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  • Why does no one ever mention the residential reqs on c&t?

    As if the CDO's and the Carbon Tax Credits aren't bad enough in Cap and Trade, no one ever mentions the affects on the homeowner. With this bill you will not be able to sell your home without certification and upgrading your home however they tell you you must, from your roof to your toilet. This bill deserves to get ugly and shame on you Slate ...
    Posted to Politics by NoMoreKoolAid on September 1, 2009

  • Home Price Protection

    I was actually showering this morning thinking of this very same idea... I thought some insurance company would be able to come up with a dollar amount they would charge for a certain percentage of protection. I thought 1 year would be too costly, as homes most definitely will loose value over the next 12 months. I felt a 3 to 5 year span would ...
    Posted to Hey Wait a Minute by GlenPru on June 7, 2009

  • We already have this in the form of insurance

    Currently several insurance carriers are offering what is called equity protection to buyers. The premiums are based on the price of the home and guarantees that if the buyer has to sell the home within the next 24 month that they will get exactly what the paid for it. If the hosing market continues to slide and they get transferred or have to ...
    Posted to Hey Wait a Minute by TampaTony on June 7, 2009

  • Re: I Have a Vacation Home

    If you weren't allowed to build a hotel on a shack-sized lot, it wouldn't be worth $1/2 million. I think that's what has kept my favorite beach town a good place to go: they must still have the zoning laws to keep a normal year-round community going.
    Posted to Moneybox by sugar_k on June 2, 2009

  • 2008 DC area real estate year in review

    Dear Newmans, This information might help you with your assessment of the market: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/realestate/features/2009/housing-review/property-values/dc.html I think this blog is helpful for a lot of DC buyers...and there are a lot of them out there right now. But a lot of this back and forth seems to show that you are ...
    Posted to Newmans Own by such is life on March 31, 2009

  • Long live the bubble!

    Glad to see we aren't the only ones searching for evidence that the bubble has popped. Of course, in our market, anyone who doesn't absolutely have to sell, isn't. So whenever a nice home (not a rundown ''foreclosure special'') pops up on the market, there is a flurry of buyer activity. We still feel like we're going to have to spend way more than ...
    Posted to Newmans Own by djironic on March 31, 2009

  • Newmans Own and Marlo Saab

    I'm glad to see I'm not the only one aghast. I read each recent post from Newmans Own with horror. I don't know the income of the writers but based on the posts I'm betting they should be looking at houses that cost half of what they are looking at. Marlo Saab? Are you kidding me? I make 80 to 100k a year and I know that a 300k house will be ...
    Posted to Newmans Own by theseeker73 on February 28, 2009

  • What you can afford . . .

    I've been reading your blog with interest. Yes, I am a realtor. I do have one mild bit of advice for other buyers out there though. It's advice I always offer my buyers, and I think its good. You made a point of saying that you didn't need to consult a lender, before finding a property. I strongly disagree with that. Not only should one consult a ...
    Posted to Newmans Own by Sur Real on February 18, 2009

  • Great Article

    Not sure what can justify the fact that all these possible side effects, I have never heard of. No way a person should be able to purchase a drug that is potentially harmful without this knowledge. I appreciate the energy you put in to it here and also in skimming your website am impressed with the volumes of material you cover in what appears to ...
    Posted to Explainer by IsleVenture on October 22, 2008

  • faltering state economies

    As the recession is gearing up tax revenues (real estate, sales, etc.) are diminishing. This before we are ready to admit that we are in a recession. What is going to happen one or two years down the road and the economy is worse? By the time the federal government is through bailing out Wall Street there may be nothing left.
    Posted to Today's Papers by david wayne osedach on October 21, 2008
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