How Can We Explain It?

The latest example of the mismatch between ideology and reality is the housing crisis ... in the first place through low rates and cheap credit.  Consumers took advantage of the conditions created by reckless monetary policy, which led to many people buying houses they could not afford [more...]

Date: 2008-09-12 21:34:04

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Build your dream home

I am planning to buy a new house and only then I realized how tough a job it is as it involves a lot of careful planning ... from. I have always craved for having Contemporary house plans. I bumped into houseplansandmore.com website where I found almost all types of house plans like Bungalow House plans, English Cottage plans [more...]

Date: 2008-12-30 04:50:45

A Q&A With Divorce Lawyer Lee Rosen: ‘People Are Frustrated’

In today’s NYT front-pager — “In Housing Fall, Breaking Up Is Harder to Do” — several divorce lawyers attest to the conundrum confronting ... t. So now they’re paying for the house in addition to rent. What’s going on in North Carolina? In North ... , in a typical case, is that somebody would take the house and buy the other spouse [more...]

Date: 2008-12-30 17:14:15

A Q&A With Divorce Lawyer Lee Rosen: ‘People Are Frustrated’

In today’s NYT front-pager — “In Housing Fall, Breaking Up Is Harder to Do” — several divorce lawyers attest to the conundrum confronting ... t. So now they’re paying for the house in addition to rent. What’s going on in North Carolina? In North ... , in a typical case, is that somebody would take the house and buy the other spouse [more...]

Date: 2008-12-30 20:14:00

A Vacation From Economic Reality

Readers discussed the holidays and the housing bubble ... to LA for some warmth and sunshine, disneyland, and broadway show. About two weeks ago their plans all fell ... , and this was an aberrant year, so we’re thinking that this is way worse than we imagined. We didn’t buy a house though!” [more...]

Date: 2008-11-27 15:41:04

House Cleaning Robots

Oh yes, we all remember the Jetson's robot maid Rosie. Well, if your old enough! LOL. Now there are many house cleaning robots you can buy ... that displays alerts telling you what areas of your carpet may need more cleaning attention. There’s also a pet-hair tool with powerful suction and rotating brushes for stairs and upholstery. Other [more...]

Date: 2008-11-17 14:16:00

Cancer, death, and God.

A year and a half ago we bought our home from a couple who lived in New Jersey. They had plans to move down to Florida and live next door to their parents, but eventually decided against it. So in the process of buying our house, painting it, and all that other fun stuff [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 01:37:44

Serious information about Mold cleaners

One of the best things about owning a new home is that new home smell. One of the best reasons to buy a new house is to start new memories ... cleaning products. Who would of known natural rust removers can destroy rust without using toxic ... their way to everyones favorites as well. Now people that have mold problems in their home are using [more...]

Date: 2008-12-12 19:21:48

Tennesseans find creative ways to adapt to tough times

Tennesseans find creative ways to adapt to tough times Gas prices reached a record of $4 per gallon in Nashville last week ... of space, the couple decided to spend a little more for a three-bedroom Craftsman bungalow ... a contract to buy a house in East Nashville that will be closer to their daughter's school. Both husband [more...]

Date: 2008-07-21 12:09:20

Local Market Observations!

What do you see in your housing market this weekend? Speculation? “Peter - not his real name - had his dream. Five years ago, he and his wife sold their bungalow in south-west England for £270,000. They used half of the proceeds to buy a house in Britain for their two sons, and reserved half [more...]

Date: 2008-07-26 17:38:19

Obama Plans Political Organization To Pressure Democrats

Barack Obama is preparing to retool his political organization and gear it towards pressuring Congress ... -style tasks, such as arranging phone banks, distributing signs, recruiting more helpers, buying coffee and doughnuts for house meetings and reporting voter contact data to senior officials. “The only [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 16:51:55

Mysterious Absence Or Just A Rabid Christian?

I just had an email from a concerned reader asking me where I’ve been recently. That’s nice ... written on a card or in a shop window can send them into a frenzy of rage sadness and feelings ... christmas presents for people (making, not buying) and christmas cleaning my house for christmas [more...]

