From the NY Times: House Hunting, Catch and Release Style
Somewhere along the way, tramping around a solidly built old house became my version of the ultimate in weekend recreation.
After the house museums, the heirloom houses most likely to be available for scrutiny without attracting the attention of the police are properties for sale. Back in [...]
Happy Thanksgiving to one and all. In honor of Turkey Day, here’s the classic WKRP episode “Turkeys Away!”, the best Thanksgiving episode of any TV show ever.
I’m trying to limit the number of doom and gloom posts here on HIB, but it’s hard to ignore this one.
From Bloomberg: Home Sales Fall, Record Drop in Prices
Home resales in the U.S. dropped in October and prices fell by the most on record, signaling a deepening housing recession going into 2009.
Purchases of existing [...]
Hi HIB readers. I’m back to posting about Babylon real estate, at least for this one post. Frankly, there’s not much to interest me in the current market, but I’ll keep plugging away as much as I can.
I was able to get the Sold Properties feature working on my PC by disabling the firewall. Sadly, [...]
This is a collection of clips dating back to early 2006. Watch all of the talking heads abuse and criticize Shiff for his predictions about the fundamental weaknesses in the US housing, credit and stock markets. Pay special attention to Ben Stein who as late as early 2008 was still dismissing problems in the housing [...]
Tonight starts the new season of Top Chef. This season one of the contestants is going to be Danny Gagnon, Chef de Cuisine at The Carriage House, my favorite Village restaurant. Skillet Doux has this to day about Danny’s chances:
This season’s entry in the Beefy New Yorker division is Danny Gagnon (hey, not an [...]
>rent a car bulgariated this morning down at the school and things were pretty busy.
I had to wait in line for almost 20 minutes before I could get into the booth. I almost always vote early morning because I work a twelve hour shift and if I can’t get the polls early, I can’t [...]