• Housing Discounts Expected

  Sales of previously owned homes fell sharply in February, setting the stage for steep discounting in the spring market.

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  Home Resales Remain Depressed

  Sales of previously occupied homes sank by 9.6% in February and prices fell to the lowest level in nearly nine years, indications that the market remains depressed.

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  Housing Gloom Doesn't Extend to Rentals

  Data on the U.S. housing market due this week isn't likely to be encouraging. That's good for the rental market, where demand is likely to outstrip supply through 2015.

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  From Dilapidated to Art Deco

  Moon Street No. 9-11 in Wanchai used to be a dilapidated building with outhouses in the back. Now it has been transformed into chic one-bedroom apartments.

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  He Says Maine. She Says Florida.

  When couples disagree about where to retire, and they often do, the tension can be terrible. Here's a look at how and when to start that conversation, and how some couples have handled the situation.

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• Fannie, Freddie Probe Faces Snag

  The SEC's probe into whether Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac properly disclosed their growing exposure to riskier mortgages between 2006 and 2008 could also spotlight the oversight role of the firms' federal regulator, which approved those disclosures.

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  'Pittsburgh's Parthenon' Still Has Fans

  Preservationists are battling the Penguins hockey team over a plan to tear down Pittsburgh's Civic Arena to make way for office buildings, shops and apartments.

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  60 Seconds With Mario Buatta

  Decorating's "Prince of Chintz" on the best way to lay out a room and his antipathy toward beige.

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  Kitchens Play Hide and Sleek

  More homeowners are hiding kitchen bling behind wood panels or under countertops, marking the next phase in the kitchen's evolution to flexible multitasking space.

  • News Hub: The New Living Room
  • Photos: Redesigning the Kitchen

• Plea Deal Puts Minkow Redemption Movie in Limbo

  After the news broke on Wednesday that Barry Minkow would plead guilty to an insider trader charge, there was one other big, burning question in our minds: What will become of his blockbuster biopic?

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  AGs, Mortgage Servicers to Talk

  State attorneys general expect to soon begin negotiations aimed at hammering out a settlement that would resolve their investigation of questionable mortgage-servicing practices.

• 30-Year Fixed Mortgage Rate Falls to 4.76%

  Mortgage rates fell as investors wary of the crisis in Japan sought out U.S. bonds, which lowered yields, according to Freddie Mac's weekly survey of mortgage rates.

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  Up High in Old Charleston

  This Federal-style home was built in 1810 for Nathaniel Ingraham, who served with John Paul Jones aboard the Bon Homme Richard in the Revolutionary War. It faces directly out at Charleston Harbor and Fort Sumter, where the first shots of the Civil War were fired 150 years ago this April.

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  Knickknacks Move Off the Shelf

  From cabinets of curiosity to mannequins and glass jars, interior decorators and collectors are finding new ways to display treasures collected on trips or at flea markets.

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  Minkow to Plead Guilty in Lennar Insider Case

  Barry Minkow, a former Wall Street whiz kid who spent seven years in prison for the ZZZZ Best stock fraud and later became a financial-fraud investigator, will plead guilty to a single count of insider trading involving Lennar.

• Housing Official to Take Lobbying Job

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  Housing Risk in Mortgage Forgiveness

• GOP Set to Begin Chipping Away at Fannie, Freddie

• Fannie, Freddie Probe Focuses on Disclosure

• For Housing Values, Is Bigger Better?

• A Colorful Past in Newport

• Citadel's Ken Griffin Buys in Hawaii

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  Shopaholics' Crash Pads

• A Peach of a Place

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  Banks Push Back on Foreclosure Pact

• Housing Agency Chief to Resign

• Republicans Object to Mortgage Settlement Proposal

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  States Push Banks to Fix Foreclosure Process

• New Rules for First-Time Home Buyers

• Streets on the Thames

• Latvia's Indecent Proposal

• Bollinger Boulevards

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  Homes Built (Partly) With Recycled Material

• What Stays and What Goes When You Sell?

• FHA Powers What's Left of Home Market

• The East's Frozen Assets

• Live and Let High

• Europe's Top City Locations

• St. Joe Names Durden Acting CEO

• Norman Foster to Design Kowloon Cultural District

• Mortgage-Practices Overhaul Proposed

• Rita Konig Decks the Halls

• 60 Seconds With Mark McDonald

• Charlie Sheen to Buy Home in Beverly Hills

• The Most Expensive Town in America

• The Disappearing House

• Rising Gas Prices Hit Home

• Open House

• Georgetown Addition

• Hong Kong: World's Most Expensive Office Space

• The Seven-Year Pitch: $23 Million

• China Moves Unlikely to Cut Property Prices

• Inside 5 Luxury Retirement Communities

• Second Home Seeks Triple Return

• Regulators Push 20% Home Deposits

• Fannie, Freddie in Dividend Bind

• Building Safety Probed in Christchurch

• Only 1 in 4 Got Mortgage Relief

• The Great Mortgage Race Is On

• Five Signs That Say 'Buy'

• Lessons Learned

• 10 Steps to More Efficient Buildings

• Cities of the Sky

• Of Angling and Antlers

• Buy Now, Pay Later

• It's Turbine vs. Turbine in Reno

• Why 2011 May Be the End of the Housing Crash

• Not Your Grandma's Patterned Carpet

• Aspen Estate Lists for $48.5 Million

• Home Sellers Need Inspections, Too

• Log Cabins

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  Banks Bristle at Mortgage-Loan Plan

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  SEC Probe of Freddie Mac Deepens

• U.S. Mortgage Rates Ease

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  Lowe's New Landscape

House of the Day

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  California 'Villa Paradiso'

  This three-story Mediterranean-style home in La Jolla features a beachfront swimming pool, custom lighting and two outdoor fireplaces.

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  Riverdale Contemporary

  This two-story home in the Bronx's Riverdale section is full of memories for an owner who spent her childhood in the contemporary house with Hudson River and Palisade views.

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  London Georgian Home

  This six-bedroom former office, close to the U.K. capital's Hyde Park, was completely gutted and renovated to add a contemporary touch to its original Georgian features.