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Archive Home > 2008 > October > 26 > Housing market still strong - for lighthouses

Housing market still strong - for lighthouses

Nostalgia, novelty draw prospective buyers to government auction

By Cynthia Dizikes / The Bulletin
October 26, 2008

WASHINGTON — A construction worker, a nanny and a clothing designer walk into a lighthouse.

It sounds like the beginning of a joke, but the U.S. government couldn’t be happier with the punch line.

The lighthouse is surplus federal property, and if these visitors like what....

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