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Archive for the 'General real estate stories' category
State officials sound confident they’ll secure federal funding for the new Green Line extension through Somerville, opening up five new stations by 2014.
Considering the overly long time it seems to take to finish any state project, it doesn’t take a cynic to wonder if the T’s timetable is a bit rosy. But cynicism aside, [...]
03/13/10 |
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David Streitfeld at the NY Times on a short-sale program to pay homeowners to sell at a loss:
In an effort to end the foreclosure crisis, the Obama administration has been trying to keep defaulting owners in their homes. Now it will take a new approach: paying some of them to leave.
Taking effect on [...]
03/08/10 |
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The guys over at ThinkBigWorkSmall talk about the fact that China has just become the biggest real estate market (in value). They’re actually trying to slow down the buying … China Syndrome anyone?
Another clip on the video shows how one buyer lost $54M deposit on the world’s most expensive house.
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03/05/10 |
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An emotional article from The New York Times headlined The Psychology of Moving:
Whether one moves frequently or almost never, moving is an intensely emotional experience. The underlying psychological issues involved in real estate decisions are of great interest to therapists and psychologists, because housing and moving are filled with symbolism, the hope for new beginnings, [...]
03/01/10 |
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As we all watch the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Games, let us not forget one of our own Back Bay residents, Kevin Ahearn, known for his expertise in the luxury real estate market and president/owner of Otis & Ahearn – and who won the silver medal playing left wing for the ‘72 U.S. Olympic Hockey team.
I [...]
02/27/10 |
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To everyone who claims that our wealthiest citizens pay more than their fair share of income taxes and we should cut them a break because they’re the ones who, you know, create jobs in our economy, I have four words for you:
Frank and Jamie McCourt.
The McCourts, who own the Los Angeles Dodgers (so she says; [...]
02/24/10 |
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Here’s an interesting piece from NPR, headlined ‘It Was a Good Decade for Home Prices. Really.’:
Sure, there was a lot of sound (the housing bubble grows) and fury (the bubble pops) in the last decade.
But numbers released this morning show that home prices rose by 46% between January 2000 and December 2009.
That’s way above [...]
02/24/10 |
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