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Archive for September, 2006


Google Transit - good, I guess?

Technology in search of an idea, or what?
Google Transit: Create your own transit trip, complete with itineraries and maps.
Like, how do I get from 3045 Star St, Tampa, Fl. 33605 to 201 E. Kennedy Blvd. Tampa, Fl., using public transportation?
Here’s how.
Sorry, folks, Boston’s public transit system is not active, yet.
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My blog, myself

I am now writing blog entries for three websites: The Boston Real Estate blog, for condoDomain, and for Blue Trim.
In addition, you can find a syndicate of my entries at The Money Blogs, a website “about money”, they say.
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D4 properties back on the market

D4, the re-branded YooD4 project, currently “under construction” ** in the South End, is back on the market.

From MLS:
A stylish collection of 26 residences finished to perfection with all the features you’d expect from the partnership of Yoo, a leading design-oriented development company and Philippe Starck, one of the world’s great visionary designers. Opening onto […]

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How much did things cost at the five and dime?

I just read some data, comparing the cost of living in 1965, compared to today. Interesting, how some things are cheaper, relatively, today, and somethings, more expensive.
Housing costs more, even after adjusting for inflation, than it did, 41 years ago. Incomes have not increased as much, so housing takes more, percentage-wise.
None of […]

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P.S. The name of my development is Folio Boston

Another entry from the Amazing Blogoff of 2006 (courtesy of the Bloodhound Realty blog):
Question: I’m being transferred and need to sell my house in a new subdivision. Unfortunately, the builder is still selling new houses. To make matters worse, I bought during the summer of 2005, and the builder has actually reduced its price from […]

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The second thing he’ll start thinking is, F … U …

From the Bloodhound Realty blog:
Question: I am selling my house with one agent and the buyer does not have any agent. My agent brings the buyer and they put in an offer. How much commission will I owe to my agent? Is it 5% or 2.5%?
My Answer: Haha. Good question.
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Greenway to get more condos

The six-story building at 120 Kingston Street has been sold, for $9 million.
Hudson Group plans to raze the property, which was valued in 2004 at $3.3 million, and build residential units on the block-long, 14,447-sf commercially zoned site. Plans for that project are still in the preliminary stages pending approval of the city …
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Please go away.

From the Globe, today:
Dear Barry,
When we had our home inspection, the seller was present during the entire process. We never felt free to converse candidly with our inspector. Shouldn’t the inspector or our agent have asked the seller to excuse himself during the inspection? — Michael

My answer: Yes.
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