Perhaps after sailing into your home port after an international cruise, you wished that you could have stayed on the boat–permanently. Maybe you’re irritated by the walk from your car to your front door. You’d rather step from your vehicle right into your room.
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Homes for sale or rent in a given area can now be found without a specific query in Google Maps after Google added a “real estate” check-box option for Maps searches.
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These are not cookie-cutter colonials. Instead, in some parts of the country, cliff-side compounds and remodeled lighthouses are being listed.
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The village of Barrington offered three historic homes for sale for $1 , including a $10,000 check to the home buyer. There were no takers, so the homes will be up for auction again next month. The catch is that the new homeowners have to pay to relocate the home. A development planner estimates that it would cost tens of thousands of dollars to move even the smallest house. Architectural Review …
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Three older homes are up for sale in the Barrington , but they didn’t draw any bids — despite a $1 sale price. The village is still hoping to sell and move the houses so the land they sit on can be used for redevelopment. Barrington officials originally threatened to demolish the buildings — despite an outcry from historic preservationists — if no bids came in. Those plans are on hold at this …
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New single-family home sales fell 3.6% to a 440,000 until annual pace from a downwardly revised 417,000 units in August, The Commerce Department said Wednesday.
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MADISON - Drive past Madison’s downtown and, frankly, it’s easy to miss. Some city leaders want to change that. Those leaders are working to revitalize and expand the small commercial area just east of Sullivan Street that’s bisected by railroad tracks.
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How to find the best real estate deals.
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Check out this week’s look at Long Island homes for sale that have a notable feature.
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A house on Kenneth Drive in Palo Alto sold for $1,295,000 on Oct. 9, 2009. The home previously sold for $383,000 in June 1988. Palo Alto Online’s real estate website features a listing of homes sold in Palo Alto and surrounding cities. Visit [http://www.paloaltoonline.com/real_estate/ PaloAltoOnline.com/real_estate] for a map of homes for sale, real estate stories …
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