If only there were people whose job it was to assess the risks of future events and explain it all to us.
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Tom Scola - Sep 11, 2006 5:29:14 am PDT #7249 of 10001
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lisah - Sep 11, 2006 5:29:47 am PDT #7250 of 10001
Punishingly Intricate
I do still have to figure out who to vote for on Tuesday (DOWN WITH SCHAEFER!) but..
This is EXACTLY me. I should make some decisions today so I'm not standing in the voting booth for an hour tomorrow morning.
The house next door to me has been for sale for about 6 weeks now. They priced WAY too high to begin with (it's a FSBO, the daughters of my neighbor who passed away earlier this year) and I know they've come down a bit. But, aside from my friend who was thinking about buying in the city and who I got in contact with the sellers, I haven't even seen anybody going through the house. Way different scenario then if it had been on the market last year.
Frankenbuddha - Sep 11, 2006 5:32:09 am PDT #7251 of 10001
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tommyrot - Sep 11, 2006 5:32:21 am PDT #7252 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
If only there were people whose job it was to assess the risks of future events and explain it all to us.
That... rings a bell. There was something about that on my degree....
Cashmere - Sep 11, 2006 5:32:21 am PDT #7253 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.
If only there were people whose job it was to assess the risks of future events and explain it all to us.
Some sort of superhero with a cape and a slide rule?
I haven't turned on my television all morning and I can say I'm pretty happy about that. I'm watching Olivia try to eat her toes, checking craigslist and eating chocolate chip cookies.
brenda m - Sep 11, 2006 5:34:53 am PDT #7254 of 10001
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If only there were people whose job it was to assess the risks of future events and explain it all to us.
Hmm, can't think of anyone like that around here.
From way back, I've been sort of ignoring the housing market except for noticing that around town, for sale signs are staying up longer. Used to be they'd go within a week.
I'm noticing in my neighborhood that for sale apartments are going nowhere. Still not getting any cheaper, though.
sarameg - Sep 11, 2006 5:38:51 am PDT #7255 of 10001
Out of curiosity, what are they asking, lisa?
tommyrot - Sep 11, 2006 5:40:32 am PDT #7256 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Still not getting any cheaper, though.
Yeah, I read somewhere (The Trib?) that sellers are generally being stubborn and refused to lower prices much....
lisah - Sep 11, 2006 5:45:22 am PDT #7257 of 10001
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Out of curiosity, what are they asking, lisa?
$260,000.
Which is ridic. Even when the market was at its hottest I think the most a house sold for on the street was $230 and that was an end-of-row house (wider then the interior houses) and across the street (where they have slightly longer lots). It's a nice place, they've done a lot of work on it, and it's got central AC. But it doesn't have, for example, a fabulous modern kitchen or beautifully landscaped yard or anything.
My friend said if it had been priced at about $240 she would have put a contract in on it. That is on the high end of comparable places she'd looked at in the neighborhood.
Cashmere - Sep 11, 2006 5:46:24 am PDT #7258 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.
Yeah, I read somewhere (The Trib?) that sellers are generally being stubborn and refused to lower prices much....
I know that DH's company will buy a house from an employee who moves and needs to sell if it doesn't sell within a year. So there are some people who have no incentive to lower their asking price.