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Open them up for the entire market. 4 claudia cowen has more. >> reporter: in-crowded urban areas around the world developers are getting creative beings he can per meanting with floor plans that give the illusion of space and transfor the tiniest apartment in to an efficient home. at a 280 square foot apartment in san francisco this reveals a sofa and a hydraulic bistro table doubles as the window seat. >> my goal is to get double or triple duty out of every square inch in the building. >> deve...

Probability that there could be explosives somewhere in this neighborhood. there are a lot of bomb squad officers here and national garden, and atf, fbi, massachusetts state police, boston special ops, and, you know, everyone is locked in their houses, and when people come outside the officers tell them, go back in. bill: watertown must look like a much different place today, that community? >> its a bedroom community for boston, a lot of single-family homes and condos. its a very nice neighborh...

Across america home values are riegz at the fastest pace. prices are still affordable. that is attracting buyers. anyone who bought before the slump got burned. >> he can buy that for half of what he paid for it in 2009. >> reporter: along this river front three years ago there were 1,500 condos for sale. today only 150. that was fort myers, florida. the west coast of florida. today we are in miami. you can see great demand for construction. i am going to bring in fernando martinez. he is the pr...

Thats attracting buyers. but anyone who bought before the slump got burned. >> you could buy that today for half of what he paid for it in 2009. >> reporter: along this beautiful ft. myers riverfront three years ago, there were 1500 condos for sale. today, only 150. >> thanks so much, sarah gannon. cnn learned the u.s. navy is moving in at least one warship closer to the north korean coastline. well have more information on this, live report at the top of the hour as well. at if the next, isnt a...

Hurt. nothing too serious. no word on how the fire broke out. it hasnt seen action in eight years. the key largo was supposed to be torn down to make way for condos. with the real estate bust, those plans fell through. barbara walters is reportedly ending her tra trailblazing 50-year career next year. abc is not commenting officially yet. bill carter of "the new york times" detailed her remarkable rise in television last night on "ac 360." >> when she started on the "today" show in 1962, the w...

Shame on us if weve forgotten. >> documents released yesterday showed adam lanza showed up practically armed for war, with high powered weapons, and a shut gun. he killed 20 children and six adults in less than five minutes. black smoke seen for miles around las vegas, coming from the key largo casino. more than 100 firefighters had to try to get it under control. a couple of them were hurt. nothing too serious, though, and no word yet on how this blaze broke out. the key largo has not seen an...

What are they saying about how long they think it will take to get this under control? >> it would be hard to speculate on getting it under control, given the situation with the winds. i know that we are expecting a cold front to come through that could dump about an eve inch of rain. that could be tomorrow morning. its winds and its warm ahead of that so well just have to keep watching it. martha: dean, thanks so much for your time. well keep and eye on it down there. bill: we are watching the ...

. the new york court will review whether the states new gun controls were rushed into law in violation of the sate constitution. it vilastes the free speech and property owners and right to decision government . 2000 illegal immigrants have been released from jail thanks to the sequester budget cuts that. is significantly higher than the few hundred quoited by the obama administration. there is to lead to another 3000 this month . california legislator want to ban people state wide from smoking ...

Hes going to do it. but once he got us bound then he went out to the bathroom real quick, close, and came back and took a couple of washcloths and stuck one in each of our mouths. >> reporter: thats when he stole their purple nissan and fled. karen reynolds was able to stand up and with hands behind her back, able to grab her cell phone, put on the speakerd the motion, the shootout and standoff that ended in flames. the reynolds said last friday they left the door of the condominium open which i...

>> a recent survey by the national association of home builders and wells fargo finds home builders confidence sagging. staying flat in january and below the 50% mark after eight consecutive growth of months. there, too, there is cause for optimism. the commerce department reported last week that housing starts surged in december. up 19.1% from the month before and setting the fastest pace seen in 4.5 years. multifamily housing, apartment and condos is boosting the construction surge as younger ...