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WASHINGTON — Americans bought more new homes last month, the latest evidence that the U.S. housing market could be starting to recover. New-home sales increased 3.3 percent in April from March to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 343,000, the ...

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ALBANY — A coalition of upstate New York landowners seeking to lease land for natural gas drilling pressed state officials Wednesday to consider the rights of property owners as they make decisions on shale gas development.   The Joint Landowners ...

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The Rochester Housing Council announced the inaugural recipients of the Joseph C. Wilson Housing Achievement Award.   The award is named in honor of the Xerox founder, who was an original member of a community housing council created in response ...

The Greater Rochester area is near national averages in terms of office and industrial space. Currently, it is in the middle of several leading markets across the nation, according to figures presented Thursday by executives of the Rochester office of ...

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In the most recent challenge to the city’s property inspection warrant law, a Supreme Court justice agreed with a property owner that a provision of the law is unconstitutional. The city, which won a similar dual challenge in December, has ...

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Realtors expect this year’s spring home buying season to be a busy one. To kick it off, Realtors from coast to coast will host thousands of open houses as part of the Realtor Nationwide Open House Weekend April 28-29. Realtors ...

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WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court won’t hear an appeal that seeks to end rent stabilization laws in New York City. The high court on Monday refused to hear an appeal from James and Jeanne Harmon, who have lost earlier ...

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The housing market’s recovery may have stalled, nationally (according to the National Association of Realtors), but Rochester area Realtors, builders and mortgage bankers reported noticeably stronger housing numbers for the first quarter of 2012 in the Genesee Region. Unusually warm ...

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The Obama administration, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs want to help over 10,500 homeless veterans find housing and receive the supportive services they need to get back on their feet. “It’s ...

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Nothnagle Realtors is the recipient of a Leading Real Estate Companies of the World Member Achievement Award, presented March 25 at the organization’s 2012 annual conference in Orlando, Fla. The event attracted 1,000 real estate brokers, managers, relocation professionals, sponsors ...

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Future development of a prime commercial site in the town of Penfield, the subject of a recent foreclosure proceeding, is still up in the air. Matthew Hearle, a partner in the New York City law firm Goldberg Weprin Finkel & ...

Lead litigation has generally declined in Rochester over the past several years, although new recommendations by a committee of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention could tighten lead poisoning standards. In January, the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Childhood Lead ...

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