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Word: condomania (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1980
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Rental housing is becoming scarcer because of demolition, abandonment and especially condomania. In Chicago 60,000 leased apartments have converted to condominiums since 1963, creating a severe housing crunch in parts of the city, notably the fashionable Near North Side. Last year 12,000 New York apartments went cooperative. The trend may accelerate as a result of Citibank's announcement last week that it was making $1 billion in loans available for houses and coops...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Playing Rental Roulette | 2/18/1980 | See Source »

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