Tag Archives: overpriced

Are Prices Going Down?

March 25, 2009 – 7:24 pm

Over at his blog, my real estate guy Tom McGiveron asks and answers this very question in a conversation with a prospective client. As we talked, I showed her all the information that I normally review. This information contains the latest insights from experts in the real estate industry as well as my expert analysis [...]

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A Tough Sell

March 9, 2009 – 6:49 pm

From Newsday – Long Island Housing Market Is A Tough Sell A Rocky Point home Gisela Skoglund and her family are trying to sell has been on the market for nearly two years. The property is large enough to build another house on, and the Skoglunds are asking $319,000. “We’ve had a lot of people [...]

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Guest Post: Anon E. Moose

January 21, 2009 – 7:45 pm

HIB commenter submitted this guest post about his recent visit to an open house in Plainview. Spouse dragged me to an Open House on a Plainview split-level over the weekend.  Listed at $425,000, low for the area, I guess.  Nonetheless, my strongest thought was that the slimy used-house salesman should be sued for malpractice for [...]

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