April 30, 2009 – 10:22 pm
Not a lot of good news in February for home sellers. NY Area Home Prices Down 10.2% in February [NorthJersey.Com] Home prices declined 10.2 percent in the New York metropolitan area, which includes North Jersey, from February 2008 to February 2009, the Standard & Poor’s Case-Shiller index said this morning. Home Prices in 20 U.S. [...]
This past Saturday was really beautiful and it was nice to go out and hit some open houses. As I mentioned earlier, there were 36 listed for the Village on MLSLI, although not all of them were for this past weekend. We saw two houses, one very attractive and one…well…not. It was a Goofus and [...]
I had lunch with my friend and business associate Julian on Tuesday. It was my day home with the baby so we took her along with us and ate in the Village at Horace and Sylvia’s. Julian couldn’t stop raving about how nice all the stores and restaurants along Deer Park Avenue were and what [...]
April 18, 2009 – 12:06 pm
Some nice spring weather and a bunch more houses on MLS. What could be better? There are 36 open houses listed in Babylon as of this writing, although not all of them are for this weekend. I’m looking to visit Lee and Washington this Saturday. We’ll see how that goes. I have to work on [...]
April 16, 2009 – 12:42 pm
Well, last Sunday was Easter and I had to work anyway, but there were some open houses on Saturday and Debra ventured forth to see the one we might be interested in. The house report is based mostly on her commentary and my editorial input. That’s actually a bit ironic, considering that she’s the editor [...]
Photographer Camilo Jose Vergara describes his unique photo essay, Paired Houses, But One Is Abandoned at Slate. In Camden, N.J., perhaps the poorest American city I regularly visit, I photograph what I call paired houses: two dwellings, side by side, one occupied, the other empty. Those living in the occupied home often have their lives [...]
How many miles is it to Babylon?– Threescore miles and ten. Can I get there by candle-light?– Yes, and back again. If your heels are nimble and light, You may get there by candle-light From Project Gutenberg’s The Real Mother Goose
April 10, 2009 – 12:10 am
Well, here it is Friday and I’m finally posting the Open House reports for Saturday and Sunday. At least I’m getting better about not waiting three weeks before things get posted up. This has been a busy week, so not much time for posting. So, two open houses this past weekend, one on Saturday and [...]
Another Friday, another open discussion thread and another picture of my daughter. This past Tuesday was reasonably pleasant, so I broke out the stroller and we took a little walk down to Argyle Lake. We saw some geese and some little leaguers getting ready for the season. I had the camera with me, but I [...]
As I’ve mentioned here before and as noted in the about page, I do some freelance web site development in addition to my “day job” in scientific research. I’ve been doing the web thing for a long time. Well, it’s a long time in internet years. To give you some idea, I was designing web [...]