I’m not much of football fan these days, but I do know that green and gold are the colors of the Green Bay Packers, nemesis and arch rival of the hometown Minnesota Vikings. Apparently, the folks doing the marketing for the Twin Cities Home Remodelers tour either weren’t concerned about the association (is it just me?), or...Read More
Blast From the Past — Like, 2005 More signs that at least some segments of today’s housing market are overheating: I am hearing about — and running into personally — “For Sale” homes . . . that really aren’t. That is, they sell almost immediately after coming on the market, but the listing agent neglects...Read More
Rationally Assessing an Irrational Event “The current situation is not supposed to happen, which makes it tricky for us to understand exactly when it will end.” –Ben Inker, GMO Quarterly Newsletter (Q1 2013) Investing guru and resident elder Jeremy Grantham’s latest quarterly newsletter is out, and the surprise — at least to me — is...Read More
Non-Listed Listed Homes One of the side effects of a seller’s market is more homeowners who believe that they can sell their home without a Realtor (called “For Sale by Owner,” or “FSBO”). Here’s another: homes putatively listed by a Realtor, but nowhere to be found on MLS (Multiple Listing Service, the repository for all...Read More
People Magazine: ‘World’s Most Beautiful Woman’ I never really belonged to either the “I Love Gwyneth Paltrow” camp or the “I Hate Gwyneth Paltrow” camp (yes, they really exist, complete with multiple Web sites). Instead, I’d always placed myself in the “I Don’t Especially Think (or Care) About Gwyneth Paltrow” camp. However, her recent selection by People...Read More
If you liked, “What’s the Past Tense of “Sight-See?” here’s another: what’s the plural form of ‘stir-fry?’ Somehow, “stir-fries” — as in, “this restaurant specializes in ‘stir-fries'”– just doesn’t sound right . . . . P.S.: the past tense of “sight-see” in fact appears to be “went sight-seeing.” Want one more? If you’re one of the...Read More
