Monthly Archives: April 2009
Where will we go? What will we do?
Word around town is that the Fabulous Noel Girls are bemoaning their fate and weeping that “we’re going to get sued and lose all our money”. The Observer reports that Marisa’s town house, purchased for $13.5 million and carrying a … Continue reading
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Realtor speak
A client now working with me tells the story of viewing property with another agent some time ago when they pulled up to a listing. “Is that the Merritt Parkway?” asks the buyer. “Oh, I don’t think so,”says the highly-trained … Continue reading
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A timeless house (with a price) from another era
This spec house has four bedrooms, 5,000 sq. ft. (maybe 8, if you include basement space – I don’t, even if it’s finished with a pool hall) and is asking $4.5 million. I don’t think it’s going to fetch nearly $1,000 … Continue reading
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Unconfirmed rumor but just dumb enough to be true
I hear from a reader that a property that sold in the $4s a few years ago and saw a $9 million house erected on the land is now “quietly” on the market for $18,000,000. If I were so silly … Continue reading
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We finally break the $8 million barrier
Until yesterday, nothing had sold in the $8 millions this year. But now 36 Andrews Farm, new construction listed at $9.250, is reported sold for $8.325. Gorgeous construction, so it’s understandable that it fetched so much, but its sale must … Continue reading
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Old Greenwich steps into the spotlight
I expressed my disappointment yesterday that Thomas Athan, A.I.G. executive now being investigated for fraud, didn’t show up on the property rolls, because I’d been hoping that we would see a Round Hill Road Trifecta, with Walt, Bourke (did I … Continue reading
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BLT eats Antares’ lunch
Last remnants of the Cabrera / Beninati empire ceded to BLT, who has vacuumed up everything the boys once claimed ownership interests in, for pennies on the dollar. Norwalk-based developer Building and Land Technology on Tuesday took over management, leasing … Continue reading
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Price war bite back
23 Stanwich Road was listed for $1.995 million in 2005 and sold via bidding war for $2.275. Ah, for the good old days. The “winner” of that bidding war has been trying to unload the house for some time now … Continue reading
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Spec House bites the dust
477 Riversville Road, a 12,000 sq. ft. bit of new construction on 6 acres was listed today for $4.795 and already hqas a buyer, according to the broker, so she’s just posting it for the record. Or she’s setting up … Continue reading
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Arlen specter switches parties
Who will notice the difference? I suppose this helps the Democrats with their bullet-proof majority but they already have that. Better they get a crook like Specter on their side and the Republicans further remove themselves from the debacle to come. … Continue reading
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Who is John Galt?
Bankers set to leave England as tax raised to 50%. Fifty percent is just a start, of course, just as it will be here. The politicos have declared class warfare and the mob loves it: The proposal, part of the 2010 … Continue reading
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What does it mean to “take responsibility”?
It’s clear that President Obama was as ignorant as Mayor Bloomberg about what the Air Force One guys had in store for New York this morning and it’s not his fault that bozos took control. But I was struck by … Continue reading
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Antares saga continues
Word I have is that Antares files for bankruptcy this week. Another interesting tidbit is that the boys are on the line with some pretty hefty personal guaranties – large enough to take away those side-by-side Mooreland mansions from their … Continue reading
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Adios, Country Living
Back in January or so I posted that Country Living Associates was going down. I was flooded with angry emails threatening all sorts of dire punishments if I continued to malign their fine name and business prospects, so I removed … Continue reading
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The rockets go up, who cares where they come down?
Old song. Anyway, I see that 204 Lyons Farm West sold today for $855,000, a fair bit lower than its asking price of $1.175. I remember when Lyons Farm units began breaking the million dollar barrier and being a tad … Continue reading
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Slow Monday for Greenwich real estate
Not that slow, in fact, because we did see four contracts come in but with the exception of Calhoun at $5 million plus, all were under $1 million. But, as that reader’s dinner companion pointed out, “at least the high … Continue reading
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Where’d they go?
Walt complains that he’s having trouble reaching his old pals at Fairfield Greenwich Group and hasn’t a clue where the Antares boys have got to. Last week I published an iPhone shot of Walt’s own reserved, empty parking space at … Continue reading
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We’re in the best of hands
Let’s say you’re a federally – protected worker in the White House Military Group and you think it would be kinda neat to send a 747, chased by a flock of military jets, zooming by Wall Street and over the … Continue reading
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Contracts
Three reported already today. Two are for houses under a million but this big boy on Calhoun was listed at $5.595 million and went to contract in just 53 days, which I will assume means there was an offer somewhere … Continue reading
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