2006 Year In Review: Trials&triumphs
… sold to developers. Jan. 25 The sale of IBM's West Campus in East Fishkill is one of the largest commercial real estate transactions in the area - $20 million for 160 acres. Jan. 26 Michael L. Kauffman Jr. is accused of taking a …

Real estate still a sound investment
Despite the recent fluctuations in real estate prices nationwide and sale prices that have fallen short of sellers' expectations, homeownership has proved to be a good long-term investment, financial experts …

Too long in suburbia
… two marriages, a change of address to Sea Clift, N.J., from Haddam (from exurb to suburb) and the ups and downs of the real estate market. In "The Lay of the Land" (the middle book was "Independence Day," a Pulitzer and Pen/Faulkner winner), we are …