Posts with tag buying a new home

In New York City's cramped housing market, where closets pass for studio apartments, every square foot counts. So when Brooklyn, N.Y., homeowners Rishi and Heather Bhandari discovered that their brand new condominium unit was built nearly 20 percent smaller than promised, they fought back. After a nearly four-year-long... Continue Reading »

If you thought the existing-home sales figures for July were depressing, better pop a Zoloft or two before glancing at the new-homes sales numbers for the same month. Sales of new homes fell to a 37-year low in July, a 12.4 percent drop from June. The Commerce Department reported that a seasonally adjusted 276,000 new... Continue Reading »

Bob Bostock's home warranty saved him tens of thousands of dollars. Three years after moving in to his Wildwood, N.J. condominium, Bostock noticed problems with the condo's deck, including mold and mushrooms growing from the boards. Before calling the home warranty company, he called the builder, who came over to... Continue Reading »