What do people really mean when they say a place has "good bones"?

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By Virginia K. Smith |September 22, 2015 - 8:59AM
What you’ll get across NYC for $300,000

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By Sara Alessi |September 15, 2015 - 2:59PM
Renting in the city but dying to buy a vacation house? Look before you leap

… who would in any other city be able to make the leap to home ownership are instead buying  vacation  homes as their first step onto the property ladder Its not … commenter named Charlie laments as follows I just sold my second house in CT I had it for over 30 years Considering …

By Virginia K. Smith |September 15, 2015 - 12:59PM
10 telltale signs of a laid back—but not lax—co-op board

… arent just at the point of entry of course You want to live in a building that wont prescribe how you live in every single way And by relaxed we also dont mean a … be used as a hotel  While most buyers who dont plan to live in their place fulltime take their search to the world …

By Beth Stebner |September 15, 2015 - 8:59AM
An UES studio for less than $400k that you may want to consider as an investment

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By Lucy Cohen Blatter |September 14, 2015 - 10:15AM
Hudson Yards apartments on the market for newly minted 7 train riders

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By BrickUnderground |September 14, 2015 - 8:59AM
Private swimming pools to cool off in the last days of summer

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By Jennifer Laing |September 11, 2015 - 3:59PM
Three-bedrooms for way under $2 million—with open houses this weekend

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By Lucy Cohen Blatter |September 11, 2015 - 11:59AM