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July 23rd, 2026 by


Image Caption: The mayor of Elk Grove Village, Ill., Craig Johnson, left, facilitated a housing raffle. The prize: the ability to buy a house without a bidding war.

In a novel public-private partnership, a Chicago suburb raffled off the opportunity for local residents to buy houses below market rate.

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Category: Real Estate and Housing (Residential), Public-Private Sector Cooperation, Contests and Prizes, Affordable Housing, Cost of Living and Affordability, Elk Grove Village (Ill), Chicago (Ill)
July
23

July 23rd, 2026 by
This week’s properties are an eight-bedroom in Northport, N.Y., and a four-bedroom in Kingwood, N.J.

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Category: Real Estate and Housing (Residential), Northport (NY), Kingwood Township (NJ)
July
23

July 23rd, 2026 by

By one real estate industry metric, places like San Francisco and Manhattan have become more affordable over the last 20 years.

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Category: Real Estate and Housing (Residential), Income, National Assn of Realtors, Prices (Fares, Fees and Rates), Cost of Living and Affordability
July
22

July 22nd, 2026 by
This week’s properties are in Santa Fe, N.M., New Gloucester, Maine, and Lake Forest, Ill.

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Category: Real Estate and Housing (Residential), Lake Forest (Ill), Santa Fe (NM), New Gloucester (Me)
July
21

July 21st, 2026 by


Image Caption: A gate opens to the backyard of the house that Kate Orff, Oded Horodniceanu and their two children share in the Queens community of Forest Hills Gardens.

The landscape architect Kate Orff and her family have created a habitat for wildlife, and themselves, in Forest Hills Gardens.

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Category: Real Estate and Housing (Residential), Architecture, Restoration and Renovation, Home Repairs and Improvements, Historic Buildings and Sites, Gardens and Gardening, Atterbury, Grosvenor, Olmsted, Frederick Law, Orff, Kate (1971- ), Forest Hills Gardens (Queens, NY)
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