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Bill Daligian prepares a bed of onions at the Canoe Meadows Community Garden in Pittsfield, Mass., on Monday.

and bring it to church every Sunday.” One Los Angeles-area hospital subsidizes a serenity garden. “They believe it’s healthier for people to Community gardens are much more than neighbe outside in nature rather than stuck in rooms,” boring plots. Given enough energy and enthusiasm, Savio said. “It’s not so much what they harvest as it is they morph into support groups, horticulture classes, the therapists being able to exercise their clients.” swap meets or modest profit centers for low- and Many cities offer grants to help get gardens fixed-income growers. Small wonder there often is started, said Bill Dawson, a community garden more demand than availability. coordinator with the Franklin Park Conservatory Many have waiting lists. In the Los Angeles area, and Botanical Gardens in Columbus, Ohio. “They for example, it can be a year or more before people recognize it’s an amenity, much like a park. Corporaare able to acquire garden plots, said Yvonne Savio tions are doing it, too, as a perk to employees.” of the University of California Cooperative ExtenCommunity gardens range in size from a few 4-bysion in Los Angeles County. 10-foot sections to several acres. They are managed “Sometimes, people drive clear across town beeither communally – the people in charge decide cause that’s where their plot opened up first,” Savio what needs to be done and when – or left open for said. “Some people bring their tools with them on individual use. Sites might be offered free, or priced the bus.” from $5 to $50 and more per season. Locations are advertised in newspapers, on the “Most gardens set fees because their expenditures Internet and on neighborhood bulletin boards. Spon- in time, transportation (for gathering fertilizer, comsors vary from churches to hospitals, municipalities post, mulch), water and storage are so high,” Savio to large corporations. said. “One of our gardens is run by five guys from a Consider these elements of community gardening church,” Savio said. “They literally farm. They plant before signing up: what the parishioners want, then harvest the stuff O Know what you’re buying into. Many people By DEAN FOSDICK Associated press

join simply to work on their own in personal plots. Communal gardening, however, is a commitment – a chance to interact and share cultures with others, Dawson said. Be open to teaching or learning. O Embrace giving. Part of the harvest often is donated to food pantries or people in need. O Engage in inter-generational gardening. “Our children come home from school telling us about composting and organic gardening,” Dawson said. “The elderly know how to preserve and put things by. Families should learn from each other and enjoy. Share stories.” O Turn surplus properties into green spaces. “Haul away the needles and trash and convert the areas into something beautiful and productive,” Dawson said. O Community gardening prompts families to make healthier food choices. “They get better at understanding the nutritional value of fresh carrots over fast foods,” he said. “And if the kids are growing it, they’re eating it.” You can sell some or all of what you grow, Dawson said. “Gardeners can learn marketing skills, while at the same time get some seed money from their gardens.”

Lighting grabs the spotlight at annual showcase called it pretentious. But there were no apologies for the small-batch expressive lightNEW YORK – After walking ing, some of it quite beautiful, that the International Contemporary resin pigeons, in classical busts, I saw this year at the Javits and Furniture Fair, the annual showin paper bags. Then I caught sight beyond. Throughout the citywide case of new design that ended of the Horsehair sconce by the group of exhibitions and other its 26th run at the Jacob K. Javits New York design studio Apparaevents known as NYCxDesign, Convention Center on Tuesday, tus: twin hanks of hair suspended designers argued for the imporI have just one word to say. Are like pigtails from a brass arc, each tance of setting a mood in a room, you listening? ending in glowing frosted glass. or creating a showstopper. If the Horsehair. Gabriel Hendifar, Apparatus’ word “art” didn’t turn up in these That was the most surprising creative director, described the conversations, “jewel” often did. material I found integrated into a light as a “muscular thing, nonAnd more than ever, lighting light fixture. Which is saying a lot. chalantly hanging from a hook.” looked like a young designer’s As light emitting diodes have Asked whether you could trim pursuit, particularly for a knot of grown cooler in temperature, your fingernails by it, he said, “I professionals who have emerged warmer in color, dimmable and conceived of it more as an art out of Brooklyn and matured programmable, they have been piece that hangs on the wall.” together as collaborators and combined with a startling range It was only recently (in other friendly competitors. of materials to create luminous words, pre-2008) that a global Bec Brittain, for instance, sculptures otherwise known as wave of “design art,” or smallwas all over town. The 33-yearlamps. Sometimes you can even batch expressive work with limold Brooklyn lighting designer New York TimeS phoTo read by them. ited or nonexistent functionality, showed her angular fixtures at At this furniture fair, I thought I was the subject of debate. Some CP Lighting design studio offers lighting sculptures made out of had seen it all: LEDs embedded in loved and collected it. Others See LIGHTING, 2C recycled materials and all use LED lighting materials. By JULIE LASKy

