Archive for the ‘home’ Category

‘Real Housewives’ real estate fight

Wednesday, March 10th, 2010

The Huffington Post reports Real Housewives of New York rivals Kelly Bensimon and Ramona Singer are bringing their feud to the Hamptons real estate market as the two try to rent out their homes.

DHW asks: Do you really care?

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I’ll trade my Mickey Mantle for your garden tub

Sunday, March 7th, 2010

Long live the barter system. A man offered to trade his cherished baseball card collection on craigslist for a San Diego home to share with his fiancee. His collection is thought to be worth $500,000. Hm, where did I put that Reggie Jackson rookie card?

DHW asks: Would you trade a prized possession for a house?

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Cities leading the country in price reductions

Monday, November 16th, 2009

As any good Realtor will tell you, price moves a home. But sometimes Realtors (as well as sellers) are afraid to take their own advice. As housing evaluations have dropped around the country, listing prices have been slow to follow. To get the job done, and your home sold, a price reduction might be in order.  However, nothing beats pricing a home correctly from the start. Even with price reductions, you may never fully catch up the the market. No groundhog has popped its head up to officially declare the housing decline over.

Here is a slide show of cities leading the country in price reductions.

DHW asks: Do you see your city on this list?

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