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'New American Dream' Should Be a Townhouse
'New American Dream'
Should Be a Townhouse
OPINION
Oct 21, 2024 12:15 PM CDT

'New American Dream' Should Be a Townhouse

Washington Post op-ed says it makes sense in so many ways

(Newser) - Americans looking to find an affordable home these days have little hope of finding one. In a Washington Post op-ed, two authors make the case that townhouses can be a big part of the solution. In fact, they deserve to become the "new American dream," write Amanda Shendruk...

Have $2M? Scoop Up the Kennedys' Starter Home

4-bedroom, 4-bath townhouse in Georgetown where JFK, Jackie lived as newlyweds is on market

(Newser) - Before there was Camelot, there was 3321 Dent Place, the four-bedroom, four-bath townhouse in DC's Georgetown neighborhood where JFK and Jackie Kennedy moved just a few months after marrying in September 1953. Now, per Insider , that 3,072-square foot residence where the junior senator and his bride first set...

Bodies in Florida Cemetery Are All Missing

Residents want to know, where did the bodies go?

(Newser) - Florida developers want to build townhouses on a 3-acre plot of land that once housed a black cemetery. But residents are raising a question first: What happened to all the bodies buried there? The Deerfield Beach City Commission will hold a meeting tomorrow to discuss the development, continuing a 40-year...

Price for New York's Skinniest Townhouse: $3.25M

Edna St. Vincent Millay wrote Pulitzer Prize-winning poetry collection there

(Newser) - What do you think about spending your days in a home that's just 8 feet, 4 inches at its widest? Someone apparently thought the idea was worth $3.25 million, because that's how much New York City's narrowest townhouse sold for recently, the New York Post reports....

Housing Starts Soar to Highest Since 2008

Almost all of the growth comes in apartments, townhouses

(Newser) - The housing market might finally be coming around. The number of new homes that began construction last month took a surprise 3.6% leap to an 894,000 annual rate—the highest since July 2008, the Commerce Department announced today. That's well above the 840,000 economists surveyed by...

Bam! Emeril Lagasse Asks $15M for NYC Home

Famous chef lists townhouse for $3.5M over purchase price in 2009

(Newser) - Celebri-chef Emeril Lagasse is hawking his Upper East Side townhouse in New York City for a whopping $15 million. That's a full $3.5 million over the price he paid for it in 2009, reports Forbes . Surprisingly, the listing for the 6,900-square-feet digs does not include a description...

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