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What You Get For ... $379,000

By MIKE POWELL

Erik S. Lesser for The New York Times

A two-bedroom, two-bath condominium in a former barrel factory is on the market in Atlanta for $379,900.

A two-bedroom condominium in a former barrel factory in Atlanta, a two-bedroom, two-and-a-half bath Queen Anne built in 1891 in Columbus, Ohio, and A three-bedroom town house in Austin, Tex.

As Finance Offices Empty, Developers Rethink Ground Zero

By CHARLES V. BAGLI

Amid a recession and a financial industry restructuring that is emptying downtown offices, difficult negotiations emerge over how and when new office towers get built.

International Real Estate

For Sale In... Sweden

By VIRGINIA C. McGUIRE

Most of Sweden’s vacation homes are clustered around the coast or the country’s many lakes.

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Developers Struggle to Fill Manhattan Office Space

By TERRY PRISTIN

To attract prospective tenants to new or rehabbed buildings, landlords are tailoring their marketing efforts to today’s economic realities.

Modern Villa on a Thai Island

By ALEX FREW McMILLAN

Lynn Grebstad and her business partner, Paul Hicks, built a villa named Baan Suralai, or Home of the Angels, which was designed to maximize its location in Bophut Hills.

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In Rural England, a Romanoff Tries to Restore Her Childhood Home

By LIZA FOREMAN
International Herald Tribune

Princess Olga Romanoff has been renovating Provender, a stately home in Kent, England, since she inherited it in 2000.

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Making a Comeback: $200,000 Studios

By MICHAEL M. GRYNBAUM

Prices that seem a relic of a bygone era are re-emerging in Manhattan, even in doorman buildings and neighborhoods once considered expensive.

City Room

Harlem After the Boom

By CHRISTINE HAUGHNEY

New York on Less: The head of Central Harlem's community board, W. Franc Perry, sees signs of the recession settling in after the neighborhood's surge in development.

Piedmont Journal

Houses, Decked Out for a Sale, Are Burglarized

By PATRICIA LEIGH BROWN

Thefts of luxury furnishings in unoccupied homes on the market in Piedmont, Calif., are testing the forced cheerfulness of real estate agents who are already reeling.

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Key Spring 2009

A recession check to Michael Bloomberg’s grand plans for New York, the only trailer park in the five boroughs, a cold season in the Hamptons and more.

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A Scandinavian Retreat

A rural cottage with private pond near Stenstorp, Sweden, is on the market for 3.3 million kronor ($400,000).

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AUDIO & PHOTOS: The Sales Pitch

Brokers and one owner explain what works about their studio apartments, which are five of the cheapest in Manhattan.

AUDIO SLIDE SHOW: A Move and a Makeover

Sandy Taggart, a painter, drew up her own construction plans to remodel a home in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, with her husband Ken Allen.

AUDIO SLIDE SHOW: A New Apartment and a Fresh Start

After a rough breakup, Monica Wagner found an apartment on Riverside Drive. “As soon as I saw this beautiful studio ... I thought, I will be O.K.,” she said.

Lives Streamlined for a New Era

By LAURA M. HOLSON

With the economic crisis unlikely to subside anytime soon, some renters and homeowners in Manhattan are seeking to downsize before a financial calamity hits home.

Living In | Port Chester, N.Y.

Rich Ethnically, Poised for Change Politically

By ELSA BRENNER

A home for immigrants since the 19th century, when new arrivals from Europe worked in local mills, Port Chester now draws residents from South and Central America.

Mortgages

Sweetening the Pot for Home Buyers

By BOB TEDESCHI

The economic stimulus package includes a tax credit for first-time home buyers of up to $8,000. The credit is expected to have only a limited impact in spurring housing sales.