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American homes often have lovely front entrances that homeowners never use.
The exhibit on prefabricated housing at New York's Museum of Modern Art is visually delightful and informative. But the story it tells is incomplete.
Everybody knows how severe and painful the global financial breakdown has been, with banks unwilling to lend even to other banks. But what about mortgages and real estate? Can you still get a home loan with less than 20 percent or 30 percent down? Or with a credit score below 720?
When Sharon Glennen-Higgins and her husband, Wayne Higgins, first looked at their house in Creighton's Run 16 years ago, they were attracted by the privacy afforded by the woods that bordered the back yard.
Freewheeling American capitalism may be falling out of fashion on Wall Street, but in the western suburbs of Northern Virginia, it is driving one of the greatest home-buying sprees the region has ever seen.
We used to worry about catching a cold from an old house's drafts. Now we worry about losing our shirts.
Real estate editor Maryann Haggerty and columnist Elizabeth Razzi respond to a question adapted from a recent online chat.
Real estate editor Maryann Haggerty and columnist Elizabeth Razzi respond to a question adapted from a recent online chat.
Given the economic battering we're withstanding, anyone of sound mind is thinking twice before buying as much as a cheap sweater, not to mention expensive home improvements.
Orthodox Jews do not use phones on the Sabbath and on some holidays. Nor do they drive.
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