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pany, which has produced all manner of furnishings, announced that it would From page 1C confine itself to lighting in the future. the Javits, while her toothy â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s where we think our Seed chandelier was part best ideas are,â&#x20AC;? said Theo of a Midtown exhibition Richardson, 31, one of the by the Brooklyn lighting three founders. company Roll & Hill. DownJason Miller, 42, who town, the SoHo design started Roll and Hill four gallery Matter featured years ago after creating a Brittainâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s wonderfully ceramic lamp cast from weird collaborations with deer antlers that became Hilda Hellstrom, a Lonan emblem of Brooklyn don designer who works design, believes it is only in a mottled resin called to be expected that young Jesmonite. New York designers would At the same time, Jamie find their way to lighting. Gray, 46, Matterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s founder â&#x20AC;&#x153;It fits the business of an and creative director and independent designer well,â&#x20AC;? now a newly hatched light- he said, explaining that ing designer, was introduc- economies of scale prevent ing Discus at the furniture small design companies fair. This LED system has from producing and selling a language of illuminated their work cheaply. They circles meant to fit anyneed to make premium where, floor to ceiling, in goods that consumers homes or offices. wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t balk at, and lighting Also at the Javits, Rich is looked at as a justifiable Brilliant Willing, a 7-yearluxury. old Brooklyn design studio, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the sculpture presented an LED collecover the table,â&#x20AC;? Miller said. tion that included Mori, a â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the jewelry.â&#x20AC;? pendant lamp made from a No one thinks of a couch wire skeleton spray-coated as jewelry, he added. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a with a thin layer of materipractical thing.â&#x20AC;? al. At Sight Unseen Offsite, Which is not to say that an invigorating new design other kinds of items at show in SoHo, it showed a ICFF lacked pizazz. My big scribble of a chandelier husband, who accompacalled Palindrome. And nied me to the show one several weeks ago, the com- afternoon, pointed out

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the impressive number of stylish bathtubs, including a turquoise model from the Italian company Teuco with black, gray and gold stripes. Decorative surfaces were the order of the day. MT Casa, a Japanese manufacturer of â&#x20AC;&#x153;low-adhesivestrengthâ&#x20AC;? tape, set up a booth demonstrating how the exuberantly colored and patterned material can be applied to your walls. And Trove, a wallpaper company never satisfied with being merely pretty, presented Allee, a fantasy image of a misty formal garden inspired by the 1961 film â&#x20AC;&#x153;Last Year at Marienbad.â&#x20AC;? (Written by Alain Robbe-Grillet, the film is about many things, but chiefly ambiguity.) The 12-foot-tall panorama was shown in the graphite of a pencil sketch being erased. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think things are starting to look a little softer,â&#x20AC;? said the New York interior designer Benjamin NoriegaOrtiz about his impressions of ICFF. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Design has become romantic.â&#x20AC;? In his view, Brooklyn designers fitting together raw hunks of wood have long set the tone for the show, but this year a subtler handling of the material was in evidence. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Even Ross Lovegrove

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MacMasterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s FSC-certified wood lamps resemble exotic flora and luminous pods. The lamps are made entirely in-house in MacMasterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Britisth studio, and they can be stacked to reduce their shipping footprint.

did this beautiful chair in wood,â&#x20AC;? Noriega-Ortiz said, referring to the Anne chair commissioned from the Welsh designer for the 125th anniversary of Bernhardt. â&#x20AC;&#x153;That was romantic,â&#x20AC;? Noriega-Ortiz added. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And it was comfortable.â&#x20AC;? Those descriptors also applied to a standup desk

by the German company Stilvoll, with compartments neatly stashed under the top. Of course, you have to pay for these virtues: in this case, about $8,300 for the walnut version, and $15,000 for the rosewood. But affordable design was on view as well. Sauder, an 85-year-old company

near Toledo, Ohio, that pioneered ready-to-assemble furniture made of particleboard, presented a modish collection of pieces, none selling for more than $650. (Its Objeti table by Joseph Ribic, for example, with a black-and-white painted pattern and compartmentalized top, was about $300.