Date: 2008-12-22 22:24:24

Weekly Review Jan 6-15

2009 has officially begun. We had our year-end review meeting yesterday and now we’re ready to move forward ... . Jeff’s Personal Goals for 2009: Buy my first house and move in Record a demo for my band Record ... (my sister’s wedding) Go on another vacation trip with Kim – maybe another cruise? Jeff’s Professional [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 22:07:49

World's Hottest Female Triplets Ever

Threesome's are nice and all, but the achievement of a "fourgy" is a whole other story. The best approach when trying to achieve a fourgy is to move to a town where hot female triplets live. When you arrive in that town, all you have to do is rob a bank, buy a dope house with a shark tank and a three sports cars [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 07:50:03

Weekly Review Jan 6-15

2009 has officially begun. We had our year-end review meeting yesterday and now we’re ready to move forward ... . Jeff’s Personal Goals for 2009: Buy our first house and move in Record a demo for my band Record ... (my sister’s wedding) Go on another vacation trip with Kim – maybe another cruise? Jeff’s Professional [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 22:07:49

The Current Credit Crunch

I had a long conversation with my dad, and this time, the information did not enter one ear and leak out from the other ... to buy a house that costs US$110,000. Therefore, he finds a house that he likes very much [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 00:39:00

The Competition Is Based On Price And It’s Vicious!

It’s Friday desk clearing time for this blogger. “Looking to buy a house in Culpeper? There are plenty to choose from, and they’re going cheap. Looking to sell a house in Culpeper? Lots of other homeowners are as well, values have plummeted and foreclosures are at an all-time high [more...]

Date: 2008-07-25 18:14:50

Cole-gate: Colemans' rennovations overlap with payments to Laurie's company, DC house buy

Norm Coleman was undertaking an expensive home renovation project when his friend and benefactor Nasser Kazeminy allegedly ordered a cash transfer ... records of the remodeling project. Original projections in 2006 estimated a cost of $328,000, but four months later, the construction cost was estimated at $414,000, over-budget by $86,000. During [more...]

Date: 2008-12-12 23:16:33

Today’s Science Policy News for June, 23rd 2008

A look at today’s science and health policy news: Obama Camp Closely Linked With Ethanol N.Y. Times–Sen ... Renews His Call for Action N.Y. Times–On Monday, Dr. Hansen, 67, plans to testify at a House ... if they do not comply and proposing tax breaks to encourage consumers to buy “cleaner” cars. White House [more...]

Date: 2008-06-23 15:48:43

The World Needs Consuming

In the thought-provoking New York Times article Talk is Cheap, the author argues that the “new frugality” trend is more or less bogus ... simultaneously started being responsible - saving 15% of their income, buying houses they could afford [more...]

Date: 2008-12-15 23:40:06

Twitter updates for 2009-01-20

It’s kind of fitting that Cheney threw out his back moving boxes and has to attend the inauguration in a wheelchair. LOL ... lunch! # Wahoo!!!! # Yay! New Whitehouse website! http://tinyurl.com/6tdmhy # And a new White House blog ... the iTMS and buy apps/music) in reply to _ # I can’t wait to get out of Chemistry/Life Science web design [more...]

Date: 2009-01-21 05:59:59

Hiring Home Remodeling Contractor Wise Or Not?

Current housing slump affects the value of your real estate property. The rise in mortgage interest did not help either. What to do with it? ... you have for a change are to either sell the house and buy a new one, or a better option which is to remodel [more...]

Date: 2009-01-21 08:00:26

Helpful Team Players for Your Next Real Estate Purchase

by katie George Buying a house is a major financial and legal process that typically encompasses a wide range of smaller transactions along the way ... of the house, such as the electrical system, appliances, foundation, roof, and plumbing. Building [more...]

Date: 2008-12-26 15:18:01

Helpful Team Players for Your Next Real Estate Purchase

by katie George Buying a house is a major financial and legal process that typically encompasses a wide range of smaller transactions along the way ... of the house, such as the electrical system, appliances, foundation, roof, and plumbing. Building [more...]

Date: 2008-12-24 09:09:33

Faux Fir?

