New Home Sales Up; New Home Sales Down: A Real Estate Economy In Flux Makes Trends Hard To Define

35.3 percent. By any measure, a staggering number. It is by how much new home sales have dropped from July 2007 ... California for people with excellent credit who are seeking and getting houses at relatively cheap prices [more...]

Date: 2008-08-27 12:25:58

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Green Houses Will Reap Sales in New Market

Home builders that embrace green construction strategies will be in the best place to increase sales as the housing market changes, ... to be looking for more than just energy efficiency.  Features like recycled materials, indoor air quality [more...]

Date: 2008-09-29 15:02:36

Carlsbad December Sales

Robert asked about houses selling without being on the MLS. Last month there were 79 sales of SFRs in Carlsbad: New tract houses: 11 MLS resales: 63 ... .  The buyer told me that it had extensive water/mold damage, and he planned to spend $250,000 [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 19:08:08

Hallie Ephron on the Never Tell a Lie

Writing is a family industry for Hallie Ephron. Her sisters Nora, ... and then marketing copywriter. Go to yard sales on weekends. Love old houses. Those didn’t sound ... to me at a yard sale. It was at a huge Victorian house that had been recently renovated. The new owners [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 16:41:41

Fed sees West’s housing lifted by ‘rock-bottom’ prices

The Fed’s San Francisco unit had few uplifting words to say about the West’s real estate markets in the ... in Utah and Idaho. Widespread availability of foreclosed homes at bargain basement prices spurred sales ... that the strongest construction activity by far was for public [more...]

Date: 2008-12-03 20:30:16

Change has come to the White House

The White House Website has a new look, complete with blog.   white-house-website.jpg Also noticed that the infamous porn site whitehouse.com seems to be legit now. Turns out that the old owner got married and decided to put the site up for sale when his kid was going into kindergarten. He was making about a million a year off [more...]

Date: 2009-01-21 06:03:59

Home Insurance Companies’ Computerized Models Yield High Rates

Hurricane Andrew, in 1992, brought havoc on Florida homes and on insurance companies, with over $15.5 in reported damages ... of the new models, the price of insurance for houses located near the Gulf of Mexico and the Eastern ... . The real estate market along the coast is full of houses for sale, and has a dearth of buyers. “A lot [more...]

Date: 2008-07-09 04:01:07

New listing, open house this Sunday: 67 Rutland Street

Hello. I am pleased to announce I am listing three condominium homes for sale ... House on Sunday, September 21, from 12:00 PM - 3:00 PM. A 2008 condo conversion, 67 Rutland Street ... in the late 1800’s, 67 Rutland Street served as a rooming house at one time and was most-recently [more...]

Date: 2008-09-20 18:00:51

Largest Cobblestone House in North America Up For Sale

Note: Western New York is dotted with nearly 700 cobblestone buildings ... s Historic Buildings” and you can learn their history as well as enjoy their artistry.Largest [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 15:05:59

weekly wrap up + mokum textiles

the holiday season is just zooming by so today i’m heading out with the winterns to check out the holiday decorations in manhattan- the city is ... to my neighborhood on saturday to check out the designer holiday trunk sale at the bell house (lotta, hable ... at the brooklyn flea and a new artisan show in ditmas park to see. i’m off to soak up some [more...]

Date: 2008-12-12 19:30:00

Dip In Asking Prices Of England, Wales Homes

Source : The Business Times, January 20, 2009(LONDON) Asking prices for houses in England and Wales fell 7 ... had boosted new buyer enquiries.But the figures also show that new sale listings were less than half [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 14:30:00

The Faux Bottom, Housing Worsens, Newspapers in Trouble, An Oversold Sector, and More!

ur “Obama Rally” forecast… will things “get worse before they get better” or vice versa?… Print in the doghouse… Tribune Co., New York Times and McClatchy looking desperate… Still no bottom in sight for housing… foreclosure, refi and pending home sales data all down… Anecdotal evidence of tough times to come… Wiggin house, [more...]

Date: 2008-12-10 13:43:43

Chair Porn

In my old house I had a beloved assortment of unmatched chairs that had been carefully collected over the years from flea markets and yard sales ... do not own.) I like the idea of mixing colors and prints in a very careful way. And in my new house ... now, and lately I've been fantasizing about what chairs will be in my next house. Somehow [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 18:00:13

Shorties (Under the Radar, Wally Lamb, and more)

The Toledo Free Press profiles Madhouse Designs, a local poster designer ... designers have done posters for bands such as Wilco, The Black Keys, Crowded House, Black Rebel ... for sale on the company’s Web site, www.madmadmad.com under the “Capital A” link). New York Times [more...]

