For Homes That Aren't Selling, It Is An Option, but Risky

The timing was all off for Catherine McAlpine and her family.

She and her husband, Richard Eig, bought a house on a double lot in their Rockville neighborhood in September 2006, at the high-water mark for prices. They planned to renovate the house and sell it, and build a house for themselves on the extra lot.

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