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Sunday, April 15, 2012

Real Estate

Big Deal

Fitness Fever, With You in Mind

For residents of the city, the ultrahealthy lifestyle can sometimes find them, even in ways they weren’t expecting.

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City Room

Big Ticket | Sold for $13,000,000

A three-story property at 1108 Park Avenue was bought by the developer Toll Brothers, which recently acquired the neighboring house.

On the Market in New York City

An Upper East Side co-op, a Gramercy area co-op and a Park Slope duplex.

On the Market in the Region

A five-bedroom midcentury house in Westport, Conn., and a three-bedroom condominium in Nyack, N.Y.

Streetscapes | Upper West Side

The Odd-Man-Out Town House

No. 327 West 76th Street is part of a small row, but you wouldn’t know it because the fiery red brick town house marches to a different tune than its siblings.

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Mortgages

Reverse Loans, Pre-Retirement

A new report shows that reverse mortgages are being taken out by homeowners nearing retirement to help get out of debt.

Q & A

No chatting in the lobby; an 82% jump in the rent; is it a condo or a rental?

In the Region | Long Island

The Multilingual Pitch

Deep-pocketed foreigners are helping to bolster sales on the Island, and prompting brokers to alter the way they market properties.

In the Region | Westchester

The Non-Hamptons Vie for Renters

As temperatures heat up, so has the demand for summer homes in Bedford, Pound Ridge and other semirural northern Westchester towns and villages with open space and greenery.

In the Region | New Jersey

The Art of Remaking a Downtown

An exhibit at the Museum of Modern Art envisions a new downtown Orange as a campuslike pedestrian village.

Audits Find Flaws in City’s Property Assessments

The city’s Finance Department didn’t warn homeowners about changes in its assessment methods, and it relied too much on a flawed computer system, Comptroller John C. Liu found.

What You Get for ... $800,000

An 1840 house in Providence, a Spanish Revival in San Diego and a Queen Anne in Nashville.

House Hunting in ... Canada

The robust housing market in the Montreal area is attributed to uncertainty in the stock market, which has made real estate an attractive investment.

Market Ready

My front hall has no closet. What’s the best way to create space for coats and shoes, so that it’s not seen as a problem by potential buyers?

Décor That Says ‘I Like Ike’

If you’re a landlord who hasn’t redone a property in 60 years, Cullen Meyer is your kind of tenant.

Square Feet

Uncertain Fate for Urban Projects in California

Many development projects are in limbo after the state’s 397 community redevelopment agencies went out of business in February.

Slide Shows
On the Market in New York City

An Upper East Side co-op, a Gramercy area co-op and a Park Slope duplex.

On the Market in the Region

A five-bedroom midcentury house in Westport, Conn., and a three-bedroom condominium in Nyack, N.Y.

Homes for $800,000

Properties in Providence, San Diego and Nashville.

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Manhattan Market Data

Data provided by Miller Samuel, Inc. Real Estate Appraisers & Consultants
1st Quarter, 2012 by Zip

Parse the market by price and size.

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SPECIAL ADVERTISING SECTION

Video Showcase

Watch video tours of luxury homes for sale in the New York metropolitan area.

Calculator
Is It Better to Buy or Rent?

Compare the cost of renting and buying equivalent homes.

House Proud

With This Cottage

Robert Pardo and Laura Ann Jacobs live in two 1920s  bungalows set on a skinny lot in South Florida. His is the pink one. Hers, in blue, sits behind it.
Trevor Tondro for The New York Times

Robert Pardo and Laura Ann Jacobs live in two 1920s  bungalows set on a skinny lot in South Florida. His is the pink one. Hers, in blue, sits behind it.

A free-spirited sculptor agreed to live with a neatnik art dealer on one condition: his and hers houses.

Electing to Sleep Elsewhere

The nation is facing a highest-class public housing conundrum: what to do with executive mansions now that more elected officials are politely refusing to inhabit them.

Shopping With Shayna Kulik

Pieces With Fair Isle Patterns

The Nordic patterns of Fair Isle sweaters never went away; they just moved onto home goods.

Editorial

Drop That Bog

Peat moss, which releases carbon dioxide, should not be used for gardening. It should stay where it does the most good: beneath the complex ecology of a living wetland.

Q&A;

Jake Dyson, Lamp Designer, on Form Versus Function

The product designer may be unable to escape his father’s reputation as a high-profile inventor, but he’s made a name for himself reinventing light fixtures.

Online

Capturing the Gardens of America

The Library of Congress will make Frances Benjamin Johnston’s photographs of gardens accessible online on Friday.

Open

James Fairchild Opens in the Hamptons

A new store from the former vice president for design at Ralph Lauren offers home and fashion items, most vintage or antique.

Lighting

A Light Bulb Pulls a Disappearing Act

The Lace Metal floor lamp hides the bulb behind a dense portion of mesh.

iPhone App

The New York Times Real Estate App

A recently updated, free app offering in-depth property search tools and mobile features to help you navigate the real estate market.

Vacation Rentals

Search over 80,000 vacation rental listings, from New York City to the Caribbean to Europe.

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