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The historic Castelli Romani area of Rome is famed for its verdant landscape, wine production and stately homes.Italy Sotheby’s International RealtyItaly Sotheby’s International RealtyItaly Sotheby’s International RealtyItaly Sotheby’s International RealtyItaly Sotheby’s International RealtyItaly Sotheby’s International RealtyItaly Sotheby’s International RealtyItaly Sotheby’s International RealtyItaly Sotheby’s International RealtyItaly Sotheby’s International RealtyItaly Sotheby’s International RealtyItaly Sotheby’s International RealtyMonte Compatri

Mario Tarabbia visits the gym about six times a week. But he doesn’t have to go far.When he moved to his 900-square-foot, one-bedroom rental apartment in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, he embarked on an ambitious renovation project.On walls beside his dining room table, Mr. Tarabbia mounted a roughly nine-foot-tall squat rack and a weight tree to hold

By ALEX VEIGA, AP Business WriterThe average rate on a 30-year mortgage in the U.S. rose this week to its highest level since early February, further pushing up borrowing costs for homebuyers. The rate increased to 6.89% from 6.86% last week, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday. A year ago, the rate averaged 7.03%. Borrowing

Sara Sugihara is always on the move. In her 71 years, she has travelled the world, learned seven languages and danced at Studio 54. But one thing she never got around to doing was actually move: Shortly after arriving in New York in 1972, Ms. Sugihara landed in a rent-stabilized studio on the Upper West

This week’s properties are six-bedroom in Pelham, N.Y., and a five-bedroom in Plainfield, N.J.Eric Iannuzzi-Westchester Virtual HomesEric Iannuzzi-Westchester Virtual HomesEric Iannuzzi-Westchester Virtual HomesEric Iannuzzi-Westchester Virtual HomesEric Iannuzzi-Westchester Virtual HomesEric Iannuzzi-Westchester Virtual HomesEric Iannuzzi-Westchester Virtual HomesEric Iannuzzi-Westchester Virtual HomesEric Iannuzzi-Westchester Virtual HomesEric Iannuzzi-Westchester Virtual HomesEric Iannuzzi-Westchester Virtual HomesEric Iannuzzi-Westchester Virtual HomesEric Iannuzzi-Westchester Virtual HomesEric Iannuzzi-Westchester Virtual

This week’s properties are Chelsea, Carnegie Hill and Bedford-Stuyvesant.Manhattan | 261 West 22nd Street, No. 24/25/26Chelsea Co-op$2.3 millionA four-bedroom, three-bath, roughly 1,900-square-foot co-op apartment with an open floor plan, a windowed kitchen with a peninsula, a den, a home office, a primary suite with a washer/dryer, an ethanol fireplace, French doors, built-in shelves and two

Studio apartments in New York City and Miami are among the least affordable for solo renters.Trading space for savings in the bank is particularly appealing to people hoping to live alone. But in some U.S. cities, the median-earning renter may need a roommate to afford even a studio apartment, typically the smallest and most affordable