Today, buyers who cannot afford row houses often turn to co-ops instead.
First-time buyers often turn to adjustable-rate mortgages because they appear to cost less.
Would a buyer turn the courthouse into a museum, as the last mayor wanted to do?
The issue of whether another buyer could turn the inn into a viable enterprise remains unresolved.
The first buyer they approached, the government said, turned them in.
He was called in after three potential buyers had turned the house down.
In the 1960's, a new buyer turned the main outdoor space into an enormous enclosed party room.
"We would like to have a sense that the buyer won't turn it into a bottling plant," she said.
Now buyers turn to them because they don't want to make a mistake or overspend.
But recently, residents say more buyers have turned skeptical of Wudi's fish powder.