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Archive for May, 2007


South Boston - Weekly Dig reporter says: die yuppie scum

That’s about the slant a reporter at the Weekly Dig takes in an article out this week.
Here are HER comments. (HER comments, not mine. Understood???)
Want to live in the greenest building in New England? Now’s the time. As long as you’ve got a million dollars and don’t mind hiking past discarded syringes and […]

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For sale: two bedroom, one bathroom condo in Brookline, $329,000

One of my clients is selling their Brookline home and moving to into Boston.
Here are some details on the property:
MLS # 70564695
Price: $329,000
Address: 17 Aspinwall Ave
This 2 bedroom, 1 bath was converted in 1999. Ready to move in. High ceilings, hardwood floors, new roof and boiler. Large bedrooms, master bed w/ walk-in closet, white eat-in […]

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Wi-Fi: a waste of the city’s money

Every city and town of any substantial size had a great idea last year, or the year before.
“Let’s build a wireless-Internet network and offer it to residents for free, or at a cheap price.”
I have always thought it is a terrible idea.
I can see no reason that cities’ governments should be involved in this, at […]

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Boston Real Estate Blog daily update, 05/21/2007

Redfin gets spanked.

Details: MLS Cracks Down on Redfin’s Home Reviews - Realtor.org
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Negotiating home inspection items when buying

So, when you find the home you like, you make an offer. The owner will say no. (Ha ha.)
Then, after the owner counter-offers and you counter-offer and the seller counter-offers and you agree on a price, you’ll usually have ten days to have a licensed home inspector come in to take a look […]

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Crime takes a bite out of Boston

About rising violent crime in Boston:
Jack Levin, director of the Brudnick Center on Violence and Conflict at Northeastern University, said many U.S. cities cut programs that emphasized prevention, community-oriented policing and controls on the spread of guns, often citing budget cuts. Boston is now reviving some of those ideas.
Boston stands out because it was seen […]

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Delaware North gets busy?

Buried in a story on the Bruins, today, is a bit of news about the nascent Nashua Street Residences project.
This high-rise multi-use development is proposed for the area behind the new Garden.
Delaware North owns the property.
… According to Charlie Jacobs, the Bruins executive vice president, his father’s Delaware North Companies soon hopes […]

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Boston Real Estate Blog daily update, 05/20/2007

What’s up with Redfin? Nothing.
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In the alternate universe we call New York City

For three long decades, Judith Rodgers lived in a one-bedroom rent-stabilized apartment on West 86th Street. All around her, life moved on.
She first shared the space with a roommate, then assumed the lease and lived there with a husband, and finally remained … with three sons after she and her husband split.
Yes. Her […]

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