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  He Says Maine. She Says Florida.

  When couples disagree about where to retire, and they often do, the tension can be terrible. Here's a look at how and when to start that conversation, and how some couples have handled the situation.

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  Poll: House of the Week

  Vote for your favorite house and discuss.

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  AGs, Mortgage Servicers to Talk

  State attorneys general expect to soon begin negotiations aimed at hammering out a settlement that would resolve their investigation of questionable mortgage-servicing practices.

• 30-Year Fixed Mortgage Rate Falls to 4.76%

  Mortgage rates fell as investors wary of the crisis in Japan sought out U.S. bonds, which lowered yields, according to Freddie Mac's weekly survey of mortgage rates.

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  Up High in Old Charleston

  This Federal-style home was built in 1810 for Nathaniel Ingraham, who served with John Paul Jones aboard the Bon Homme Richard in the Revolutionary War. It faces directly out at Charleston Harbor and Fort Sumter, where the first shots of the Civil War were fired 150 years ago this April.

  • Photos: A Historic Charleston Home
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  Knickknacks Move Off the Shelf

  From cabinets of curiosity to mannequins and glass jars, interior decorators and collectors are finding new ways to display treasures collected on trips or at flea markets.

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  Minkow to Plead Guilty in Lennar Insider Case

  Barry Minkow, a former Wall Street whiz kid who spent seven years in prison for the ZZZZ Best stock fraud and later became a financial-fraud investigator, will plead guilty to a single count of insider trading involving Lennar.

• Housing Official to Take Lobbying Job

  David H. Stevens, who last week said he would step down as commissioner of the Federal Housing Administration, will be named the next chief executive of the Mortgage Bankers Association.

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  Housing Risk in Mortgage Forgiveness

  There is good reason for financial institutions to balk at some provisions of a proposed settlement of alleged mortgage-servicing abuses.

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  GOP Set to Begin Chipping Away at Fannie, Freddie

  Republican lawmakers are preparing this week to introduce a series of legislative proposals to gradually reduce the role of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac

• Fannie, Freddie Probe Focuses on Disclosure

  The SEC investigation into Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac is homing in on the extent to which the mortgage-finance giants adequately disclosed their exposure to subprime loans.

• For Housing Values, Is Bigger Better?

  A reader wants to know whether a smaller home will hold its value as well as a larger one.

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  A Colorful Past in Newport

  This Cotswold-style house sits on land that served as a private hunting ground in the late 1800s for Oliver Hazard Perry Belmont (of Belmont Park racetrack) and his friend Cornelius Vanderbilt.

  • Photos: Newport Estate
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  Citadel's Ken Griffin Buys in Hawaii

  Ken Griffin, the chief executive of Citadel in Chicago, has bought an oceanfront home at the Four Seasons' Hualalai resort in Hawaii for just under $17 million.

  • Photos: Private Properties

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  Shopaholics' Crash Pads

  Shopaholics' crash pads in New York, Beverly Hills, Calif., and Boston.

  • Photos: Homes Near Shopping Spots

• A Peach of a Place

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  Banks Push Back on Foreclosure Pact

• Housing Agency Chief to Resign

• Republicans Object to Mortgage Settlement Proposal

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  States Push Banks to Fix Foreclosure Process

• New Rules for First-Time Home Buyers

• Streets on the Thames

• Latvia's Indecent Proposal

• Bollinger Boulevards

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  Homes Built (Partly) With Recycled Material

• What Stays and What Goes When You Sell?

• FHA Powers What's Left of Home Market

• The East's Frozen Assets

• Live and Let High

• Europe's Top City Locations

• St. Joe Names Durden Acting CEO

• Norman Foster to Design Kowloon Cultural District

• Mortgage-Practices Overhaul Proposed

• Rita Konig Decks the Halls

• 60 Seconds With Mark McDonald

• Charlie Sheen to Buy Home in Beverly Hills

• The Most Expensive Town in America

• The Disappearing House

• Rising Gas Prices Hit Home

• Open House

• Georgetown Addition

• Hong Kong: World's Most Expensive Office Space

• The Seven-Year Pitch: $23 Million

• China Moves Unlikely to Cut Property Prices

• Inside 5 Luxury Retirement Communities

• Second Home Seeks Triple Return

• Regulators Push 20% Home Deposits

• Fannie, Freddie in Dividend Bind

• Building Safety Probed in Christchurch

• Only 1 in 4 Got Mortgage Relief

• The Great Mortgage Race Is On

• Five Signs That Say 'Buy'

• Lessons Learned

• 10 Steps to More Efficient Buildings

• Cities of the Sky

• Of Angling and Antlers

• Buy Now, Pay Later

• It's Turbine vs. Turbine in Reno

• Why 2011 May Be the End of the Housing Crash

• Not Your Grandma's Patterned Carpet

• Aspen Estate Lists for $48.5 Million

• Home Sellers Need Inspections, Too

• Log Cabins

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  Banks Bristle at Mortgage-Loan Plan

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  SEC Probe of Freddie Mac Deepens

• U.S. Mortgage Rates Ease

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  Lowe's New Landscape

House of the Day

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  Colorado Auction

  This home near Denver measures more than 10,700 square feet and features seven bedrooms, an indoor pool and a saltwater aquarium. The property also includes a teepee.

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  Bronxville Midcentury Modern

  Expanded and renovated, this 1950s home in Bronxville, N.Y., has two wood-burning fireplaces, six bedrooms and a standalone art and yoga studio in the yard.

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  West London Townhouse

  This three-story period building in the U.K. capital's Bayswater neighborhood has been converted into a four-bedroom family home, with small gardens and views over Kensington Gardens.