Right at Home: Nature gets a glam makeover Molly McCall uses old techniques to create contemporary art pieces in her This yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s design shows, Carmel Valley, California, such as NY Now and the studio. Images of plants Architectural Digest Home and butterflies are captured Design Show, have featured with light and sensitized eye-catching pieces by paper in a process known designers and artists who as photogrammetry. take elements from nature McCall transfers some of and give them glamorous the photograms onto glass makeovers. plates, fusing the layers Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re seeing lots of mewith a glaze of crushed tallic paint, tweaked shapes glass that results in a finand polished finishes. The ished plate similar to milk resulting art and furniture glass. pieces can be as stunning â&#x20AC;&#x153;I try to look for new as the inspiration from ways to see the world which theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re drawn. around me, and then By KIM COOK

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capture that moment,â&#x20AC;? she says. The collection of prints, some on paper and others on metal, contains delicate, often ethereal imagery of wildflowers and grasses, and even a hummingbird in mid-flight. (www.mollymccall.com ) Welsh artist Michael Angoveâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s prints of flowers and greenery are made using 3-D scanning techniques. His studio in Wiltshire, England, studio sits in a garden full of ready inspiration. A frothy hydrangea is visited by lime-white

butterflies; plump roses cascade in rich tones of velvety red, china blue or dovish pink and gray. His Topiary print was made by laying out 4,000 boxwood leaves in an intricate, damask-like pattern, to which Angove added tiny glittering beetles. The 3-D process creates a luxurious trompe lâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;oeil effect. (www. michaelangove.com ) With a background in graphic design and fine art, Quebec-born Ysabel LeMay composes fantasy scenes

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DeeDs The following deeds were recorded with the Nash County Register of Deeds from May 7-13. Each $2 in revenue stamps is equal to $1,000 in valuation. (* No fee required.)

O Grady I. Ingle or Elizabeth B. Ells to The Bank of New York; 813 S. Franklin St., Rocky Mount; $68. O Rebecca L. High-Shipp to Barry W. Rehm and Crystal F. Rehm; lot; 1 acre; $299. O Buffie Dew Rodri to Roy Lee Ezzelle Jr.; tract 1, lot 8, block 72; tract 2, rectangular portion of lot 7; tract 3, lot 9, block 72; $62. O Minnie Pearl Kearney, Wheeler M. Kearney Jr., Elizabeth C. Kearney, Eula Kearney Knight and Roy L. Knight to Wheeler M. Kearney Jr. and Elizabeth C. Kearney; 429 Clyde St., Rocky Mount* O Dalton A. Harper to Dalton A. Harper and Stephen John Harper; 609 Haley Drive, Nashville* O Dickerson and Son Electrical Co. Inc. to Christopher Jenkins and Menisa Jenkins; lot 24; Taylor Woods Subdivision; $140. O Kathleen Helen Hyslop-Hinski and Edward Joseph Hinski to William James McArthur; 2509 Sexton Road, Rocky Mount* O Wanda B. Carpenter to John F. Davis Jr.; 808 Belvedere St., Rocky Mount; $38. O Felicia Ellen Taylor and Daniel Taylor to William D. Robinson and Karen P. Robinson; 3114 EP Taylor Store Road, Nashville; $80. O Trustee Services of Carolina LLC to CitiFinancial Servicing LLC; 12587 Farm Ridge Road, Zebulon; $92. O Trustee Services of Carolina LLC to JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.; 11336 Old U.S. 64, Spring Hope; $240. O Tony Anthony Evans to Wendy Bray; lot; 47 acres more or less; Ferrells Township; $50. O Patrick L. Smith Jr. and Virginia Rogers Batten to Wallace Bryant Long; 7784 Briar Creek Road, Rocky Mount; $486. O Wanda B. Carpenter to Lervern Sykes and Patsy B. Sykes; 3595 Bass Road, Spring Hope; $70. O Ironclad Investments LLC to Anita Bell Nelson; 105 Broom Straw Court, Rocky Mount; $150. O Carolyn Langley Riley and Allen E. Riley Jr. to R.E. Thompson Jr.; 1609 Aycock St., Rocky

