Little House, Packed With Design

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  English Charm...in the South

  English charm in the South, at photographer Denis Reggie's Atlanta home.

  • Photos: An English Cottage in Atlanta
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  Val Kilmer's Ranch Finds a Buyer

  Actor Val Kilmer is contracted to sell his 6,000-acre New Mexico ranch for an undisclosed price. Plus, Dr. Phil is in escrow to sell his Beverly Hills estate, and a private Bahamas island lists for $22 million.

  • Photos: Val Kilmer's ranch and Dr. Phil's estate
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  Home Bases for Bicyclists

  Homes in Davis, Calif., Minneapolis and Boulder, Colo., for bicyclists.

  • Photos: Tour $1 million homes near bicycling spots
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  Manhattan Castle

  Built in 1894 and later renovated and expanded by the current owners, this castle in Manhattan, Kan., mixes historic and modern elements, from original built-in china cabinets to an addition with a custom-made La Cornue range.

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  Don't Build Up Hopes on Aussie Mortgages

  Residential mortgage-backed securities issuance picked up in 2010 in Australia and has surged this year: This week, Commonwealth Bank of Australia priced more than $3 billion of RMBS.

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  Housing Bubble Continues to Haunt Fed

  Americans' love affair with housing is over. But, ironically, deflation of the bubble risks fueling consumer-price inflation.

• Lenders Near Pacts With Regulators in Foreclosure Probe

  The lenders would agree to overhaul their handling of foreclosures and treatment of delinquent borrowers in response to allegations of abuses that emerged last fall.

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  Bubble Trouble in France

  Runaway mortgage lending by French banks has prompted the Bank of France to speak up.

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  Spanish Mediterraneans

  Home in Los Angeles, Paradise Valley, Arizona, and West Palm Beach, Florida.

  • Photos: Spanish Style
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  Las Vegas Estate Slashes Price

  A sprawling Las Vegas estate has seen its price cut by a third. Plus, a Texas ranch is on the market for $33 million, and a ranch in Argentina is on the market for $16.7 million.

  • News Hub: Big Price Cut for Big Mansion in Vegas
  • Photos: Tour the Properties
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  A Model Maker's Workshop

  The two San Francisco spaces of "MythBusters" co-host Adam Savage.

  • Photos: Savage's Workshop

• Mortgage Rates Edge Up; 30-Year Fixed at 4.86%

  Mortgage rates again ticked up in the latest week amid less-severe inflationary concerns, according to Freddie Mac's weekly survey of mortgage rates.

• Subprime Bonds Are Back

  Subprime and other residential mortgage bonds that helped trigger the financial crisis are back in vogue with long-term investors, in the latest sign that American credit markets are healing after the worst downturn in a generation.

  • Investors, Regulators Eye Covered Bonds
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  Why New Homes Don't Sell

  Even for a tough market, new home sales have fallen off a cliff. That means there may be some bargains.

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  California Estate Sold for $100 Million

  A Russian investor has bought a French chateau-style mansion in Silicon Valley for $100 million, marking the highest known price paid for a single family home in the U.S. and underscoring the strength of luxury properties in an otherwise hammered housing market.

  • News Hub: The $100 Million Mansion
  • Photos: Major Real-Estate Transactions
  • Photos: What $100 Million Buys

• Government, Banks Meet on Mortgage Deal

• Recovering From a Wicked Winter

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  Housing Market Shivers

• Plugging a Gap in Sinkhole Coverage

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  A 20% Down Payment Doesn't Cure Housing

• Mortgage-Lending Rules Unveiled

• Lennar Posts Surprise Profit

• Hong Kong's Hottest Neighborhoods

• Mortgage Servicers Cut Debts

• Million-Dollar Homes Face More Audits

• Selling a House Yourself, But Still Paying a Commission

• Bluff-Top Home Sells for $27 Million

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  Little Success for Loan-Reduction Effort

• Fannie, Freddie Loans Deemed 'Safe' Under Mortgage Rules

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  Housing Booms in Canada

• China's Housing: Subsidized, Not Subprime

• The Rise of Personal Design

• Nicky Haslam's Country House

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  Off-Campus Housing

• Poetry in the Palms

• For Habitat, Foreclosures Small Issue

• Report Gave Foreclosure Warnings

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  Will Home Builders Trip in a Double-Dip?

• A Private Reno Compound

• Modern in Mid-Levels

• When Sellers Stay After Closing

• Buying a First Home

• Housing Inventory Increases, Listing Prices Fall

• CMBS May See Partial Exemption in New Loan Rules

• From Dilapidated to Art Deco

• He Says Maine. She Says Florida.

• Fannie, Freddie Probe Faces Snag

• 'Pittsburgh's Parthenon' Still Has Fans

• 60 Seconds With Mario Buatta

• Kitchens Play Hide and Sleek

House of the Day

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  Manhattan Castle

  Built in 1894 and later renovated and expanded by the current owners, this castle in Manhattan, Kan., mixes historic and modern elements, from original built-in china cabinets to an addition with a custom-made La Cornue range.

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  Hampstead Home

  This modern three-bedroom apartment in north London's Hampstead Heath neighborhood still maintains the charm of the Grade-II-listed Victorian building.

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  A Villa With Japanese Style

  Villa Dorada, a 5,000-square-foot townhouse in Happy Valley, was left unaltered for 30 years—until the family that bought it in 2009 turned it into a Japanese-influenced home.