Monthly Archives: October 2008

Is this a “Georgian”? According to the listing agent it is, and who am I to argue? It’s at 14 Martin Dale, if you care to drive by and see for yourself. Its builder has been asking $5.995 million since … Continue reading →

If he won’t help his family, why should I? Obama’s aunt, uncle living in Boston slumJust asking.Update: Here’s a good point: His campaign obviously found her. It shouldn’t have been hard, in spite of being an apparent illegal immigrant, she … Continue reading →

Howard Dean, now and then: Howard Dean, 2008: Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean said Monday that he’s looking forward to one party controlling all aspects of government, despite GOP charges that it would be a disastrous Nov. 4 outcome. … Continue reading →

Stock Market: These days, that last five minutes is a bitch!

“Built Date”?A reader asked why 396 Round Hill Road was listed as having been built in 2006 when it had been on the market since January 2005. The best I can determine from checking its listing history is that, maybe, … Continue reading →

A happy reader asks, Funny topic…A friend once bragged to me she was building an “authentic Georgian” house…it’s been on the market until recently (MLS# 68755) but I think it was taken off. It’s a gorgeous home but I am … Continue reading →

“How can I enjoy this when polar bears can’t afford to attend school?” College costs soar above inflation rate so the natural response is to increase student aid!Here’s another idea – cut college aid and see how schools respond to … Continue reading →

Wisdom via the Catskills: The media is regarding the election of Barack Obama to the presidency as a foregone conclusion and the pollsters seem to back up that conclusion. If that is indeed the case, so be it. As Ed … Continue reading →

Where is the left’s outrage? We all heard the howls when those two Nazis, Bush and Cheney, eavesdropped on cellphone calls between terrorists. So why, when the Ohio Democrats, state officials all, searched “Joe the Plumber’s” background to dig up … Continue reading →

Waterfront at the end of Gilliam Lane “Twin Lakes” was the silly name a would-be developer, Jack Brod, stuck on the this end of the road when he had it in mind to festoon the place with 35 houses. He … Continue reading →

Realtorese, continued, courtesy of CEA Definition and picture of Georgian architecture – moderate size, simple. What Real Estate Brokers Say Is Georgian – gargantuan, bells & whistles: Like this, like this, and, of course, like this.

Great moments in real estate pricing?This is a really nice house, designed and built by one of my favorite architects, Alex Kali-Nagy. Really – he has a great eye for proportion and each room in every house he’s done seems … Continue reading →

Why isn’t this man smiling?Perhaps it’s because he’s just lowered the prices of two of his unsold projects, 10 Dairy Road (the terminal resting place of Andy Kissel, bound, stabbed and no longer investing in earthly things) from $10,750,000 to … Continue reading →

Riverside/Old Greenwich vs. Mid and Back Country? It all depends on your taste. I grew up in Riverside and raised my own children there and really enjoyed the ability to find friends to play with in every back yard. Of … Continue reading →

Here’s a nice house in the Back Country that was, I think, aggressively priced back in 2005 at $4.790 million. It languished for awhile at that price, was pulled, and eventually returned at $4.495 million. Today the sellers chopped a … Continue reading →

When this house (click on title above for listing details) was last on the market back in 2004 it was listed at $1.625 million and sold quickly at full asking price. That was then. It’s now on the market again … Continue reading →

You say Hello, and I say Dubai Like castles built on sand, the Dubai real estate boom is crashing. Too bad.