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A Spot for Views and Birds

The home of Jim and Sandi Duffy sits on the waterfront of Cove Harbor, a Long Island Sound inlet. It is near Holly Pond and Weed Beach Park and across the water is the 80-acre Cove Island Park.

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10 Areas With Zero Foreclosures in the Last Year -- AOL Real Estate

Though the number of foreclosures nationwide is finally coming down, they still remain a stain on local housing markets and a reminder of the bust that ravaged the country. It's been such a widespread problem that you may wonder: Is there anywhere that doesn't have any foreclosures?

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Vornado CEO Fascitelli Stepping Down

Vornado Realty Trust said President and Chief Executive Michael D. Fascitelli is stepping down, and Chairman Steven Roth will return to his former role as CEO.

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Miami Condo Loan Marks Milestone

A group of lenders has agreed to make the first major construction loan for a condominium project in the Miami area since the crash, marking a milestone in the recovery of real-state financing market for condos. Loans to build condo towers were common during the boom years, but the downturn left Florida with an enormous glut of inventory and financing for new development evaporated.

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What Homebuyers Want the Most in Their New Houses -- AOL Real Estate

Now that Americans are buying houses again, the nation's home builders are eager to find out what may have changed on consumers' wish lists and how the recession may have impacted overall attitudes toward lifestyle at home. From new construction to renovation and remodeling, consumers are clearly more cautious and price-sensitive than they once were.

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Big Real-Estate Firms Are Going to School

Erdy McHenry Architecture Housing for college students, long dominated by small players willing to put up with beer pong and raucous parties, is attracting some of the biggest names in real-estate development. Lennar Corp., one of the nation's largest home builders, this month broke ground on its first off-campus apartment community near the University of Texas at Austin.

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German Project Aims to Save Energy

Historic and picturesque Heidelberg seems an unlikely spot for an ambitious, ultramodern sustainable-housing project. Yet, the German university town of 150,000 inhabitants is building a district in a former rail depot that it hopes will help both the environment and the local real-estate market, as well as inspire imitations.

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Plots & Ploys

Breaking News From WSJ.com's Developments Blog Online retailer Amazon.com Inc. has helped enliven Seattle's South Lake Union neighborhood where it moved its headquarters in 2010, pushing up property values and sparking new construction. Its former headquarters isn't doing quite as well.

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Related and Corvex Target CommonWealth's Management

The Related Cos. and a disciple of activist investor Carl Icahn are gearing up for a fight in the office sector with the management of CommonWealth REIT.

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'Renegade' Design in Maryland

'Renegade' Design in Maryland $4,950,000 Bethesda, MD Contemporary Tired of the Colonial-style homes that dot the area, the owner built this cube-like contemporary with copious panels of glass.-Stefanos Chen The owner, Lewie Bloom, 58, purchased this roughly half-acre property in Bethesda, Md., for $1.2 million, according to public records.

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