The housing market in Quebec has seen steady growth over the past decade.
Entries from September 2009
International Real Estate: House Hunting in … Quebec
September 29th, 2009 · No Comments
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Square Feet | The 30-Minute Interview: Scott E. Spector
September 29th, 2009 · No Comments
Mr. Spector is a principal of the Spector Group, a midsize architecture and design firm with offices in Manhattan and Woodbury, N.Y.
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Mortgages: New Rules Coming Soon
September 29th, 2009 · No Comments
On Oct. 1, new rules adopted by the Federal Reserve will go into effect, requiring greater diligence on the part of mortgage lenders and brokers.
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Glass Half Empty: Richard Meier’s Brooklyn Tower
September 29th, 2009 · No Comments
The view from a nearby building reveals few tenants in Richard Meier’s glass tower on Grand Army Plaza in Brooklyn.The handful of residents who live in a 15-story glass tower on Grand Army Plaza in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn, feel exposed to the real estate bust and their neighbors.
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Living In | Mount Hope, the Bronx: Easy on the Wallet; on the Eye, Too
September 28th, 2009 · No Comments
Beaux-Arts row houses along Morris Avenue are part of Mount Hope’s historic district.The Bronx neighborhood of Mount Hope is seeing a resurgence of building, especially for lower-income renters.
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New York Appraisals Get Shortchanged
September 28th, 2009 · No Comments
Michael Vargas of Vanderbilt Appraisal in Manhattan says appraisal assignments often go to individuals who “are not the most experienced in your market.”Many appraisals are now being performed by out-of-towners. As a result, local brokers and appraisers say, figures are coming in way too low.
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Away: Nest for a Children’s Author, Her Family and Her Flock
September 28th, 2009 · No Comments
In the Berkshires, Jan Brett has created a summer home for herself, her husband and some 60 chickens.
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Posting: A New Neighborhood? That’s What They Say
September 26th, 2009 · No Comments
Raphael De Niro, left, is marketing units at the Fairchild; Gerard Longo was one of its developers.New Yorkers, meet the latest neighborhood: North TriBeCa. Not to be confused with the rest of TriBeCa.
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In the Region | Connecticut: Country Places Seeking Squires
September 26th, 2009 · No Comments
Throughout Litchfield hills, a region known to affluent weekenders as the anti-Hamptons, sale prices are generally down about 30 percent from asking, agents said.
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Streetscapes | Astor House: Where Lincoln Tossed and Turned
September 26th, 2009 · No Comments
Lincoln chose to stay at New York’s most famous hotel, the Astor House, when he arrived in 1860.