Daily Archives: September 30, 2009
Hollywood protects its own
While Whoopie Goldberg, Angelica Houston and Woody Allen (there’s a surprise) rush to Roman Polanski’s defense, ABC News has thoughtfully brought back the original story of this animal plying a 13 year old girl with Quaaludes and champagne and then … Continue reading
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First Amendment, restraint of trade and other musings
What are the rights of a member of a private organization like the National Association of Realtors (NAR) to speak candidly and publicly on the merits of a specific property? Depending on the outcome of today’s super-secret double-probation grievance hearing … Continue reading
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Congress has its priorities
This story was reported on NPR last Sunday but I forgot to bring it up. Now that Instapundit has linked to it, though, here it is: we are about to lose our ability to send out deep space probes due … Continue reading
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Shhh! Do you want to know a secret?
Overpriced houses don’t sell. And not because of blogs, either. This nice little Old Greenwich cape came on the market at $1.895 million. I showed it to my clients long after, when it had been marked down into the $1.4 … Continue reading
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Round Hill land sale, with house
1775 house on 7 + acres on the corner of Round Hill and Close (Burying? – up there somewhere). Listed at just $5.2 million, sold for $4.5 million. I guess that’s a useful data point for a building lot, though … Continue reading
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Carl Icahn shows why he’s Carl Icahn
Bails out Realogy, for a steep price. It looks like the fixer-upper that billionaire investor Leon Black bought in real estate company Realogy won’t be foreclosed on just yet. The company behind such big names as Century 21, Coldwell Banker … Continue reading
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Oops!
New listing came on today at 110 Clapboard Ridge Road: 24,000 sq. feet, 5 + acres, pool, 7 bedrooms, etc. “House is under construction and being sold as is.”
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Lips sealed
Hearing concluded and I will honor the hearing panels’ order of confidentiality. Unless, of course, something comes of this and we all end up in a court of law. Until then, I will go back to selling houses, or trying … Continue reading
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One sale, one big contract
This house on Richmond Hill was originally listed for $4.050 million in 2003. It disappeared after a year and came back on in 2008 asking $3.975. It sold yesterday for $2.5 million. Assessment was $2.898. On a brighter note for … Continue reading
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Walter Noel’s “I’m just a moron” defense still working
Writer Erin Arvedlund, who first exposed Bernie Madoff’s Ponzi scheme in Barrons in 2001 (and was ignored, of course), spoke in Palm Beach Saturday to promote her new book.”Too Good to be true”. Financial journalist Erin Arvedlund was working for Barron’s … Continue reading
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