Monthly Archives: August 2008

Catching Up

Posting has been a little light this week. This is the week I get to have my son over, so I’ve been neglecting the blog a bit. Here are some quick hits.

We went to three open houses on Sunday. Nothing really that we’d think about buying, but there’s always something to learn. I’ve been trying [...]

Robbery on Deer Park Ave

I was out walking around with my son today I saw maybe a half dozen police cars on Deer Park Ave, all with their lights flashing. The street had been closed off from S. Railroad to a bit south of Grove Pl. Parts of the sidewalk were cordoned off with crime scene tape. I [...]

Babylon HS Football Covered in Newsday

Newsday article on Babylon HS Football - Friday Night Lights
“We’re playing three night games there this year and we’re very excited about it,” coach Rick Punzone said of the permanent fixtures. His school had played the occasional Friday night game in the past using portable lights, but now can make that a regular portion [...]

Sold Homes in Babylon Village - First Half Of August

These are the six homes that sold in Babylon Village in the first half of August 2008 according to MLSLI’s intermittently functional sold homes tool.
The missus and I didn’t get to see inside of any of these places. Mostly because none of them were really on our radar for various reason. We were debating about [...]

Trevor Curran Is Back On The Air

My good friend Trevor, mortgage broker and rock-n-roll guitarist extraordinaire, has re-booted his his blog with a new post with thoughts on monthly payments.
Trev’s site was down for a while due to a hacking attack from spam bots. I cleaned up the mess for him and now he’s back to posting, hopefully on a regular [...]

The Housing Market Considered As Pre-Season Giants Tickets

I’m sitting here tonight watching the Giants beat up on the Browns in their second pre-season game of the year. Thing is, instead of typing on my laptop and watching the game on the tube, I could be at the game right now. Over the last week or so, I’ve seen plenty of tickets for [...]

MLS Report - Sleepy Saturday Edition

The number of homes on MLSLI for Babylon seems to be dropping. I don’t see the sales coming up on the Sold Homes list, but that thing works intermittently anyway.
Homes in Babylon

Total: 97
Babylon School District: 62
BSD and Under 600K: 35
Condos/Coops:12

97 Homes total is a low water mark for sure. I don’t remember [...]

A Cloudy Afternoon At Southards Pond

I’ve been meaning to go down and take some pictures at Southards Pond for the last couple weeks, but I’ve either been too busy or haven’t thought of it. Today I took my camera and headed out, despite threatening storm clouds overhead.
[edit]
I changed the images to a more manageable, 600 pixel size. I had uploaded [...]

Freddie Mac Will Stop Buying NY Subprime Loans

From Bloomberg
Freddie won’t buy loans dated on or after Sept. 1 that meet the state’s subprime definition, the McLean, Virginia-based company said today in a lender bulletin on its Web site. New York Governor David Paterson last week signed new foreclosure and lending laws that tighten legal protections for borrowers.
The legislation holds mortgage buyers like [...]

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