Which group do you think will broker a deal first? 1. NFL 2. NBA 3. Congress

Buffett: “I could end the deficit in 5 minutes. You just pass a law that says that anytime there is a deficit of more than 3% of GDP all sitting members of congress are ineligible for reelection.”

The number of Boston South End condo sales are down, but prices are up. Number of Boston South End condo sales 2nd Q of 2010 – 202 Number of Boston South End condo sales 2nd Q of 2011 – 169 Average Boston South End condo sales price 2nd Q 2010 – $629,067.00 Average Boston South [...]

The Boston Globe has a front-page story this morning on how the market for high-end condos (think $10 million and up) is improving. Now if we can only get the rest of the market going. But it’s certainly not going to happen with the U.S. jobless rate increasing to 9.2 percent. Ugh.

I know tweeting has been on fire with the younger generation. But do we really need to go this far?

The home that once housed NFL star Michael Vick’s dog fighting ring has been purchased by a dog rescue group, and will be a sanctuary for abused and abandoned pups. Rescue dogs arrive at old Vick home: wavy.com Should I file this under karma or dogma?

The Abbey Group is proposing construction of a large housing, office and retail complex on the former site of a McDonald’s on Boylston Street, just blocks from Fenway Park. If approved and built, the 210-apartment/office structure, located at 1283 Boylston, would be just the latest addition to an already remarkable transformation of the Fenway neighborhood. [...]

Warning: Don’t read this if you don’t want to get depressed. It’s by Boston’s Brett Arends. File under: I’ll have a Dark & Stormy, please

Unusal places you’ll find on Google Earth.

Okay, lets do a little comparison here. Boston Back Bay condo sales, comparing the first 6 months of 2011 with that of 2010: Back Bay condo sales for the first 6 months 2011 – 197 Average Back Bay condo sales price per square foot – $804.00 ———– Back Bay condo sales for the first 6 [...]