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Archive for March, 2007


Cambridge goes green

Interesting idea. Offer owners the chance to lower their energy bills, paid for through interest-only loans, ending up not costing the city a dime.
… Cambridge today will launch a sweeping $70 million energy efficiency program to conserve energy in virtually every building within city boundaries …
Property owners will … be offered low- or [...]



Realtor organization sees limited effects from subprime lending crisis

David Lereah, NAR’s chief economist, predicts that tighter underwriting practices may cause total home sales to fall by about 100,000 to 250,000 nationally, or no more than 3 percent a year over the next two years.
“Foreclosures are increasing inventories in certain local markets,� Lereah says. “The projected flood of foreclosures are problematic and will add [...]



A match made in heaven … but not in your bedroom

Cute little story in today’s Times about how budding relationships can often fall apart due to just one thing - where you live.
Spring is here and the restaurants will soon be filled with anxious and hopeful couples, ordering wine, dusting off their most luminous lies, thinking they might finally have found love.
Then they will [...]



NYC and LA murder rates drop while other cities suffer

Just three years ago, things looked rosy for Boston. Overall crime rates had dropped to historic lows.
Fast forward to today, and Boston is facing more shootings and more murders than it has in a decade (although some crimes are still down).
Most other major metropolitan cities have faced the same predicament - a [...]



This book will change your life … (part 2)

I was at Borders, today, looking for magazines on watches (there were seven) and antique toys (sold out).
So, I spent an hour there and was about to check out, but the line was like twenty people long. I returned the magazines to the carousel and was about to leave, when a client called. [...]



HarborView - on schedule for (late) summer opening

I received the following in an email from the sales office at HarborView at the NavyYard.
If you haven’t seen HarborView, it’s time to take a look as construction is rapidly progressing with new HarborView homes ready for a late summer occupancy!
The exterior of the building has been completed, and this spring [...]




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