The Housing Stupidity Does Not Stop

So you heard about the woman who bought a house in foreclosure on eBay for $1.75, right? And you heard me banging my head against a wall, right? ... I learn, because I ddn't concuss myself reading this shiny happy bull of how those cheap, cheap houses are screamin' deal and GOOD for people. Even in East Cleveland!(For those of you unfamiliar [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 23:26:00

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red red wine.

finally we got a fridge! in the house... ...we spend months with out one and is nice to finally have where to put the ice that used to just melt in ... about those nothing x nothing houses made with cheap construction material that probably made the houses feel like they were on fire.if matucana was a private thing i wouldnt care at all but being [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 15:51:00

Peter Hong buys a bank repo

My wife and I have more than a passing interest in this story about LA Times writer Peter Hong and his quest to buy a foreclosed property and bring ... -- but that doesn't mean I've bought into the new wave of hype in real estate, the idea that cheap, repossessed houses are a sure bet. ... Some purchasers think foreclosed houses and condominiums are [more...]

Date: 2008-11-11 02:33:09

Listing real estate the Bloodhound way: How we do open houses

Alas, not every visitor to BloodhoundBlog has the sublime gifts to preen at length about the salutary benefits of a carefully-cultivated humility ... more old school that you, but we try to not be “lazy, stupid and cheap.” We try to price ... houses from ABetterListing.com: We hold Open Houses every week until the home is sold. Why? Because [more...]

Date: 2008-09-12 05:01:32

An Affordable Shortcut To Designing Your Dream Home

You have likely been making mental notes for years ... plans from which a builder can work: 1.Hire an architect 2.Make alterations to an existing house plan ... does not come cheap. An economical compromise is to modify existing new house plans [more...]

Date: 2008-12-07 20:19:17

DST, clocks not all you should change

—Purple Avenger Good point. Change the smoke detector and CO detector batteries too ... to upgrade the wiring in your house, you're probably running the cheap independent battery only ... stuff. One of my partner's houses burned down a few months ago. Fires do happen. While I'm ranting [more...]

Date: 2008-11-02 01:18:22

California Bleedin’

California Bleedin’ January 20th, 2009    by Bill Steigerwald California has apparently turned itself into Pennsylvania ... their devalued houses) for the same reason they and their ancestors moved out West in the first place — ... was a booming, upbeat utopia with lots of good jobs, cheap housing, low taxes and relatively few economic [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 15:06:34

Petrothoughts

by flory Calculated Risk is contemplating the impact of plummeting oil prices on the US and world economies ... -- WHAT ABOUT CHINA? Here's my question: What will cheap gas do for the housing bust? Most of the see ... business district. Those houses lost their value not only because subprime mortgages blew [more...]

Date: 2008-12-09 02:49:53

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

Rugs to Riches!

I just came from the site where flash floods have ruined hundreds of household being washed out in our own little place ... ! Some of the houses especially those living near the river bank was totally damage. To some concrete houses ... . They have been offering a cheap rugs with a clearance sale up to 80% and you can choose different styles [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 04:10:03

Counting Rupees: Korea bangs

Filed under: Culture, FeaturesEach week Jeff Engel and Geoff Brooks contribute Counting Rupees, a column on the business behind gaming: ... went apartment-hunting with a real estate agent, the agent refused to show him any houses ... ... and my cheap, used cell phone has more free games on it than I've played on any phone since I began using [more...]

Date: 2008-07-08 10:46:00

Wall St. Meltdown - There Are People To Blame

No, “WE” didn’t cause this Wall Street mess - Richard Miniter - PajamasMedia (and yes, this is the whole column printed below) ... s meltdown.  We demanded cheap loans for houses we couldn’t afford and voted in corrupt dolts, who took ... those who did the deeds and reaped their ill-gotten gains. What about cheap mortgages?   Sure [more...]

Date: 2008-09-29 17:35:28

Two million smackers

From Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Through a front group. To John McCain's campaign manager. For saying things like this: You can say what you want about free-market distortions, but people like the system because it gets them into houses cheap. John McCain had an apt comment about himself [more...]

Date: 2008-09-22 09:08:50

The Politics of Change

As the world waits in anticipation for the inauguration of President Barrack Obama, ... that there are a lot of poor and middle class people here. It's an older neighbourhood with old houses ... with a cheap way to get fresh vegetables, and reduce the amount of ghg we produce because they provide people [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 02:18:00

Riverview guesthouse

I have just returned from a few days away with my sister, we stayed in this gorgeous B&B in the heart of Bangalow ... closer to Bangalow and Byron Bay. After spending the previous day looking at houses and lunching ... , all cheap bits and pieces that added to the fun. My sister who now has caught on to my addiction of antique [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 05:45:00

For sale.

This house across the street from mine just went on the market. I’ve never seen the inside, but from the outside it is amazing. I love the mansard roof! I hope someone buys it soon and takes good care of it. (And yes, houses here really are that cheap.) Offered At: $199,000 Historic Brick Victorian just a half block [more...]

Date: 2008-07-01 03:40:35

The Chinese Are Coming, Part XVII. This Time's It's Real Estate And No, There Is No Visa With That.

