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...That association with craft rather than art is what Clarke has been trying to address in his large-scale pieces....
...“A lot of homeowners flew down before the flight restrictions came in, deciding they would rather ride out the storm here than in London.”...
...From the porcelain to the charcuterie to, yes, the private guided sunrise excursions to Spinalonga, which the Blue Palace faces, it’s a vibrant, modern reinterpretation of an island standard....
...Owners pay service charges (or homeowners association fees) that can often be offset by putting the residence into the hotel rental programme and earning an income — Rosewood residences at Baha Mar command...
...“Glasgow is more friendly and a bit more trendy than Edinburgh, in terms of its people,” says Ann Laird, chairman of the Friends of Glasgow West Association....
...“When we first moved, most of the houses were ranch-style 1950s and ’60s houses,” says Craig Steblay, president of the Arcadia Camelback Mountain Neighbourhood Association and a resident since 1986....
...The group said it was defending the rights of Greek homeowners unable to meet loan repayments because of the country’s seven-year recession....
...On the coast, the same agent is selling a five-bedroom villa in Empuriabrava for €2.9m and a seven-bedroom villa in Tossa de Mar for €9.6m....
...The average age of second-home buyers in the US dropped from 52 to 43 in the 10 years to 2013, according to the US National Association of Realtors....
...But when you come to the door, you discover another family is already there, and neither they, the homeowners nor the booking agent have the slightest idea who you are....
...Diogo Gaspar Ferreira is president of the Association of Portuguese Resorts....
...In the US the National Association of Realtors says there are 25,000-plus gated schemes in the country....
...It was not just the earlier sunrise and the mild weather this week that made Recovery Watch smile – there was a host of indicators to suggest that we may finally be on to the real thing....
...“Although the banks have to pay the property tax and homeowners’ association dues on what they own, if they released more homes on to the market it would drive the price down and reduce further their asset...
...estate association....
...“I’ve turned down a handsome offer for my apartment overlooking the beach but now I’m not sure I did the right thing,” says one Glitter Bay homeowner....
...Homeowners appreciate the aesthetics and eco-friendly credentials of his products, he says, but mainly “it is the story behind it that they fall in love with”....
...A three-bedroom villa in popular Manilva, Malaga, which would have been listed at €565,000, recently sold at a reverse live auction for €396,000....
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