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Semiattached starter homes can be found in the Pines section, which extends west from Little Neck Parkway, the main north-south thoroughfare, to 248th Street.

His memories of his first home as a child in Toronto are hazy, but he knew enough back then to recall it now as “semidetached,” as if “semiattached” might compromise the appraisal or affect the perception of a buyer.

The few attached or semiattached houses, which tend to be on the small side, now sell in the $270,000 range.