How well do you know your own backyard? Noah Charney thinks you should take another look.
Category: Real Estate and Housing (Residential)
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Have a Small Outdoor Space and a Budget to Match? Follow These 7 Rules.
Here’s how to make the most of an outdoor space in the city — even if it’s small, awkwardly shaped or hemmed in by other buildings.
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Renting or Buying Is Often Personal, but It’s Also Helpful to Look at the Numbers
The Upshot’s financial calculator has been updated with new features.
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How to Create a Strong Financial Plan When You’re Renting Forever
Either by choice or because they are priced out of the market, many people plan to never stop renting. Building wealth without home equity requires a different mind-set.
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He Bought a 1953 Trailer on Impulse. Here’s How He Renovated It.
The renovation that followed turned his backyard into an upscale version of a campground — complete with a marble shower in the trees.
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China Says It Will Start Buying Apartments as Housing Slump Worsens
Signaling growing alarm, policymakers ramped up their efforts to stem a continued and steady decline in real estate values.
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These Native Plants Aren’t Weeds
Pollinators recognize a good thing when they see it — and so do gardeners in search of organic pest control. As one put it, “My prairie is my pesticide.”
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Inside the Rent Inflation Measure That Economics Nerds Love to Hate
The Consumer Price Index inflation measure accounts for housing costs in a complicated way. There are reasons for it.
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Priced Out of Housing, Communities Take Development Into Their Own Hands
Across the country, neighborhood groups are uniting to fund mixed-use developments that meet housing and business demands, giving locals a place to live, work and learn new skills.
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Restoring a Chair Is Easier Than You Think. Ask the Brownstone Boys.
Jordan Slocum and Barry Bordelon have a lot of practice restoring brownstones in Brooklyn, so refinishing a chair was no big deal. Here’s how they did it.
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Assumable Mortgages Are Making a Comeback Amid a High-Rate Market
Assumable mortgages — or low-rate mortgages that home buyers can take over from home sellers — are making a comeback. The process can be challenging.
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Why This Eco-Friendly Gardener Doesn’t Cut Down Dead Trees
Basil Camu is on a mission to save trees, even the dying ones. His unconventional approach: Let it be.