Monthly Archives: October 2008

RentalsThese are hard to track because the data aren’t reported in any easily accessible format but basically, rentals are holding their own. 35 single family homes rented in the past two months compared with 27 for the same period last … Continue reading →

(Non -real estate subject matter – reader discretion is strongly advised. Back later, after open house tour to report on that soggy mess.) The decline of America, as predicted by Pete DuPont in the WSJ . DuPont’s not the first … Continue reading →

Pigs get fat, hogs get slaughtered. Collect $20 billion from us taxpayers, pay yourselves $13 billion in bonuses -That’s what Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley have planned. I try very hard to retain my enthusiam and support for free enterprise … Continue reading →

Here’s a surprise. Home sales go up as prices decline. Something tells me that there’s an economic principle to be discovered here. Update: Floyd Norris of the NYT says those are fudged figures and that new home sales are lower … Continue reading →

Well darn. Tony Hillerman is dead at 83. I really enjoyed his books and will miss his writing.

If Bush is elected President our civil liberties will be …. Oh no, that’s happening in liberal Canada, where real estate agents are required to snoop for the government. Name, federal id #, source of funds, etc. must all be … Continue reading →

Here’s a dubious marketing idea: Selling real estate to fellow Christians. Apparently there are real estate agents out there who make direct appeals to Muslims and Jews, too, but I find the whole idea off-putting. If it works, though, look … Continue reading →

Well Good! U.S. attacks terrorists in Syria. Syria’s Ambassador to the U.K. says, “”This is an outrageous raid which is against international law. It is a terrible crime.” To which I say, “please sir, can we have some more?”

This was reduced today a little over 6% from $3.750 Million to $3.5. I mentioned earlier this month that there were 3 houses on Old Church Road all in this price range and all unsold. One, 149, has dropped it … Continue reading →

Off to the woods I’m heading inland and will walk until no one recognizes the computer on my shoulder. Back Sunday night. So why the picture of a sailboat? Captures the feeling and its title is “Truant Sailing Away”. My … Continue reading →

Interesting if trueI have no idea how to link to his individual posts (his blog setup’s problem not mine, I think) but here’s a lengthy quote from Greenwich Round Up on the future, or lack thereof, of Greenwich Time. I’ve … Continue reading →

351 Round Hill Road Not content with demanding all my money for redistribution My pal Claudette wants my time, too and keeps asking about this property. Once she put her glasses on and gave me the right address I thought … Continue reading →

Another brand to boycott Baskin Robbins is peddling “Whirl of Change” “an Election Special for 2008″ice cream with a little donkey on it. Donkey dung is more like it but, as my pal Claudette likes to threaten, when her Demmerkrats … Continue reading →

So maybe you might want to wait on that $25 million place on Round Hill. At least until Monday, to see how all this shakes out . According to Bloomberg News, things look rocky out there. And Mr. Bloomberg himself, … Continue reading →

Here, thanks to a reader, is a WSJ article on real estate blogs. Heck, compared to what’s going on in the rest of the country, this blog’s awfully tame. I may have to step on the spice a bit.

Shattered Rice Bowl? Chi-com real estate tanks . One difference between our two countries is that when you screw up bad in America, Dickie Fuld sells some art . In China, they put a bullet in your skull, sell your … Continue reading →

Oh the Humanity! continued. NPR’s reporter, one Kaye Rosenfeld, just informed us that the Anointed One will be spending the weekend in a place called “Ha – wai -ee-ee” near “Hun-o-leu-leu”. In the past, liberals didn’t bother trying out native … Continue reading →

Why our schools are in such a mess: Board of Ed delays beginning of search for new Superintendent. It will take two weeks to even start forming a committee that, in turn, will decide on the “skill set” needed by … Continue reading →