A who’s who guide to buying your first home
If you want to buy a latte or even a novel, you find the one you need, provide some money as well as carry on your way, reaching a couple of individuals along the way. But when you are purchasing a...
View ArticleThe Half-There House
This 6,400-square foot home is half-buried in a grassy slope in East Hampton, NY. Photo: Adam Friedberg When Bob Stansel and Tammy Marek were planning their new luxury home here, they didn’t want...
View ArticleWhite House salaries grows up
One-hundred-forty-one people are paid more than a $100,000 per year in the Obama White House, according to the 2011 White House salary report released Friday. Another 201 people on the staff of 454...
View ArticleBuying Dream Homes Across US
The dream has changed. Chastened by the housing collapse, middle-class Americans want a different kind of home these days. The McMansion, with its eight bedrooms, five baths and 10,000 square-feet, is...
View Article1.2 million mansion for just $10K
By Jay MacDonald Here in Florida, the Foreclosure State, we thought we’d already cataloged every genus responsible for this plague on all our houses, from the predatory lenders to the oblivious...
View ArticleHouse selling for $700
By the CNN Wire Staff For $700, you could buy 200 gallons of gas, a souped-up iPad or, in India, a house. Tata Group, the Indian conglomerate that unveiled the Nano, billed as the world’s cheapest car,...
View ArticleConservative revolt casts doubt on House GOP plan
WASHINGTON (AP) — Conservative Republicans on Tuesday balked at House GOP leaders’ pleas to stop whining and back their plan to slash spending and increase the nation’s borrowing authority,...
View ArticleHouse passes Boehner’s debt ceiling plan-and Senate puts it on ice
After a grinding week of negotiations in the House of Representatives, the chamber’s GOP majority finally approved Speaker John Boehner’s plan to increase the nation’s $14.3 trillion debt ceiling just...
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