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• Just sold!

  Manhattan CHELSEA $540,000 420 W. 25th St. One-bedroom, one-bath condo, 730 square feet, with custom kitchen, washer/dryer and floor-to-ceiling...  

• Put down Roots

  Brooklyn is full of musicians living in squalor, but Owen Biddle isn’t one of them. Biddle, bass player for the Roots, the house band of “Late Night...  
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  Buy buy love

  After attorney Howard Lakind’s transaction with the Jasper condo building, in his words, “imploded” in 2008 (the Jasper conversion was halted), he spent more than a year and a half obsessively looking at apartments. He threw around lowball offers...  

• Soft sell

  If you ever want a brush with insanity, ask New York City homeowners what they think their apartments are worth. They’ll likely throw out numbers that...  

• Sip Cognac

  Florian Hugo, the executive chef of Brasserie Cognac, and his wife, Michelle, had an absolute requirement when they were looking for a home on the...  

• Grand designs

  Is your home in need of a spring makeover? Get inspired by good design at these events, which kick off today and go through the weekend....  

• Just sold!

  Manhattan CHELSEA $1,250,000 410 W. 24th St. Two-bedroom, two-bath co-op, 1,400 square feet, with open kitchen with Sub-Zero wine cooler and pantry...  
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  Keep it 'Real'

  I really do have it all,” Ramona Singer says happily. “I have a great husband, a wonderful daughter and such a pretty home.” But Singer, one of “The Real Housewives of New York City” (which had its Season 3 premiere last Thursday on Bravo), has to...  

• Dig me out

  "Oh my God," I yelled, peering out the window. "Daddy’s had a heart attack. Wait here." I ran down the freshly paved path to the far end of my...  

• Better off unwed

  Rajni Narasi and John Cryan had spent a blissful year together and were growing more confident with every passing day that “this could be it.” So,...  

• Just sold!

  Manhattan CENTRAL PARK SOUTH $1,950,000 1 Central Park South One-bedroom, one-bath condo, 782 square feet, with dining room, open kitchen with...  
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  Summer breeze

  A sense of normalcy returns to the Hamptons This six-bedroom, 7½-bath Southampton colossus is priced at $210,000 for the summer. Contact: Angela Boyer-Stump, Sotheby’s, 917-207-7777...  

• Purple reign

  “A home should be heavenly — and since I live on the roof, it’s already halfway to heaven!” says Ultra Violet of her tower apartment, atop a 15-story...  

• Love at first bid

  Now that auctions have become an accepted way to nab a Manhattan condo or a Jersey loft, why not a summer rental? At least that’s Bid on the City’s...  

• Just sold!

  Manhattan FLATIRON $1,450,000 4 W. 21st St. Two-bedroom, three-bath condop, 1,475 square feet, with kitchen with stone counters and Miele and Sub...  
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  Pent up, rent up

  When their daughter was accepted to a private school on the Upper West Side, Ellen Cole-Berman and her husband decided to relocate from Manhasset to Manhattan. Initially, the Bermans figured they’d buy an apartment; after all, they had owned a house...  
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  Wallcome!

  The masses are demanding an overhaul of Wall Street, but we have to wonder what they’re all talking about. The Street has been in overhaul mode for years. At least as far as real estate is concerned. Thousands of rentals and condos have been carved...  

• Cooped up

  When I looked at the house I was to buy five years ago, I noticed a little green shed on the north end of the property with the inscription “Fresh Eggs...