From Soapbox: I’ve about had it with property owners and would-be-sellers who keep complaining about the soft market. Sure inventory and days on market are up; while prices show signs of dropping off just a little. But, you’ve got to admit its been one...
Buffalo, New York is not a great place to live. It succeeded as a city, briefly, due to the Industrial Revolution. According to Wikipedia: Upon the completion of the Erie Canal in 1825, Buffalo became the western end of the 524-mile waterway starting at New York City...
Great, buy now! I don’t know how I missed this. Last week, Economy.com was out with a new study, saying that median house prices are likely to decline more than 10% over the next few years in 20 metro areas, including Las Vegas, Tucson, Ariz., and Washington,...
Although everyone hears that there is a glut of properties on the market, and that the volume of sales has dropped, by at least 20%, actual sales prices have not dropped, by much, in the city. Therefore, if you’re a buyer, and make a low-ball offer on a condo,...
Jay Brannan is an extraordinary young singer-songwriter. He is also an actor, appearing in the soon-to-be-released drama, “Shortbus”, directed by auteur John Cameron Mitchell, director/star of “Hedwig and the Angry Inch”. Jay, who I had the...
The Herald is out today with a couple of stories about Brookline Village. Parts of that neighborhood are nice – I’m thinking more on the Washington Street side, but also around the corner, say where the new Brewery Lofts are going up, less than a mile...