Hat tip to daytrip for sending this in, from CBSLA: The owners of a modest home near Twentynine Palms lost their cherished possessions after a bank mistakenly foreclosed their residence. A crew broke into Alvin and Pat Tjosaas’ desert home and took everything after...
Month: September 2012
After Stainless
Hat tip to readers swm and eli who both sent this in, from the wsj.com: Is this the end of a 25-year run for stainless steel? Major manufacturers are placing bets on different potential successors to the shiny, upscale appliance finish, which surprised everyone with...
RSF Reasonable
Technically this house is in the Rancho Santa Fe area, and the street name could get confused - your friends might think you live in Rancho Pacifica where homes cost $2-8 million!
Staging Ideas
The best idea? Get the price right! Here are others from: http://styledstagedsold.blogs.realtor.org/2012/02/13/8-quick-hot-design-tips-from-the-international-builders-show/ Looking for quick, easy ideas to bring a home to life, add value, or prep for sale without...
Million-Dollar Sales Are Strong
Admittedly it is a slow time for those reporters who are looking for negative real estate news, so there was no surprise to hear rumblings about the million-dollar market experiencing "double the foreclosures since 2007" yesterday. How is the $1,000,000+ market...
Joy Division
From wiki: Joy Division was an English rock band formed in 1976 in Salford, Greater Manchester. Originally named Warsaw, the band primarily consisted of Ian Curtis (vocals and occasional guitar), Bernard Sumner (guitar and keyboards), Peter Hook (bass guitar and...
Dodge House
This film, produced by architectural historian Esther McCoy, documents the Walter Luther Dodge house in West Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, and the life of its architect, Irving John Gill. The film was made to advocate for its preservation during a 7-year battle...
Short-Sale Effect on Credit
From FICO Banking Analytics Blog: One of the questions we get asked most often is whether it remains appropriate for the scoring model to treat a short sale in a manner similar to a foreclosure. Critics assert that since short sales do not cost the bank as much money...
The Wine Made Him Do It
From the AP: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Wrapping up a criminal case that ruined lives from Washington state to New Jersey, a federal judge on Wednesday is scheduled to sentence a real estate executive who acknowledged running a Ponzi scheme that bilked 600 investors out of...
Million-Dollar Foreclosures
From northjersey.com: Elvira Grau, the Englewood-based party planner who appeared on “The Real Housewives of New Jersey,” and her husband have lost their $3 million Cresskill home to foreclosure. It’s one of a growing number of high-end foreclosures — a sign that...