Mount; $36. O Yasser Abdulfateh Jamal and Asma Idlhoussine to Dorothy Mae Dixon; 740 Haggerty Trail, Rocky Mount; $165. O Righteous Grove Holiness Church to Alan E. Atwater and Robin B. Atwater; 801 West End St., Rocky Mount* O Branch Banking and Trust Co. to Steven Ray Sherrod and Dusty Ann Whitley Sherrod; lot; 1 acre; $34. O Justin M. Wilson and Amy L. Wilson to Joshua M. Lane; lot; 0.926 acre; Coopers Township; $288. O Bobby Brantley Kemp, Judy L. Kemp, Edward Ronald Kemp, Jeanne M. Kemp, Martin Neal Kemp and Susan T. Kemp to James Edward Gain; lot; 1.13 acres; $180. O Andrew Ike Bullard and Jennifer H. Bullard to Renee Vance Parry; lot 14, block A; Village Square; $252. O Michael Lehne to Willie Suber Jr.; lots 4, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12; Hopkins Crossing; Drywells Township; $120. O Timothy Scott Goodsell and Melissa Goodsell to Matthew S. Ward; lot 17, block A; Old Carriage Farm; $310. O Michael J. Burk and Jane B. Burk to Jennifer H. Purvis; lot 12, block A; Greystone; $700. O Michael E. Martin and Lynn T. Martin to Grover S. Cannon and Christine L. Cannon; lot; $240. O Kimberly Dawn Lewis Jones to Kimberly Dawn Lewis Jones and Kenneth Lee Jones; lot; 2.656 acres; Drywells Township* O Robert Matheny and Ann D. Matheny, Amos Estes and Nancy W. Estes and Archie Cooke and Sue Cooke to Cypress Bend Club LLC; tract 3; 10.67 acres more or less; Cypress Farms; $140. O William Richard Boyd Jr. to Emerald Melton Holdings LLC; 1017 N. Church St., Rocky Mount; $294. O Mary McNealy to Laquisha Daniels Braswell and Herbert Braswell; 521 W. Battleboro Ave., Battleboro* O Anna L. Rush and Norman D. Rush Sr. to Adrienne C. Lee; 844 Nash St., Rocky Mount; $85. O Peggy C. Williams to Jennifer D. Berry; 3032 S. Halifax Road, Rocky Mount; $230. O Robbie Watkins Frazier, William Elliot Pullen and Ashley Pullen to Lacy Pullen Coley; lot 4; 10.679 acres more or less; Griffins Township*

O Rodney Fred Hough and Susan Wester Hough to Joshua E. Patrick and Stephanie H. Patrick; lot; 5.23 acres; $512. O Daniel Joseph Rimberg and Susanne Luckey Rimberg to National Residential Nominee Services Inc.; 1403 Fairfield Road, Nashville; $290. O National Residential Nominee Services Inc. to Coleman Deitz and Michelle Deitz; 1403 Fairfield Road, Nashville; $290. O Dean A. Holland Builders Inc. to Thomas Daniel Moore; 8197 Bend of the River Road, Rocky Mount; $334. O Trustee Services of Carolina LLC to Bank of America N.A.; 4642 West Castalia Road, Nashville; $114. O Trustee Services of Carolina LLC to Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. 1018 Lafayette Ave.* O Kimberly M. Bass and Gregory Bass to Troy Shelton Cary and Shannon Browning Cary; lot 1, block B; Woodfield; $140. O Four Seasons Contractors LLC to Jodie B. Harrison and Evora H. Harrison; lot 34; Oaks at Hunter Hill; Stoney Creek Township; $518. O Robert Thomas Greene to Michele Lynn Greene; lots 18 and 19; Williams Crossing* O James W. Hughes to James W. Hughes; tract A, 0.783 acres and tract B, 5.674 acres* O Philip A. Glass, Substitute Trustee, to Planet Home Lending LLC; 1740 Sparrow Hawk Lane, Rocky Mount; $222. O Kelly Godwin Johnson, Brian Charles Johnson, Christopher James Godwin and Elizabeth Moeller Godwin to Dianne G. Strickland; tract 1, parcel A, tract 11-B; tract 1, parcel B, lot 1; tract 2, 52.29 acres; tract 3, 27.25 acres; and tract 4, 1 acre; $335. O Grady I. Ingle or Elizabeth B. Ells to Deutsche Bank National Trust Co.; 1000 Garden Gate Drive, Rocky Mount; $242. O Thomas R. Dietrich and Cynthia J. Dietrich to Bank of America N.A.; 4972 Momeyer Way, Nashville; $250. O Kerry Jay Tippett and Cyndi M. Tippett to Charles Timothy Parker Sr. and Elizabeth Riddle Parker; lot 4, 0.910 acres; and lot 5, 0.772 acres; Griffins Township; $12. O Charles Wesley Morrison and Xena M. Markins-Morrison to Sidney Earl Strickland; lot; 5.26 acres; Griffins Township; $350. O Vickie Alford Pridgen to

