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Buy or Rent: Cheaper to Own in 80% of Big Cities

Attention, big-city dreamers: Consider your options before signing the lease on that slummy one-bedroom. Buying a home is now cheaper than renting in 80 percent of the largest U.S. cities, according to a recent survey. Real estate website Trulia recently released its quarterly Rent vs. Buy Index, which compares the... Continue Reading »

John Madden Lists Dakota Apartment for $4.9M

Legendary sports TV commentator John Madden is selling his apartment in the Dakota, the luxury New York City apartment building best-known for its most famous resident, the late John Lennon. Madden, 75, who retired as an television announcer in 2009, spends most of his time in California's Bay Area, these days. The... Continue Reading »

NYC's Smallest Apartment Just Got Smaller

Until now, the smallest apartment we were aware of was Felice Cohen's New York City pad, as AOL Real Estate documented in "Woman Lives in 90-Square-Foot New York Apartment." Well, real estate observers, let's get even smaller. (See photos and video below.) A fellow named Luke posted photos of his 78-square-foot New York... Continue Reading »

Bruce Willis' NYC Bachelor Pad Sells Fast

It didn't take long for Bruce Willis' 3-bedroom, 3-bath New York City condo at Trump Place to go under contract. Given this top-floor unit of a 20-story building was listed in March for $3.995 million when the Die Hard star had paid $4.26 million for it in 2007, perhaps it seemed like a steal to the prospective buyer. (See... Continue Reading »

Condo Square Footage Dispute Settled for $150K

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 »

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