All Roads Lead to China recently did a post entitled, "Real Estate Assets Lure Chinese Investors," ... for houses know not what they are doing. The article, entitled, "Domestic investors to shop for cheap US houses," sets forth the ill conceived plans: The 10-day trip from January 15 will cover San [more...]

Date: 2008-12-08 05:56:25

George Clooney Throwing More Cash Into Pitt’s Green Charity

Back in April, actor George Clooney anted up $300,000 for Brad Pitt’s Make It Right NOLA foundation ... I’ve bought a couple of those houses already that he’s building,” said Clooney of Pitt. “ ... is unclear, but apparently he feels that $150K a house is a pretty cheap way to make a difference [more...]

Date: 2008-08-18 20:06:33

News Briefs 19-01-2009

Brace for impact... UK's newly discovered ancient rock art baffles experts ... into dinosaurs. Classic Victorian novels helped us evolve into better people, say psychologists. For 40 ... prove effective. Paper house offers cheap home for poor and displaced. Children's letters [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 09:03:19

Bamford UK Launch Online Rolex Customizer

Online product customizers have eaten endless hours of productivity from business since they came to prominence with the help of Nike ID and its ... , and more) and bracelet (black PVD - essential). But like the small specialty custom houses, the price is not cheap. Expect to drop as much as 12000$US for the full treatment. (aquire) © 2008 [more...]

Date: 2008-11-18 22:16:12

Interested in the Benefits of Wet Sauna Treatments?

What are the benefits of wet sauna treatments? Well, to begin with, ... and skin. Some people like to build an outdoor sauna near their house in a separate cabin, it’s probably more cheap that way than trying to convert a room of your house into a sauna. You’d be amazed [more...]

Date: 2009-01-21 03:40:33

The Real Estate Boom - In Pictures!

Remember those heady days of easy real estate cash? Ah yes. Zero down mortgages, fresh paint, new carpet, granite countertops and flipping houses to the next ... cheap and easy credit was also to blame, but nobody was forcing these people to take out these large [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 18:54:49

CrunchPad meet the Via reference design Web Pad

We’ve been following the development of the TechCrunch web tablet since they made the auspicious announcement last year ...   That case is a bit bigger than that of the CrunchPad but remember this is years old.  It also houses ... to produce the CrunchPad super cheap. Concentric Hosted IT Solutions and Web Hosting Click [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 15:34:41

The Legal Mafia…

DONT TRUST MASONIC RUN GOVERNMENTSWhy do we have never ending cycles of boom and bust? This is what  the masons use to consolidate their power base ... up the cheap houses and business’s that have been bankrupted thanks to the MASONIC mortgage scams by forcing [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 09:11:23

The Legal Mafia…

DONT TRUST MASONIC RUN GOVERNMENTSWhy do we have never ending cycles of boom and bust? This is what  the masons use to consolidate their power base ... up the cheap houses and business’s that have been bankrupted thanks to the MASONIC mortgage scams by forcing [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 09:12:16

Posts about Real Estate Market Reports as of January 18, 2009

Seeking Nadel - find-the-lost.blogspot.com 01/18/2009 Missing Person Search - Find The Lost As burned investors tallied their losses, ... Houses … NO property managers needed Why cheap homes ... market. The time it takes to sell a property is extremely high Wholesaling Houses vs. Flipping [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 14:29:48

more burgers

The McCafe concept has apparently been very successful for McDonalds. I think they could push the "cafe" aspect a bit harder ... in from areas with cheap rents or their rich parents' houses. All you'd have to do is offer them a couple [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 04:57:00

What Goes Up Must Come Down

Maybe houses will get so cheap, even I can afford one: The Harvard University professor and former chief economic adviser to Ronald Reagan isn’t part of the crowd that continually forecasts doom [more...]

Date: 2008-11-24 13:53:13

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

McCain's Campaign Manager Was for It Before He Was Against It

From today's US News & World Report: As John McCain said in remarks today: ... distortions, but people like the system because it gets them into houses cheap," notes Rick Davis [more...]

Date: 2008-09-19 23:01:30

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

Why some of you motherfuckers are hypocrites.

Some commentators are not happy with me bashing Tony Fernandes, and some don't care what he did as long as he brought them cheap air fares ... houses, as long as they're run by ... [more...]

Date: 2008-12-24 16:07:01

The scene in Skokie

We ventured out to eat some Thai food west on Oakton in downtown Skokie last night ... a vibe and then if you do, doing mouth-to-mouth." But still, the cheap(er) houses are sometimes [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 22:04:00

[Treasury-Paulson-American Dream-Working In The Taxpayer's Behalf Update] Drive Home Prices Down

I took a double take today after reading HousingWire’s article about Treasury Secretary Paulson’s rejection of the rumor that the US Treasury was ... ? Ok, I’m back The financial system enabled now-obviously illogically cheap credit which pushed ... for consumers who buy houses in the coming months. But in the meantime, the news threw a wrench [more...]

