Items by By LISA PREVOST
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In the Region | Connecticut: Connecticut Home Builders Promote Energy Savings
Posted: October 22nd, 2010, 6:38pm EDT by By LISA PREVOST
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Builders are using previous buyers’ heating and cooling bills to persuade shoppers that buying new environmentally conscious construction will save them money.
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In the Region | Connecticut: Mediating in Slow Motion
Posted: February 12th, 2010, 4:22pm EST by By LISA PREVOST
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Homeowners are facing the limits of Connecticut’s mediation program designed to prevent foreclosures.
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In the Region | Connecticut: A Crumbling Piece of History
Posted: May 24th, 2009, 12:28am EDT by By LISA PREVOST
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Historians are concerned about the fate of structures on Main Street in Bridgeport that are said to be the only remnants of an antebellum community of free blacks and runaway slaves.Thought to be the state’s oldest remaining houses built by African-Americans, two rickety structures known as the Freeman houses are the only remnants of a south-end community of free blacks and runaway slaves.
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Square Feet: The Yale Effect Spreads Out
Posted: March 25th, 2009, 12:39am EDT by By LISA PREVOST
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The recession is not stopping the building of a 32-story apartment tower in downtown New Haven and other projects.
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In the Region | Connecticut: Even Waterfront Sales Are Slow
Posted: January 30th, 2009, 6:14pm EST by By LISA PREVOST
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Connecticut's coastal vistas are as beautiful as ever, as Groton Long Beach shows. But beauty no longer means a sure sale — especially for the more expensive properties.Sales of property along quiet coves and private beaches in Connecticut are suffering from the same market doldrums afflicting those stuck in the interior.
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In the Region: All the Home’s a Stage
Posted: January 3rd, 2009, 3:47pm EST by By LISA PREVOST
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A home manager is essentially a live-in stager, as well as a caretaker and cleaner extraordinaire who helps sell a vacant property.
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In the Region | Connecticut: Suddenly, Stricter Appraisals
Posted: November 21st, 2008, 4:08pm EST by By LISA PREVOST
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Mortgage lenders determined to stave off additional losses are demanding more thorough home appraisals and carefully reviewing valuation figures.
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A Themed Hotel Comes to an Ivy League Town
Posted: October 15th, 2008, 1:19am EDT by By LISA PREVOST
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This week’s opening of the Study comes at a particularly gloomy time for the hotel industry, but the privileged status of the Yale campus may offer a degree of stability.
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In the Region | Connecticut: How Talks Can Avert Defaults
Posted: October 11th, 2008, 4:09pm EDT by By LISA PREVOST
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A court-based mediation program is helping Connecticut homeowners find their way through the always frustrating, sometimes excruciating process of foreclosure.
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Habitats: House Won’t Sell? Turn It Into a B&B
Posted: June 14th, 2008, 10:34pm EDT by By LISA PREVOST
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After finding trouble selling their house, Kim Wanamaker and her partner Barbara Simkins decided to turn their house in Ridgefield, Conn., into a bed-and-breakfast.
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Square Feet: How ‘Green’ Can a Huge House Be?
Posted: April 5th, 2008, 8:40pm EDT by By LISA PREVOST
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Windermere on the Lake promises to be very lavish and, believe it or not, very green — as in energy-saving and preservation minded.