I’m sorry to report that the CNBC anchor Mark Haines, suddenly died shortly after the interview with Barney Frank (see blog post below)
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When are reporters going to learn never, never interupt Barney when he’s pontificating about what’s wrong with the business industry or the housing market.

Check out this pseudo-English aristocrat home. And it’s not in Las Vegas. Sale price: $43.9 million. We suspect someone was watching one too many Masterpiece Theater shows.
File under: DisneyManors

No plans for the weekend? Here’s the best $12.00 tour in town:

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Perfect weather to play a round of golf.

Lady Gaga apparently has a new cottage on Martha’s Vineyard. We’re sure the islanders are all thrilled — riight.
Well, she can’t be more controversial than, say, the late Ernie Boch Sr., who once shocked some residents’ sensibilities by building a controversial abode on the island:
The $5 million three-story harborside mansion, with 10 bedrooms, 80 skylights, [...]

If you’re a Boston condo owner or seller, you may not want to  read this.
Own a Boston condominium? Brace yourself for an even longer recovery than anticipated. A new home ownership and home-buyers survey released jointly by Trulia.com and RealtyTrac suggests we won’t see a housing recovery until 2014 at the earliest now. WTF?
It’s that [...]

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So we’re all told that people defaulting on their mortgages is a bad thing.
But what if you viewed it from a different perspective? The economy is a mess. Consumers aren’t spending enough. People are struggling to make mortgage payments on homes under water. They stop making mortgage payments and default. They free up money [...]

Sorry. We’re only delivering the news. From the Warren Group:
Single-family home sales in Massachusetts dropped 28 percent in April compared to the same month a year ago. Median prices of homes statewide decreased for the fifth consecutive month, according to The Warren Group, publisher of Banker & Tradesman.


Tim Warren warns, once again, that expiration of [...]