Date: 2008-11-28 14:36:10

Madonna’s Puss is for Sale

madonna-naked-pictures A (NSFW) thirty-year old full-frontal photograph of Madonna and what appears to be a small yak is now available to the ... highest bidder, thanks to Christie’s auction house in New York. People Magazine says The head of Christie’s photography department says Madonna was a financially strapped 20-year-old dancer [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 15:30:34

The Financial Crisis is Good For Bald Eagles

A nesting pair of bald eagles on Petty’s Island, ... of a sale to a developer. Under an agreement with New Jersey officials, Citgo will donate ... the island, which houses a former refinery and petroleum-storage facilities, to standards set [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 07:48:23

Tours: Animal Collective

In support of their new record Merriweather Post Pavilion which dropped this week on CD. Update: Tickets on sale this Friday for Minneapolis. Animal Collective 2009 North American Tour ... - New York, NY - Terminal 5 05.14 - Boston, MA - House of Blues 05.15 - Montreal, Quebec - Metropolis [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 19:31:59

Restored 316 Blog Designs CONTEST, Nov 3rd

I have had the pleasure of getting to know Lauren the past few months and truly, ... to go to the house with the 9 cars on blocks in the front yard, right? At the same time, no one wants to read a blog ... to keep your customers up to date on your new products, sales, and special offers. For personal use [more...]

Date: 2008-10-24 16:12:07

Tasmanian Racing’s New Dawn Contingent On TOTE Tasmania Sale

Australian Racing Greyhound has been following the Tasmanian industry reforms closely due to our have first hand experience of the naivety and narrow ... are concerned with the Minister’s short term plan and question the long term viablity of Tasmanian ... to examine that decision to sell TOTE Tasmania. The committee’s chairman, Upper House member Greg [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 22:14:58

Celebrity Homes: Judy Garland, Sammy Davis, Cher, Betsey Johnson, Ed McMahon and Some Football Dudes…

In digging through more than 3 million for sale listings on Zillow, we occasionally stumble upon some that have a celebrity angle to them ... , an infinity pool and a guest house. Due to new Coastal Commission restrictions, such an extraordinary [more...]

Date: 2008-08-13 18:11:58

O.C. homebuying rises for 5th straight month

November vs. OC history Month’s sales ‘88-’07 avg. ‘07 ‘08 ‘08 vs. avg. January 2,737 2,400 1,286 -53.0% February 2,838 2,449 1,471 -48 ... s final stats from last month shows Orange County homebuying totaled 2,177 houses, condos and new ... down 31% in a year Don’t forget … Fed will promote cheap money ‘for some time’ SoCal inflation [more...]

Date: 2008-12-16 19:48:27

Robotic suit that helps people with mobility problems available for rent in Japan

Cyberdyne a new company in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, ... when it will be available commercially. Some European nations have already expressed interest, and HAL may soon be on the market there, but U.S. sales are still undecided, Sankai said. Daiwa House Industry Co [more...]

Date: 2008-10-11 16:37:21

Hill Happenings

It's time for a quick check-in on the Hill Section.First, a sale, at long last. The odd "flag lot" house at 612 11th is in escrow after 11 months ... , with development plans apparently thwarted, the new owner offered to flip the lot to any willing buyer ... , or split the lot and build two. (See "Just Split 'Em.") Too bad the charming ranch home [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 06:47:00

Sale: Amazon Drops Xbox Live Price To $30

Make what you will of Sony's embryonic PlayStation Home, the PS3's online matchmaking service ultimately costs nothing, ... -based sibling, Games For Windows Live, made the transition to "on the house" this summer ... 1 Month Bonus card, making the new price just $29.97 -- a 40% markdown. Temporary one-off vendor sale [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 23:50:00

2010 Toyota Prius Official Detail

Toyota Motor Sales (TMS), U.S.A., Inc., unveiled the all-new 50-mile-per gallon rated third-generation Prius hybrid vehicle today at the 2009 North ... , Toyota’s full-hybrid system was developed in-house and has become a driving force behind advanced ... on the second-generation Prius. Since then, more than 670,000 have been sold in the U.S.In designing [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 14:30:00

New Wheels! New TV!

New Wheels! New TV! 21 Jan 2009 this post filed under: Family, Me & the Mister, Yay! Guess what? I have a new vehicle! ... that he sold it at our garage sale? Yeah! Somebody bought a 97 Dodge Caravan with 200K miles ... us a stellar deal on the vehicle and threw in the TV, just so we’d get it out of her house. It’s the most [more...]

Date: 2009-01-21 07:03:59

Get Free Paint at a Drop and Swap Center Near You

paint cans Who doesn’t like a makeover? Finding the perfect piece of furniture at a yard sale or thrift store can help you make over your house and furnishings, saving money and reducing waste at the same time. Often all that’s needed to renew something is a good cleaning and a new coat of paint, the only cost being your time. But wait [more...]

