What You Get for ... $1.4 Million

By VIRGINIA C. McGUIRE

An 18th-century house in Pennsylvania and a condo in Utah and a Frank Lloyd Wright house in Washington.
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On Location

The Rules of Subtraction

By JOYCE WADLER

A tiny, old apartment had room for two, as long as one came nearly empty-handed.
House Hunting in ... England

By NINA ROBERTS

The housing market in England varies widely, but has recently picked up in Somerset County, the site of this house.
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Gritty Koreatown Block Turns Hot With a Taste of Home

By PETER SLATIN

Competition for space on West 32nd Street between Broadway and Fifth has been so fierce that ground-floor retail rents can easily be more than twice what they are on nearby side streets.

U.S. Housing Starts Are Up 15% in September

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Builders started construction on homes in September at the fastest rate since July 2008 and made plans to build even more homes in the coming months.

Market Ready

By TIM McKEOUGH

Would turning my unfinished basement into a proper room increase my home’s sales appeal?

Las Vegas Project Survives a Case of Bad Timing

By ALISON GREGOR

The $8.5 billion CityCenter opened with much fanfare in the depths of the recession, but is only now benefiting from increasing numbers of visitors to the area.

The 30-Minute Interview

Michael Namer

By VIVIAN MARINO

A founder of Alfa Development/Management comes from a Cuban-American family that has been involved in the real estate business since the 1970s.

The Appraisal

At the Plaza Hotel, at Fifth Avenue and 59th Street, owners of luxury apartments benefit from a quirk in the tax code.

As Prices Soar to Buy a Luxury Address, the Tax Bills Don’t

By ELIZABETH A. HARRIS

Because of an old law, the owners of many of New York’s highest-end apartments pay a far smaller percentage of the sales value than other condo and co-op owners do.

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Linda McMahon, now a 65-year-old widow, was ineligible to be on the reverse mortgage her husband took out in 2005, and lost her St. Croix Falls, Wis., home.

A Risky Lifeline for the Elderly Is Costing Some Their Homes

By JESSICA SILVER-GREENBERG

Regulators are noting new abuses tied to reverse mortgages, which let people 62 and older borrow money against the value of their homes and not pay it back until they move out or die.

Board to Buyer: Nah. Not at That Price.

By MICHELLE HIGGINS

Co-op boards are increasingly rejecting apartment buyers because they view selling prices as too low.

The Hunt

Duval Hopkins Graham and Tim Graham and their daughters settled in quickly.

Less Commuting, More Halloween Candy

By JOYCE COHEN

A new business sent Tim Graham and Duval Hopkins Graham house-hunting in New Jersey.

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Big Deal

A house on Indian Creek recently sold for $47 million.

In Miami, Wondering About a Bubble

By ALEXEI BARRIONUEVO

Demand for expensive waterfront properties has the industry punch-drunk with enthusiasm. But how sustainable — and healthy — is this recent boomlet?

Follow Alexei Barrionuevo on Twitter: @alexeinyt

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Exclusive | 730 Park Avenue

ARCHED The living room of the Mike Wallace duplex has a raised conservatory, right.

A Newsman’s Muse

By ROBIN FINN

The dignified prewar duplex that belonged to Mike Wallace, the trailblazing broadcast journalist who died in April, has been put on the market at an asking price of $20 million

Living In | Murray Hill, Queens

HMart, a Korean grocery on Northern Boulevard, typifies shops in this area near downtown Flushing, which has signage in many languages.

Another Place Named for Those Murrays

By ALISON GREGOR

The other Murray Hill neighborhood, the one next to downtown Flushing, has become home in the last decade to large numbers of new immigrants.

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Businesses like Mercato tap into an expanding market on far West 39th.

‘Downtown’ Feel Turns Up in Midtown

By ALISON GREGOR

A primarily industrial area north of 34th Street and west of Eighth Avenue is turning into a comfortable residential neighborhood with a slightly downtown feel.

Debriefing

WELL-WISHER Judith Wendell, a feng shui practitioner, performs a blessing at the construction site of the Baccarat Hotel and Residences, a 46-story tower going up at 20 West 53rd Street.

To Bricks and Mortar, Add Harmony and Luck

By MICHELLE HIGGINS

Buildings hire Judith Wendell, a feng shui practitioner, to help them appeal to Asian clients.

Streetscapes

STOCKADE A 19th-century woodcut looking across Park Avenue at 66th Street, with Lexington Avenue in the distance, shows the Seventh Regiment Armory with flags flying. Its neighbors are, from far left: Hunter College, with square tower; Hahnemann Hospital, with mansard; and Mount Sinai Hospital, behind the armory with mansard.

Old Battle Ax Gets a Face-Lift

By CHRISTOPHER GRAY

The exterior of the Seventh Regiment Armory, now often called the Park Avenue Armory, has just been renovated.

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Mortgages

V.A. Loans Surge in Fiscal Year

By LISA PREVOST

Mortgages guaranteed by the Department of Veterans Affairs surged by 50 percent as tighter credit standards made these programs all the more attractive to members of the military.