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Planning Ahead for a Future Family

May 5, 2012

A San Francisco bachelor designs for his theoretical wife and kids.

Loft Living in Berlin


A sprawling brick brewery, built in 1891, had been a graffiti-covered ruin before the owners helped convert it into a loft complex. This 3,300-square-foot unit with five bedrooms and three baths asks €1.6 million ($2.1 million).

A Condo in Old New York

May 4, 2012

This airy, 3,360-square-foot apartment in Tribeca still bears remnants of its industrial past.

Mortgage Rate at Record Low of 3.84%


Mortgage rates are continuing to plumb record lows, as signs of slowing economic growth raised doubts about the strength of the economic recovery.

Home of a Brave

May 3, 2012

Former Atlanta Braves pitcher John Smoltz is selling his 22-acre estate in northern Georgia, baseball field and all.

Beazer Books Surge in Home Sales


Beazer Homes reported a narrower fiscal-second-quarter loss Wednesday as the builder recorded a surge in home closings and sounded a hopeful note for the months ahead.

Deal Is Near to Develop Willets Point


The Bloomberg administration is nearing a deal with the Related Cos. and a real-estate firm controlled by owners of the New York Mets to build a retail and residential development on a gritty swath of Queens near Citi Field.

What $1,000 a Night Gets You


Get ready for more luxury hotels to charge $1,000 a night for an entry-level room. Ski valets, fewer neighbors and more hotel staff per guest are part of the new standard luxury rate.

Getting Away—but Not Too Far


Sales of vacation homes are picking up as low prices pull buyers off the fence. But with travel costs rising and consumers still uncertain about the economy, many buyers are snapping up properties closer to home.

Italy Meets Idaho

May 2, 2012

Featuring a 300-year-old fireplace and a wood-burning pizza oven, this lakefront home in northern Idaho reflects the owners’ take on Italy by way of Nevada.

Freddie, Fannie Departures Escalate


Executive departures at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are raising concerns about a possible brain drain at the mortgage giants.

Housing’s Attractive Formation


After years in which a weak economy kept household formation down, something is shifting.

Mortgage Insurer Settles Maternity Discrimination Case


Mortgage insurer MGIC Investment agreed to pay more than $550,000 to settle allegations that it refused to sell policies to women on maternity leave.

Fabled Sahara Gets Back in Game


Los Angeles nightlife impresario Sam Nazarian and his real-estate partners say they have secured a $300 million loan to begin revamping the Sahara casino and hotel in Las Vegas.

Stone on Stone in California

May 1, 2012

Situated on 8.75 acres of craggy mountain terrain, this roughly 4,000-square-foot home in Ramona, Calif., was built on — and built with — solid rock.

Housing Ends Slide, Faces Long Bottom


Nearly six years after U.S. home prices started falling, the housing market appears to be nearing a new phase: a prolonged bottom.

Home. Office. Shops. Rusting Hulks.


In rural Luxembourg, the government and developers are pitching one vision of Europe’s future—’urban living’ in Belval, the site of what was once one of the region’s biggest iron and steel mills.

Mortgage Lenders Opt for Cruise Control


Just as car makers discovered profits trump sales volume, banks are showing pricing and lending discipline on mortgages. The result: In the first quarter, banks saw big gains in mortgage-banking revenue and profit on the back of strong refinancing activity.

Bidding Wars for Homes Are Back


A new development is catching home buyers off guard as the spring sales season gets under way: Bidding wars are back.

A Canadian Island Retreat

April 27, 2012

This waterfront home is on Thetis Island, one of the southern Gulf Islands between the coast of British Columbia and Vancouver Island.