My Affordable Real Estate

A model bedroom at 120 11th Avenue, a new condominium complex at West 20th Street in West Chelsea. The building was once a Life Savers factory; there’s a two-story addition on the roof.The developers of the new luxury building at 120 11th Avenue and West 20th Street opted to sink their money into a straightforward conversion rather than a big name architect.

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The dramatic angles of an unusual office space were transformed for a business management firm.

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William Waldorf Astor gave New York some of its most distinctive architecture, even though he concluded that America was no place for a gentleman.

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Adriana Karekinian, right, with her agent, Carol Poetsch of Prudential Douglas Elliman, has put a value range on her house that she hopes is “flexible — not stupid flexible, but flexible.”A small group of pricing pioneers on Long Island are listing their homes with a range instead of a set price.

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Vast numbers of borrowers who took out unsecured personal loans from Fannie Mae to cover missed mortgage payments ultimately defaulted.

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Joan Rivers, the brassy comedian, has a kinder, gentler, classical side, or should we say a French neo-Classical side?

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For Edward Lee Cave, the longtime broker of luxury Upper East Side properties, the peak spring selling season brought a bit of déjà vu along with the daffodils.

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Mathieu and Monica Schepard, with Samantha, 5, sought an almost new apartment. They bought a loft in a five-year-old conversion, 15 Broad Street, opposite the New York Stock Exchange.Savvy buyers are discovering that almost new trumps brand-new. The many advantages can include lower prices, easier financing and a stable building.

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“I moved to Manhattan literally to live in the apartment I have now,” Lori Levine says. An extensive do-over restored high ceilings and introduced a spiral staircase made of oak and stainless steel. “I moved to Manhattan literally to live in the apartment I have now,” Lori Levine said about her Gramercy Park duplex. But it needed some work.

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Buyers in almost new buildings court complications if too few units are occupied by owners.

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