Christiana Trust; 3320 Jason Drive, Rocky Mount; $154. O Joshua Franklin Warren and Sara Aycock Warren to Gary Warren and Tammy R. Warren; 5809 Waterview Drive, Elm City; $469. O Gary Franklin Warren and Tammy R. Warren to Joshua Warren and Sara A. Warren; 3881 Meadow Trail, Elm City; $434. O Jimmie Lee Bullock and Marsha Lynn James to Bullock & James Investments LLC; 105 Grange St., Rocky Mount* O Jimmie Lee Bullock to Bullock & James Investments LLC; 137 Grange St., Rocky Mount* O Jimmie Lee Bullock and Marsha Lynn James to Birman Investments LLC; 121 Grange St., Rocky Mount* O Federal National Mortgage Association to Sequena L. Daniels; 1617 Old Barn Road, Rocky Mount* O William H. Kohlway III and Marisol Kohlway to Juan Manuel Lopez Rodriguez and Maria Elena Gutierrez De Lopez; lot 18; 2.29 acres more or less; Sandy Ridge; $225.

Trust Co. to Dennis Matute and Deborah Coneys; 829 Sycamore St., Rocky Mount; $38. O Secretary of Housing and Urban Development of Washington D.C. to Donajean K. Updegraff; 1213 Hope Farm Drive, Tarboro* O Lawrence Russell Madry III to Elizabeth N. Lane; 100 3-B Windermere Circle, Tarboro; $166. O Phyllis Tillery to Vonee C. Wiggins; lot 48; Hillsdale; $14. O Melissa H. Wrenn to Daniel R. Wrenn and Melissa H. Wrenn; 3636 N.C. 33 E., Tarboro* O Samuel Eugene Anderson and Louise Thomas Anderson to Ernest Bernard Gibson; lot; 42.90 acres more or less; No. 3 Township; $93. O Ted B. Lanier and Peggy T. Lanier to Cherry Rentals LLC; lot; 0.5 acre; No. 1 Township; $29. O Ted B. Lanier and Peggy T. Lanier to Cherry Rentals LLC; 149 S. Fairview Circle; $81. O Ted B. Lanier and Peggy T. Lanier to Cherry Rentals LLC; 147 S. Fairview Circle; $30. O Ted B. Lanier and Peggy T. Lanier to Cherry Rentals LLC; 151 S. Fairview Circle; $53. O Ted B. Lanier and Peggy T. Lanier to Cherry Rentals LLC; 144 N. Fairview Circle; $83. O Ted B. Lanier and Peggy T. Lanier to Cherry Rentals LLC; 142 N. Fairview Circle; $52. O Ted B. Lanier and Peggy T. Lanier to Cherry Rentals LLC; 127 Mayo St.; $66. O Gilbert Sutton and Rachel B. Sutton to Pretrenia Sutton Thorne; lot; No. 6 Township* O Jacqueline Pittman Branch, Samuel Leo Branch Jr. and James Odell Pittman Jr. to Jacqueline Pittman Branch and James Odell Pittman Jr.; lot; No. 7 Township* O Wannamaker NC Properties LLC to Richard C. Anderson; lot; 400.71 acres more or less; No. 6 Township; $1,371. O Rogers Townsend & Thomas PC to Federal National Mortgage Association; lot; 1.0 acres* O Jamila Shirley Jones, Anthony Bradley Jones, Carla Nadine Lunsford Jones to Princess Campbell; lot 181; Hillsdale Subdivision; No. 12 Township; $70. O Miguel Galan and Alba Quintanilla to Keith L. Barnhill and Samantha Barnhill; 416-418 Coleman Ave., Rocky Mount; $20. O EH Pooled 1213 LP to Shannon D. Sheff-Hairston; 305 Katie Drive, Sharpsburg; $72. O Antonio J. Armstrong to Antonio J. Armstrong and Marjorie D. Armstrong; 1821 Fletcher Drive, Rocky Mount*

