Daily Archives: July 18, 2009
Blumental wins one, refuses to shut up
AG gets will selling house for half its value overturned. The state attorney general claimed victory Friday in a legal battle stemming from 2005 that challenged the legitimacy of a sales agreement in which an elderly Greenwich woman agreed to … Continue reading
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More statistics
A reader asked why April – July ’06 was so slow and my hunch was that it was due to January through March of that year being so busy. That hunch was right. Here are the numbers for contracts in … Continue reading
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Now they tell us!
Homeownership isn’t the path to riches. On the other hand, this WSJ reporter writes, it’s served him well enough over the years. So do I regret owning a home? Heck, no. It’s not a get-rich scheme, and Americans never should have … Continue reading
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Will Riverside’s Scott Frantz challenge Cos Cob’s Jim Himes?
That’s the rumor I’m hearing. Frantz, so it’s said, is bored to tears sitting in our state legislature (and what normal human being wouldn’t be?) and is chafing to go after Himes. Stu McKinney’s kid, a middling lawyer with no … Continue reading
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Let’s try five days a week in Hartford
The Terminator shuts down state offices on Fridays to save cash. Like those proverbal 100 lawyers at the bottom of the East River, it’s a good start, but there’s room for improvement.
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My apologies to Jim Himes: the Stimulus worked!
Larry Summers cites Google search requests for “economic depression” back to normal, proof that the worst is over. Whew! Er, then there’s this: Unemployment tops 10% in 16 states.
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Where are the West’s suicide bombers when we need them?
Coming to Chicago: Conference of musslemen celebrating the death of capitalism and the rise of a world-wide caliphate. Imagine, if you can, a group of capitalists holding a similar conference in Tehran. Ah, but the musselmen’s is a religion of peace … Continue reading
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Big House Activity
In the past ten years, 612 single family houses with asking prices above $5 million have sold in Greenwich. As of today, we have 171 in that price range listed for sale. Here’s how they’ve done,(by contract date): 4/01/09 – … Continue reading
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This is not necessarily a bad idea – in fact, it makes sense
Slowly, energy efficiency making its way into building codes. Buyers won’t voluntarily pay much, if anything, for energy saving features in a home (they say they will, but believe me, they don’t). That’s probably a rational economic decision concerning a feature … Continue reading
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We should eat foie gras, maybe?
Hotdog vendor forced from his station. I also heard that Cardillo’s Deli in Cos Cob has lost its lease and has to close in two weeks. Thank God for all the private clubs with reciprocal dining privileges in town – … Continue reading
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Yes, someone grabbed YMCA members’ wallets
Police investigate inappropriate touching by YMCA employee.
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Make of these what you will
Sales and contract statistics, single family homes, Greenwich Contract Date: 4/01/09 – 7/18/09: 123 4/01/08 – 7/18/08: 166 4/01/07 – 7/18/07: 221 4/01/06 – 7/18/06: 219 6/01/09 – 7/18/09: 63 6/01/08 – 7/18/08: 78 6/01/07 - 7/18/07: 89 6/10/06 – … Continue reading
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