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For Sale In... Mexico City
Adam Wiseman for The New York Times
The 500-square-meter (5,382-square-foot) two-story house, built in the Spanish colonial style, has a tile roof and is made of brick and stucco.
The recent devaluation of the peso — which hit record lows against the dollar last month — has made Mexico attractive to many foreigners.
Property Values
What You Get For... $180,000
A three-bedroom house in Denver, a two-bedroom house in Richmond, Va., and a home with ocean views in Brookings, Ore.
East Meets Middle East, Outside Cairo
When Abdallah Schleifer, a former Cairo bureau chief for NBC News, built his home in Faiyum, Egypt, in 1992, he chose a highly stylized blend of Middle Eastern and Asian design.
The Sudden Charm of Public School
Brearley? Dalton? Not anymore. In these financially fragile times, the new bragging rights begin with a P.S. The rush is on to live near the best.
Co-op Fees Go Through the Roof
Co-ops across the city have raised their maintenance charges by as much as 15 percent in recent months, and one of the main causes is rising property taxes.
Blueprints
Style and Nature, Both on Display
The design of the new Manhattan store of Ports 1961 reflects its line of women’s clothing.
Living In | The Mastics and Shirley, L.I.
A Struggling Area With Low Prices and a Beach
Many in the Mastics and Shirley see the habitat as ample compensation for the area’s somewhat troubled reputation.
Habitats | Crown Heights, Brooklyn
A Neighborhood, Lost and Found
Sandy Taggart and Ken Allen bought a 1905 three-story town house in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, for $840,000 and remodeled it.
Big Deal
Luxe but Logy
The glass and limestone buildings overlooking the southern approaches to Central Park have many apartments that are lingering on the resale market.
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AUDIO SLIDE SHOW: A Move and a Makeover
Sandy Taggart, a painter, drew up her own construction plans to remodel a home in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, with her husband Ken Allen.
AUDIO SLIDE SHOW: A New Apartment and a Fresh Start
After a rough breakup, Monica Wagner found an apartment on Riverside Drive. “As soon as I saw this beautiful studio ... I thought, I will be O.K.,” she said.
VIDEO: Money Down, Money Gone
Louis Andriopoulos is among the latest victims of the financial crisis: condominium buyers who are forced to walk away from their deposits.
Westchester
Freeing Towns to Tackle Blight
Working its way through the State Legislature in Albany is one of the first bills in the country to protect property values and neighborhood safety when a foreclosed property is left untended.
Mortgages
College Tuition Not on the House
Educational institutions that once considered a house as a college fund of sorts are taking a more realistic look at home equity’s role in the financial aid equation.
The Hunt
Living the High-Rise Life
Katie Scovello and Gina Lanuti, two 25-year-olds who met at SUNY Oneonta, found a large one-bedroom in a 706-unit rental building on far East 34th Street for $2,500.
Long Island
Closing Angst Morphs Into Agony
Some are watching in disbelief as the credit crisis dries up loans that they had thought would be a cinch. Others, their mortgage commitments vaporizing at the 11th hour.
Streetscapes
Queen Anne Meets Plain Jane, a Grand Meat Retailer and a Fifth Avenue ‘Ghost’
The history behind a building on 68th street, two terra-cotta cows’ heads in Harlem and the De Pinna building on Fifth Avenue.
New Jersey
Housing Affordability Improves
Home prices have declined so much in the state that average buyers can actually afford to buy houses (if they can get a mortgage, of course).
In Hard Times, Tight Credit Slows Projects
Long Island developers push forward some real estate plans, and other proposals are scaled back.
Don’t Move Until the School Secretary Gives the O.K.
Other parents are an excellent resource for information on schools, but don’t rely completely on secondhand information.
Multimedia
Middle Eastern Design Meets Asian
“I call the style ‘Zen Sufi,’” said Abdallah Schleifer, a former Cairo bureau chief for NBC News, referring to style of his three-bedroom home in Faiyum, Egypt.
A Hacienda-Style House
A home in Coyoacán, an upscale, bohemian neighborhood in the south of Mexico City, is on the market for 17,000,000 pesos ($1,235,662).
The Starter Garden
Follow Michael Tortorello as he starts his first vegetable garden at his home in Minneapolis.
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