December 3, 2008 We’re hosting Christmas festivities at the Living Small house this year (a first!) ... , so buying an unsprayed tree is fine for your indoor air quality, assuming no one has allergies ... tree, which was helping absorb CO2 while it was in the ground, stops scrubbing the air upon felling [more...]

Date: 2008-12-03 13:00:27

Free Bentley when you buy a house in Paradise Valley

We all love freebies, but a free 2009 Bentley Continental GT? That's like the mother of all freebies ... of one of its multimillion-dollar custom homes in Paradise Valley. Okay, so now it makes sense. You need ... in the driveway of two of its custom homes. A very nice way to tempt people, I must say [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 13:19:46

Forget the bungalow, retire to Mars

Forget the bungalow, retire to Mars 4 Jan 2009, 1618 hrs IST, PTI LONDON: Imagine retiring to Mars ... , Virgin Galactic, has his own plans for humanity's future beyond the atmosphere. His scientists ... out of the six billion on Earth. People could save up all their lives and instead of buying a big house [more...]

Date: 2009-01-04 18:52:11

Ask the M-Network: Money Management and a New Career

Last week, the M-Network announced a new feature - “Ask the M-Network ... yourself if you have any intermediate plans such as buying a house, getting married, having ... , etc. I am currently maxing out my 401K and trying to pay off some student loans to become debt free [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 10:50:54

How to flip a website

How to flip a website Posted on January 17, 2009 Hey everybody!  Today I am going through a very profitable skill called website flipping.  If you are into real estate it is the same thing as flipping a house.  The key for this is “buy ... content to the website.  Whether it be articles, or just fix up the design.  Consumers love web designs [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 15:42:07

Update

Both of my boys are feeling much better!! We got the house that we've been trying to buy!!! ... and countertops. We've also talked about doing some serious remodeling to open it up to the living ... has to go.The OfficeWill's Room - Red Raider fan? We will paint this.Extra Bedroom - We probably won't [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 20:46:00

Furniture for Small House

Next year, I have a plan to complete my furniture for my house ... house looks cozier. When browsing on internet today, I found these pictures. I adore the design ... . After buying this small house, me and my husband don’t have enough money to complete [more...]

Date: 2008-12-20 16:00:48

Should banks be lending to house buyers?

Should the UK government really be encouraging households to borrow money to buy houses in the current climate? ... ?   And instead of exhorting the banks to offer cheap finance so households can saddle themselves [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 13:55:29

A Monopoly Game-Like Reliance In Florida

The Miami Herald reports from Florida. “The top job-loss state in the nation. Shrinking wages. Collapsing population growth ... t buy a house.’” “In unusually plainspoken terms, the experts struggled with the data to figure [more...]

Date: 2008-07-18 14:59:38

Easy Foreclosures Are Over

A question I often get is "How easy is it to buy a foreclosure? ... remodeled or new houses were move in and ready-to-rent or live in. By 2009, many foreclosures languishing on the market are functionally obsolescent needing major remodeling or have damaging mold or other [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 02:22:00

'Too Much House' Buyers To Be Rewarded?

The Treasury and FDIC are considering a plan to guarantee about $500 billion of bad mortgages in an attempt to reduce the total number of ... your lesson. Next time buy a bigger house. And of course, don't forget to remodel the kitchen and bathroom [more...]

Date: 2008-10-31 15:51:36

Slow Cook Thursday

Slow (sloh) adjective, -er, -est, adverb, -er, -est, : moving or proceeding with little or less than usual speed or velocity: a slow train; ... was very curvy and dangerous in the winter.) Thirty years later, they did buy up a stretch of houses [more...]

Date: 2008-12-04 05:00:00

Those Were The Days

9 News reports from Colorado. “Jay Yake is a Realtor who has been in the real estate industry for more than 25 years ... your money into,’ Hamrick said.” “‘The most important thing is to buy the right house,’ Hamrick said [more...]

Date: 2008-09-23 20:37:46

Home again, home again, jiggidy jig.

So… while I was gone, apparently you all bought out the last copies of Issue #1 from that website link I gave you ... of us.  Mike and I did some house shopping in Lexington, so, uh, buy more Dreamer books, okay?  ;)  I want the one with the musket ball lodged in the siding from (supposedly) April 19th, 1776.  Best.  House [more...]

