cheap Lube Costs Lives in NYC

Filed under: News,LifestyleHidden away in the basement of many big New York City buildings is a dirty secret that could be costing New Yorkers their health, even their lives: boilers that burn cheap...

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Lose the Car, Keep Your House?

Filed under: Design,NewsAttention lenders: pedestrians are better risks! A new study of mortgage defaults in three cities concludes that people who live in areas where they don't need a car are less...

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Replace Your Old Driveway with One that Sucks (Water)

Filed under: DesignGreen roofs are pretty, energy-efficient, and easy to understand. But they're expensive to set up and often can't coexist with a house design due to load-bearing issues. So why not...

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Does This Building Make Me Look Fat?

Filed under: DesignEvery February 2, hundreds of (health) nuts run up New York City's Empire State Building. But the city as a whole, despite its culture of walking and seemingly insane runners, is...

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Greening Codes to Save Green

Filed under: NewsEnergy codes, the laws that set minimum levels for energy efficiency in buildings, are getting updates throughout the U.S., most ambitiously in New York City. The changes that can make...

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Green Benefits? 'None' Concedes Developer

Filed under: Design,NewsYou see them advertised all over: those shiny new buildings that are both luxurious and eco-friendly. But does buying a "green" unit make you better off? Not according to the...

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Atlanta Keeps Property Taxes Up, Poor Neighborhoods Down

Filed under: News,LifestyleAs if foreclosure-wracked neighborhoods aren't suffering enough, it seems they're also paying more in taxes. According to a study released yesterday by the Atlanta...

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An Architect's Journey into Haiti

Filed under: Design,NewsShortly after the devastating earthquake struck Port-Au-Prince, noted architect pioneer Andres Duany flew to Haiti with plans for building durable, affordable housing in the...

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What Keeps New York Livable? Lots of Things, Including Cars

Filed under: LifestyleIt may be hard to believe, but a well-organized group of folks think New York City is too friendly to cars. And these folks have brought positive changes in New York over the past...

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Harlem Developer Gets Creative to Pull Off Financing

Filed under: DesignThe Jonathan Rose Companies had to worry a little in 2008, when a 10-parcel site it planned to develop as a rental with the City of New York in East Harlem sat idle because it...

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New York Tenants Take Over Buildings With Small Downpayments

Filed under: LifestyleTenants: have you ever thought you could do a better job keeping up your building than your landlord does? With help from a tireless advocate, some New York City renters are about...

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Affordable Housing Finds a Home in New Hampshire

Filed under: News,Economy,LifestyleWhat's the first phrase that "New Hampshire" brings to mind? Do you think "town hall meeting," "tax-free liquor" or "outer Boston suburb"? You'd get, at most, partial...

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Drew Carey Is Wrong About Cleveland

Urban planning is architecture's less glamorous sibling: If architecture gets Brad Pitt as a celebrity student, it's only fitting that planning gets TV's Drew Carey. Carey grew up in Cleveland, a city...

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Will Right-to-Rent Act Rescue Foreclosed Owners?

If your lender forecloses on your mortgage but lets you stay in your house as a tenant, is your real-estate saga more likely to have a happy ending? A new law making its way through the House of...

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Fannie Mae in Talks on Green Energy Initiative

Filed under: News,EconomyFannie Mae still speaks loudly in the housing market, and a quiet letter it sent has led to intense negotiation about the future of green financing that could seriously affect...

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Brooklyn Condo Rewrites NYC Luxury Pricing

Filed under: News,LifestyleOK, kids. Get out your pencils and show your work: When something new in a former industrial area costs less than half of something old in a classic neighborhood, will lots...

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