Month: October 2010
San Diego Haunted House
From cnbc.com: Location: Old Town, San Diego, CA Notable ghost: “Yankee Jim” Robinson In 1849, as news of the Gold Rush broke, young Thomas Whaley moved from New York to California and opened a hardware store in San Francisco. Arson destroyed his business in 1851, so...
The White Haunted House
From cnbc.com The White House Location: Washington, DC Estimated home value: $263,170,000* Notable ghosts: Abigail Adams, Abraham Lincoln It makes sense that a home this old and with so much history has a lot of ghosts. Abigail Adams, wife of second president John...
Halloween Tip
Skate Park?
Buying an estate with lavish grounds may be less appealing in these more-conservative days:
Homebuying Tips
In the end we'll have a series of videos on what to look out for when buying a home - the focus in this segment is living near a school:
Robotoilet
Coolest home upgrades, from cnbc.com: It’s go big or go home with televisions these days – but when you bring one of these drive-in movie-sized screens home, it can often wreck the design of the room. When a guest walks in, they won’t say, “Wow, what a nice house,”...
State of Housing
From HW: Laurie Goodman, senior managing director at Amherst Securities, believes one in five distressed homeowners in the U.S. are facing, or may face, foreclosure. The analyst adds that little may be done to stem the tide of foreclosures without greater government...
More Big Money
Sales-to-Inventory Relationship
We've seen in the past that there is some relationship between the amount of homes for sale, and the frenzy in the marketplace. The bigger the inventory, the more cautious the buyers are in their search, and when there isn't much for sale, buyers tend to get more...