Date: 2008-12-18 16:55:15

Auction Reporting Turns Ugly

Editor at Large of Art+Auction, Judd Tully, wrote something in response to the paltry performance at Christie's last night that truly surprised me: ... the auction houses' entire appeal? (It can't be the cramped cheap seating.) So someone ... that the frenzy that preceded this slow down was the auction houses' birthright, nor that of folks selling [more...]

Date: 2008-11-06 12:51:00

The Roundup: Anyone Working This Week?

Any Marley Shelton fans in the house? … Republicans won’t like this, but it is a tremendous read … Hank Baskett sure has changed Kendra, ... agree: Megan Fox is the sexiest … Sidney Crosby, cheap shot artist? … good luck saying no to this … ... houses in New Jersey of athletes (Jimmy Rollins, Phil Simms) and others (Stephen Colbert). (Virtual [more...]

Date: 2008-12-22 12:59:31

Ace Of Spades: Finally: Republicans Finger Democrats as Responsbile for Fannie/Freddie Meltdown

Via Ace who has been hammering this and encouraging all of us to sent these links to everyone we know: ... into dangerously overinflated bubble. Which is what always happens when a trillion fresh, cheap, easy ... now have mortgages for $350,000 on houses actually worth $150,000. So what do they do? They walk away [more...]

Date: 2008-09-24 00:21:44

SlashGear Week in Review - Week 34 2008

Intel have been holding their annual Developers’ Forum in San Francisco this week, ... late) that the ultraportables are meant to be cheap. Not far from the shelves, Fujitsu’s Amilo Mini ... houses contain more music game peripherals than food or chairs by brokering a compatibility deal [more...]

Date: 2008-08-25 03:22:38

“Haunted Houses…”

Besides picking up gobs candy & suckers for cheap on November 1st, another prime reason I love Halloween is because it gives me a reason to post Lee Oskar’s harmonica. For a long minute [more...]

Date: 2008-10-30 15:12:25

Blizzard

I took the dogs to a cold but bright beach at 10.30am ... into the hen houses, so I only had to carry the somewhat confused turkeys into their shed then went ... and both followed me back to their hen house ( only after I waved a few pieces of cheap white bread [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 16:43:00

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

He Speaks From Experience

hugo Chavez is back in the news. He thinks that the US needs a new constitution because the current one doesn't quite work ... with Portugal's Socialist government on Saturday to buy 1 million ultra-cheap laptops for schools and 50,000 pre-fabricated houses in deals worth $3 billion.Chavez is an expert on this.He tried to rewrite [more...]

Date: 2008-09-27 22:25:00

In the Housing Bubble, It Doesn't Matter Who You Lent the Money To

Duncan says:uddenly our great newspapers are discovering the "stereotypes" they helped to perpetuate weren't, you know, true ... to do that because of hands-off regulation. This resulted in the prices of houses being bid up as the available credit became ridiculously cheap, not just in terms of the interest cost, but in terms [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 21:53:51

My Talk at the launch of the Lewes Pound

My Speech at the Launch of the Lewes Pound (reconstructed from my notes, ... house they had build because the trend among celebrities then was to live in smaller houses than each ... , what we might call ‘The Age of Cheap Oil’, one’s economic success, sense of wellbeing and personal [more...]

Date: 2008-09-15 06:26:38

Cheap green homes

by Adam Stein The recent post on passive houses sparked an interesting discussion about the costs of ultra-efficient homes ... . The home is 50% more energy efficient that sic a code home, will provide a much healthier indoor air quality, will use less than half the water of a standard home, creates almost no waste in building [more...]

Date: 2009-01-04 21:47:02

Pierre Paulin anniversary Ribbon Chair

Pierre Paulin anniversary Ribbon Chair ... of your choice giving it a personal touch. Not cheap at £2,538, but one for the auction houses of tomorrow [more...]

Date: 2008-08-20 11:52:17

Trick or Treat Recap

The kids looked pretty good this year. I was a bit nervous about trick-or-treat in my new neighborhood ... . But I was armed with a laundry basket-sized bin full of cheap candy, and some chocolate stashed away ... as they wanted from other houses) and it was fun! I took tons of pictures, especially of the cute [more...]

Date: 2008-11-01 01:41:05

Curbly Recession Busters: Getting Buyers Through The Door

I'm absolutely not a real estate expert, but I am something that seems far rarer these days. I'm a first time buyer. If you've got a house to sell in an increasingly stagnant market here are a few cheap or free ... . I know that you know this but it really can't be stated strongly enough. As buyers our first view of most houses [more...]

Date: 2008-10-23 21:24:55

10 Easy Pieces: Ikea Classics

From Sarah: We are big believers in furniture that endures, especially if the purchase involves a hefty fiscal investment. Although Ikea can seem the antithesis of this—a quick, cheap fix—we find ourselves coming back ... of us have these in our houses). Here are our top 10: Below: Vika Artur trestle in birch or white; $30 [more...]

Date: 2008-10-15 03:52:54

A Dose of That Ethical Journalism

Remember how everyone in the old media slams new media for being unethical? ... of their time looking into the houses of those they suspect of wrongdoing, but little time examining ... of cheap Obama trinkets. A quick stroll through the L.A. Times web site reveals a nice selection [more...]

Date: 2008-11-23 18:09:59

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