Daily Archives: April 6, 2009
How much gas do these things carry?
A couple of F-16s are following a little Cessna plane stolen in Canada by a student. I suppose that’s not so unusual these days, what with everything else that goes on, but I’m astonished to read that it left Canada and … Continue reading
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Alternative transportation
Reader Chimney alerts us to yet another Bernie boat, a 38′ Shelter Island runabout that was seized by the Feds Thursday out on Montauk. I want one! If only the authorities had a Chris White trimaran to go with it … Continue reading
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Maybe he should have rented
Mark Teixeira, the Yankees new First Baseman and Greenwich’s new resident, went 0-4 today in Camden Yards.
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Put down that sandwich and step away from the table!
Nice article on the allergy nuts. Laura Bennett (Daily Beast) asks, “where were these kids when we were growing up?” I’d guess we killed them all off, eh? A Massachusetts school district recently evacuated a school bus of ten-year-old passengers after … Continue reading
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Didn’t he call us ignorant boobs because we didn’t speak French?
Obama says he doesn’t speak “Austrian”. Well ich bin ein berliner, Baby!
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Wrong wrong wrong – all wrong!
Thanks to Walt (again – Monica must be out this evening and left him with nothing to do) here’s a New York Magazine picture feature of homes put up for sale by Madoff “victims”. The last one included is that … Continue reading
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Blumenthal does something right
Walt sent a link to this story about our state Attorney General and it seems only fair, after the scorn I heap on the man, to acknowledge when he gets on the right side of something and in fact leads … Continue reading
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Finally some good news: while Bernie’s resting in his room, Ruth’s down in Palm beach, living it up
No problems for Ruth. Federal marshalls may have seized her mansion but she’s just moved over to the Breakers and doing just fine, thank you very much.Per the Daily Bleat. Nice touch including Ruth’s sister in law in the article … Continue reading
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The rage of the dinosaurs
The Associated Press is threatening to stop uses like this. That’s right, the AP is convinced that the key to survival is to stop people from linking to its stories. This despite the fact that, as the linked to article points … Continue reading
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As succinct a description of the market as I’ve heard
I was chatting with my friend and colleague Gary Disher just now and he described what’s happening thus: The few sales we’re seeing are, for the most part, distress sales, in that the seller has to sell. Those sellers who … Continue reading
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Take one down, pass it around …
Well, no sooner did 30 Owenoke shuffle off the stage than on comes #25, all nicely renovated and asking $3.3 million. That’s a million more than 30 just sold for, but this is a lot more house. Funny thing (funny … Continue reading
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Next month, we move it to a million!
Had you moved quickly, you could have rented 5 Conyers Farm for just $32,000 per month but you hesitated, and you lost. The new price as of today is $42,000. That’ll larn ya!
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Here’s an idea for Walt
You know, just about everyone who’s anyone in the Madoff mess has a connection with Greenwich real estate. Walter’s at 175 Round Hill, another FGG guy (the fellow brought in to sell the company) owns what used to be Caey … Continue reading
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Sometimes, a park doesn’t outweigh I-95
This 2,600 sq. ft. condo is an easy walk from Bruce Park, the Greenwich rail road station and Greenwich Avenue, but it’s even closer to the Thruway. The builder thought that the former virtues would offset the latter and priced … Continue reading
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Say what you will, buyers won’t listen
There’s a nice old house on Keofferam that was originally listed for $8,000 and later raised to $9,500, with this explanation: $8K RENTAL WAS FOR SHORT-TERM, FURNISHED RENTAL. RENTAL NOW LONG-TERM, UNFURNISHED. Uh huh. Trouble is, buyers tend to think, … Continue reading
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Strange doings on Quintard
A reader asked about this house on Quintard that’s being torn down and asked what was up. Damned if I know. Local OG builder/resident Peter Thalheim bought the place in July 2008 for $2.840 million and immediately thought better about … Continue reading
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No Body Home?
Sorry, couldn’t resist. 8 Dairy Road, one of the stable of Mariani spec houses currently for sale, is listed for rent today at $25,000 per month. The house was originally listed for sale at $10.750 million and has dropped to … Continue reading
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Put this in your database and smoke it!
There have been so few sales recently that it’s almost impossible to say with certainty what’s happened to the market (other than dropped dead, of course). Still, we’re beginning to get some sales reported that allow at least a hazy … Continue reading
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Don’t blame this blog, blame sellers!
I get a tremendous amount of flack from fellow agents, all blaming this blog for the death of the Greenwich market. (My favorite quote: when someone defended me to a broker by saying, “well he’s just telling the truth” the … Continue reading
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Cuomo apes Massachusetts’s lead, Blumenthal to follow
Andrew Cuomo, who sat back in the weeds while Massachusetts assembled a civil fraud case against Madoff feeder funds, has now charged Ezra Merkin and his feeder fund, Ascot, with the same claim. Connecticut’s courageous Attorney General, Dick Blumenthal, now has a … Continue reading
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