The following deeds were recorded with the Edgecombe County Register of Deeds from May 7-13. Each $2 in revenue stamps is equal to $1,000 in valuation. (* No fee required.) O Roscoe Johnson, Charlotte Johnson, Nathan Johnson Jr. and Yvonne Johnson to Marvin Earl Johnson and Shenell Mercer; lots 7G and 7H, block C; No. 1 Township* O Substitute Trustee Services Inc. to Lakeview Loan Servicing LLC; lots 70, 71, 72, 73 and 74; $125. O Irma H. Dubose to Irma H. Dubose and Jacques Xavier Dubose; 1101 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, Tarboro; $2. O Swindell Wayne Barnes, Elsie Barnes Carroll, Donald R. Barnes, Shirley Barnes Moss, Gerald O. Barnes, Russell L. Barnes, Karen Barnes, Pattie Anna Barnes McIntire and Danny McIntire to Scott James Welborn; lot; 0.663 acre; $124. O William R. Bulluck Jr. and Carthy D. Bulluck to Joan Sharpe Walker; 733 Green Pasture Road, Rocky Mount; $88. O Deidre D. DeFlorentis to Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance Inc.; 35 Bobtail Court, Pinetops; $55. O Kenneth Undrey Battle to Suzan King-Richie; 1020 Johnson St., Rocky Mount; $60. O Ebony S. Ellis and Jeronder L. Ellis to Melvin R. Hinton; 121 Melissa Drive, Rocky Mount* O Deutsche Bank National

Average rate falls to 4.14 percent The Associated Press

WASHINGTON – Average U.S. rates on fixed mortgages fell this week for a fourth straight week. The low rates could give a boost to the spring homebuying season, which has started slowly. Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday that the average rate for a 30year loan declined to 4.14 percent from 4.20 percent last week. The average for the 15-year mortgage eased to 3.25 percent from 3.29 percent. Warmer weather has yet to boost home-buying as it normally does. Rising prices and higher rates

have made affordability a problem for would-be buyers. U.S home construction surged in April to its highest pace in five months, the government reported last Friday, but nearly all the increase came from the volatile apartment sector – a sign that Americans are still struggling to buy single-family homes. And sales of existing U.S. homes rebounded slightly in April, but the pace of buying remained below last year’s level, according to data released Thursday by the National Association of Realtors. Home sales and construction have faltered

since last fall, slowing economic growth. A harsh winter, higher buying costs and a limited supply of available homes have discouraged many potential buyers. Mortgage rates still are nearly a full percentage point above record lows reached about a year ago. The increase over the year was driven in part by speculation that the Federal Reserve would reduce its bond purchases, which have helped keep longterm interest rates low. Indeed, the Fed has announced four declines in its monthly bond purchases since December because the economy

appears to be steadily healing. But the Fed has no plans to raise its benchmark short-term rate from record lows. Fed Chair Janet Yellen has told Congress that the economy is improving but noted that the job market

remains “far from satisfactory” and that inflation is still below the Fed’s target rate. She said she expects the Fed’s near-zero target for short-term rates to remain appropriate for a “considerable time” after the bond purchases end.

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ing a home in San Francisco looks somewhat more attractive - but with a 10 percent down payment and prevailing interest rates, buying a home is 6 percent more expensive than renting a place of the same size, the same premium for buying as there was during the dot-com boom in 1999. Just two years ago, buying in the San Francisco area was 24 percent cheaper than renting an equivalent place. n The potentially overvalued markets are the result of three forces. They are taking place in local economies that suffered only minimally during the recession that began in 2008 and have experienced strong job growth since then. They are fueled further by the low-interest-rate policies that are aimed at bolstering the overall national economy but do not discriminate based on geography. Even as San Franciscoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s housing market is at risk of overheating, buyers there get the same ultralow mortgage rates engineered by the Federal Reserve as homebuyers in depressed Detroit or Cleveland do. And the new booms are taking place in markets where restrictions on building hinder developers from responding to rising demand. That distinguishes the major California markets from the strong local economies in Texas and elsewhere. The Dallas area and the San Francisco area added similar numbers of jobs last year, but local governments in and around Dallas issued permits for nearly four times as many new housing units. There are important caveats, of course. The wisdom of buying versus renting depends heavily

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leaving themselves vulnerable to a decline toward more normal historical valuations. Renters avoid that risk, even if they also do not get some of the upside if the bull market has longer to run. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If you thought home values in the Bay Area or Southern California were such that we might see another housing correction, that radically starts to advantage rental housing,â&#x20AC;? said Stan Humphries, Zillowâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s chief economist, who argues that current prices are reasonably well justified, while acknowledging that prices are high enough to leave buyers exposed. n The real estate market in Venice, where the Gasparinos are selling their house to lock in the gains, shows the forces shaping the new-

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