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• PLAN B: RENT

  WOULD-BE SELLERS WAIT OUT THE MARKET

  By KATHERINE DYKSTRA

  January 8, 2009 -

  Back in 1995, when a savvy buyer could get New York City real estate for a song and Alphabet City was still a frontier, Karl Peterson bought the second floor of 434 E. 10th St. between avenues C and...more >

• FIRE IT UP

  By TINA TRASTER - BURB APPEAL

  January 8, 2009 -

  THREE years ago, a massive brick fireplace and nearly an acre of woods sold me on an 1850s farmhouse that was pretty much a teardown. The fireplace, which needed paint and some tiling, was the only...more >

• JUST SOLD!

  THE LATEST INFO ABOUT RECENT SALES - IN YOUR BACK YARD AND BEYOND

  January 1, 2009 -

  Manhattan FLATIRON $3,275,000 15 E. 26th St. Prewar three-bedroom, 31/2-bath loft condo, 2,078 square feet, with kitchen with Miele, Sub-Zero and Viking appliances, marble bath, walnut...more >

• RUN FOR THE MONEY

  GET READY FOR THE REFINANCING FRENZY

  By MAX GROSS

  January 1, 2009 -

  There are two big New Year's resolutions that just about everyone made last night: 1) Lose weight. 2) Save money. We really can't help you on the former (your dealings with the...more >

• LET IT SNOW

  By BARBARA K - INVEST IN YOUR NEST

  January 1, 2009 -

  Now is the time to do basic home winterization - before the temperature really drops. Here's my budget checklist for evaluating and maintaining your house, inside and out, in preparation for a...more >

• JUST SOLD!

  THE LATEST INFO ABOUT RECENT SALES - IN YOUR BACK YARD AND BEYOND

  December 25, 2008 -

  Manhattan CHELSEA $995,000 450 W. 17th St. One-bedroom, one-bath condo, 689 square feet, with N/W exposures; Caledonia building features doorman and concierge, garage, Equinox gym, pet spa...more >

• 'TRADING' POST

  PAIGE DAVIS HAS SEEN MANY HOME MAKEOVERS, BUT THIS ONE STANDS OUT

  By MICKI SIEGEL

  December 25, 2008 -

  What's more fitting than the host of TLC's "Trading Spaces" having her apartment made over - and having no say in the design? That's what happened to Paige Davis - though her...more >

• JUST SOLD!

  THE LATEST INFO ABOUT RECENT SALES - IN YOUR BACK YARD AND BEYOND

  December 18, 2008 -

  Manhattan EAST VILLAGE $1,100,000 133 Second Ave. One-bedroom, 1½-bath loft condo, 990 square feet, with 14-foot ceilings, washer/dryer, kitchen with granite countertops and stone...more >

• TAKE A BOWERY

  GRITTY DOWNTOWN TURNS GLAM

  By ADAM BONISLAWSKI

  December 18, 2008 -

  THE Bowery's reputation is well-known. Originally a bucolic country lane leading to Peter Stuyvesant's farmhouse, the street took a downhill slide some 150 years ago and has been an...more >