Date: 2008-10-22 14:01:48

Teenager Hayden Panetierre Buys a Grown Up House

BUYER: Hayden PanettiereLOCATION: Curson Terrace, Los Angeles, CAPRICE: $2,635,000SIZE: 3,120 square feet, 3 bedrooms, 3 bathroomsDESCRIPTION: .. ... from downtown to the ocean. 3Br/3Ba including large master suite. Open floor plan w/ lots of natural ... $2,635,000 for a very grown up mid-century modern style house in the foothills above [more...]

Date: 2008-11-05 14:43:00

Thai cabinet approves tax measures to boost economy

Thai cabinet approves tax measures to boost economy Posted in Business, General, Government, Guide, News January 20, 2009 In order to boost Thailand’s economy, the country’s weekly cabinet meeting on Tuesday ... ), for a minimum income of 60,000 baht (1,764 U.S. dollars). 2. Those who buy houses this year are eligible [more...]

Date: 2009-01-21 05:48:06

At Frontline of Foreclosure Crisis, Counties Go It Alone

Image by: Matt Mahurin With graffiti-scarred walls, ... properties like the Irongate townhouse — the damage left behind by the subprime mess. Unlike banks ... to buy up and repair foreclosed houses. But since the Hope for Homeowners program launched [more...]

Date: 2008-11-24 11:01:40

Getting a Home Improvement Mortgage Refinance

Buying a house with Basement is one of the biggest goals that many people have. The feeling of walking into a house that is empty and realizing that all of this is yours, can be overwhelming [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 20:06:12

Amy Winehouse is buying a country house for her and Blake

Amy Winehouse is planning on splashing out a whopping $1.5 million on a secret country home where she can get her act together. Word is that she plans ... from signing the papers for the 150 year-old farmhouse. It has seven bedrooms, three sitting rooms [more...]

Date: 2008-09-11 16:34:34

be the change

hello! how are you? happy inauguration day, i guess ... , i have been thinking about traveling, and i have been thinking about buying a house. “what?” you say. “i thought [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 22:45:07

It’s A Little Bit More Of A Valley

The Beacon Journal reports from Ohio. “Richard Stevens doesn’t buy it. His two-story, brick house had been appraised at $363,150. Then, the letter came in the mail this week from Summit County notifying him of the new value: $557,820. ‘I was absolutely shocked. I couldn’t believe it,’ Stevens said [more...]

Date: 2008-09-08 16:02:55

Die Broke: A Radical Four-Part Financial Plan

Conventional money wisdom focuses on saving. If you earn more, limit expenses, and plan properly, ... ) Pay Cash (reserve credit for times when you cannot pay cash, like buying a house or a car) Don’ [more...]

Date: 2008-12-19 08:37:19

The MPLS real estate saga begins

DH dragged me out this past Saturday morning at 9:00 a.m. to look at Minneapolis real estate options. ( ... that we should just buy a single family for ourselves. Unfortunately, the house DH loved cost $239k ... , but even that monthly payment seemed high compared to buying a duplex.The duplex I'm currently [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 19:48:00

Contrarian Investing: Is it Time to Buy Ford Motor Co. (F) at the Bottom?

Shares in Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F) now trade for roughly the cost of a gallon of diesel. Is this the time to load up on F stock? ... who no longer can refinance or use their houses as ATMs to buy new cars and at the same time. Then, you’ [more...]

Date: 2008-08-28 20:46:57

15 JANUARY 2009

So this is what those ‘Paperwhite’ narcissi have been up to in just a week - you can see the contrast with the picture at the end of the last post.On a warm day they can fill our entire open-plan living area with their scent. I first saw them ... to fill the house with flowers throughout winter without having to buy jet-lagged lilies and other [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 15:08:12

Don't Bail out Wall Street; Re-invigorate Main Street

Needless to say, Messrs. Paulson and Bernanke's $700 billion rescue package has ruffled a few feathers on Wall Street, Main Street, ... from borrowing money, people of all economic strata from buying apartments and houses, and those [more...]

Date: 2008-09-25 04:57:37

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