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Friday, November 21st, 2008

Breaking Ground: Costa Pedasí & The Cliffs at Keowee Springs

A beachfront residential development and a lakeside golf resort community.

Friday, November 21st, 2008

High & Low | Vieques, P.R.: Prosperity After the Bombs Stopped

Vieques boasts more than 50 sparsely populated white sand beaches, crystal-clear water, a bioluminescent bay and hilly subtropical forest.

Friday, November 21st, 2008

Havens | Norris, Tenn.: Lake Living in Solitude Draws ‘Outsiders’

Second-home owners and retirees are being drawn to Norris by its mild year-round climate and inexpensive housing — all complemented by proximity to the cities of Oak Ridge and Knoxville.

Friday, November 21st, 2008

Your Second Home | Family Gatherings: A Crowd at the Table

To have a big traditional Thanksgiving dinner at a vacation home, there are a number of problems to be solved and decisions to be made.

Friday, November 21st, 2008

Away: A Focus on Light and Thrift

The view from inside this Vermont home looks out over a sloping meadow, a pond, a forest and the dramatic peaks of the Northfield mountain range.

Friday, November 21st, 2008

The New Old Mexico

In San Miguel de Allende, a place beloved for its preserved Spanish colonial architecture and aura of timeless charm, new developments for expatriates may threaten the lifestyle that drew them there.

Thursday, November 20th, 2008

Ordering Out for More Space

Regina and Bill Marengo replaced their Bronx house with one made of two prefabricated 18-ton boxes covered in concrete panels.

Wednesday, November 19th, 2008

International Real Estate: For Sale in … British Columbia, Canada

A one-bedroom two-bath chalet with a sleeping loft and a separate one-bedroom apartment is for sale for 829,000 Canadian Dollars ($678,119).

Wednesday, November 19th, 2008

Home Prices Decline by 9%

The prices of existing single-family homes prices fell 9 percent in the third quarter compared with the period a year ago, weighed down by foreclosure sales, a trade group report showed.

Tuesday, November 18th, 2008

A Cabin Is Not a Shack

Across the country, cabins are being reimagined in sustainable yet stylish ways and there’s nothing musty, creaky, saggy or squeaky about them.