This Time, There Is No Place To Hide

The Bozeman Daily Chronicle reports from Montana. "So far this year, 101 single-family homes in the Bozeman area have sold, compared to 502 in all of 2008 and a peak of 816 in 2005, according to the Gallatin Association of Realtors’ MLS. The median price of a home here fell 18 percent, from a peak...
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When The Lions Are Eating Zebras

It's Friday desk clearing time for this blogger. "Kenion Grove had everything for Albert Mealer. The tiny subdivision was close to his new job in Chapel Hill. His wife liked what she'd read about the schools. The builder, KB Home, was offering good prices. And he couldn't get over the quaintness of...
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A Memo To Californians From Everyone Else In The World

The La Jolla Light reports from California. "A Hollywood celebrity just plunked down more than $17 million for an oceanfront La Jolla home, marking one of the largest sales in years, said Ross Clark of Willis Allen, who represented the sellers. The buyer...paid $17,350,613 for the seven-bedroom,...
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A Guaranteed Cash Machine

The Summit Daily News reports from Colorado. "The latest round of property valuations by the Summit County assessors office has spurred a wave of appeals that’s running 170 percent ahead of the pace from two years ago. Summit County commissioners have been fielding calls from property owners who...
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Buyer Arrogance Has Surpassed Seller Arrogance

The News Herald reports from Florida. "The model of the planned 155-acre NatureWalk at Seagrove includes trees, homes and meandering pathways, a testament to the sometimes extravagant plans dreamed up by developers during the real estate boom. But other than some photographs and renderings and a...
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Caught In The Greatest Modern Scam

The New Hampshire Business Review. "New Hampshire's residential real estate market continues to muddle its way through the recession, with year-to-year sales and median prices still falling and the number of days a home remains on the market still rising. In April 2009, according to the Realtors’...
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As For The Healing

It's Friday desk clearing time for this blogger. "Bruce Windsor lived the life of a respectable family man -- father of four, deacon in his South Carolina church, youth soccer coach, a volunteer who helped build orphanages in Brazil. On Feb. 26, four days after his 43rd birthday, he donned a mask,...
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