My Affordable Real Estate

New York is on the verge of extending laws to protect subprime mortgage borrowers from foreclosure to prime borrowers.

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Four years after the Lower Ninth Ward was devastated by Hurricane Katrina, a Hollywood star’s foundation builds brightly colored, modernist houses for residents.

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The recession caused a dramatic slowdown in new building permits, but sales volumes and prices have held steady in the country as a whole.

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Julie Simonson, Jesse Nover and their daughter, Maya, take the Knabe for a spin.Julie Simonson always yearned to live near trees, so it’s fitting she ended up with her family in Sunnyside Gardens, Queens.

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Mary Cole’s wooden house, complete with yard, is a throwback to another Brooklyn. Her mother and her son live in the matching house next door.Houses that look like actual homes stand out in brick-and-brownstone New York. And the people who live in them are used to your incredulous stares.

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Looking north up Fifth Avenue toward the Jewish Museum at 92nd Street gives a taste of the area’s natural and architectural beauties.In addition to world-class art, Museum Mile along Fifth and Madison Avenues has quiet side streets and elegant brick co-ops.

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Instead of negotiating for lower rent at her Yorkville apartment, Lori Leach decided to take advantage of low co-op prices.

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Eileen B. Heimer, far left, and Natalie C. McCray, with the Peck family, for whom they often cooked meals or helped with the baby- sitting, while also trying to sell their two-bedroom colonial in Glen Cove.To reduce stress and temper the disappointment of lower sale prices, some brokers are significantly expanding their job descriptions.

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