Date: 2008-08-17 06:07:56

Balderton Targets Downturn Innovation With $430 Million New VC Fund

Fresh from making $140 million from the sale of Bebo and a "substantial return" on the sale of MySQL, ... Benchmark Europe which spun off from the US VC house's European arm in 2007, profited big ... to capitalise on promising business plans thrown up in the downturn - proving that VCs really mean [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 09:02:54

Curbed Poll: Mount Washington House Seen in Metropolitan Home

Welcome to this version of "New To Market," our look at a listing with a reader vote ... -filled central room with fireplace." The house was last sold by the Fergusons in December 2006 for $1.105 million. Today's asking price is actually less than the last sale price (are sellers finally [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 21:07:17

Naked Madonna Photo from 1979 goes up for sale

LONDON, Jan. 19 (UPI) -- A naked, pre-fame photo of pop star Madonna is expected to sell for as much as $15,000 when it hits the auction block in New York next month, the BBC said. Christie's auction house said the black and white picture, which was taken after Madonna responded to U.S. photographer Lee [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 21:00:00

For Sale

These photos were taken a month ago, the day I cycled to New Hope Centre ... , you will see rows and rows of Cambodian style terrace houses, also known as shop houses, since you can have a shop downstairs while you live upstairs (in Khmer they are called "p'tyair l'wairng" or "long houses [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 06:31:00

Home sales spike on lower prices (The Press-Enterprise)

Home sales spike on lower prices (The Press-Enterprise) January 20, 2009 | By Rem In Real estate | Comments(0) ... INLAND: Cheap foreclosed houses help boost numbers in both counties. However, interest in new real estate falls again. Share and Enjoy: Digg Bumpzee del.icio.us Facebook Furl [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 05:30:48

The Mentalist Episode 1x14 - Set Report and Pics Posted by The ODI at Monday, January 19, 2009 (Comments: 0) Labels: The Mentalist

#fullpost{display:inline;}Last week I had an opportunity to check out some filming for this TV Season's highest rated new show The Mentalist ... was taking place during my visit I was unable to get inside the house to see what was happening ... of the homes having For Sale signs on the yards. The mansion, the cars and formal dress follow [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 11:42:00

2008 year-end review

After seven weeks of crazy busy sales leading up to Christmas, I’ve really been enjoying my time off ... just lounge around the house. As my mind has cleared a little, I’ve also had some new insights ... review as well as some of my plans for 2009…In mid-January I posted some illustrations and gift tags [more...]

Date: 2008-12-29 21:26:00

No Time like the Present: Repurposing Christmas Decorations

It may be a new year, but that doesn't mean there's nothing to salvage from the old one! ... , and plans ahead. So today I thought I'd show you a few of the post-Christmas sale finds I'd gotten ... seemed just right at home in my house...Here are a couple of purple and silver tree-topper-type stars [more...]

Date: 2009-01-04 12:00:00

Sears Now Has Layaway!

Well, well, well - what do you know? We had been discussing how a certain company was the only national sales chain to offer layaway when we learned ... ) - get those kitchen needs, craftsman needs, those new clothes you have been needing but kept putting-off ... !) for about 123094097 things around the house, as well as some nifty crafts projects and [more...]

Date: 2008-11-15 18:20:00

A New Red Scare?

When the final chapter of this election is written in the books that soon will be on sale, I hope we feel shame. Not shame in electing a president ... The former House GOP leader described the Democratic nominee for president, Sen. Barack Obama, as “Marxist,” even suggesting that Obama was prepared to remake America in a Communist mold [more...]

Date: 2008-10-29 22:50:22

Zoopla raises whopping £3.75 million to disrupt older property sites

Property tracking startup Zoopla has closed a £3.75 million round of new funding from venture capital firms Atlas Venture and Octopus Ventures ... features including one where you can ‘claim your own house’ and start extolling its features ... property sites: you can list your home for sale either direct or through an agent. It also targets [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 10:06:16

Happy New Year!

Don't you just love a fresh beginning? After Christmas, I couldn't help but just start freshening up the house and making plans for spring ... on the chair was a treasure find at a yard sale from a Frank Lloyd Wright home in Oak Park ... , so I brought it home, beat it up even more with a set of keys and finished it myself. It works just perfect [more...]

Date: 2009-01-03 17:33:00

Friday Favorite: Restyled Home

New to SITS? Welcome!! Go read this to get started.Have you signed up to win the Keurig Platinum Brewing System? ... our houses and have been known to plot and plan for hours over paint colors and whisper at garage sales ... you see the playhouse she and her husband built for their daughter.  Her design ethic.  Style me pretty [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 07:00:00

Zillow Employees New Year’s Resolutions for Their Homes

Zillow employees may spend their days thinking about homes—-home values, home for sale,  Zestimates, mortgages ... a sauna and gym in my basement.” Randy, Director, Test “We replaced the wiring in our house over a year ... right now I usually just go there to sleep.” Lakshmi, Test Lead “I’d like to buy a house [more...]

Date: 2008-12-31 23:04:35

weirdest vacuum cleaner sales experience ever

Settle in...this is a bit of a long one, but I think, worth the read.A couple of weeks ago, I got a telemarketing call from Kirby, wanting to peddle their new carpet cleaning system in return for the chance to shampoo the carpet in two rooms of my house. Normally [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 07:01:00

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