So I’m a bit of a sucker for some good ole’ San Francisco History. And I like pictures. Pictures make me smile. I like taking pictures, but mostly, I like looking at pictures. A photo gives us a tiny glimpse through the eye of the photgrapher that managed to capture the […]

For those of you like myself that have been turning a blind eye to the fact that 2007 is on its way out - just a friendly reminder that today really is the last day of 2007. Shoot, in some places, it’s already 2008. Personally, I haven’t really figured out yet whether […]

Toronto’s housing market will remain strong in the new year, an economist with TD Bank predicts. However, the real estate boom will lose some of its intensity as home price appreciation will slow down significantly, said economist Craig Alexander.
“There will be a few factors that will determine how fast homes sell on the market.” For […]

So first off - my apologies for not adhering to my regular posting schedule. I’m embarassed, but I have a good excuse. Really, I do! My dog ate my homework! No, wait - that’s the wrong one. I’ve actually been busy working, believe it or not. And I’m not talking […]

Well, I had a draft posted about National City dying this year.  It wasn’t crisp or sharp, but it would have made me a prophet.   A couple of hours ago, they announced that they would be shuttering their wholesale lending department.  This is after they shuttered second mortgages.
And the beat goes on…
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Although public housing in Seattle has always been maintained to be livable, elsewhere in the country public housing has been allowed to deteriorate to the extent that people can no longer live in many thousands of units. In the early 1990s, a national commission found that about 100,000 public housing units in the U.S. […]

It’s been quite year!  I look forward to devoting even more time to posting in 2008 (somewhere in my top 5 resolutions) and hearing from all my faithful readers when the time comes for you to buy, sell, or lease in the 43215 or surrounding neighborhoods.
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

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I’ve talked before about how 2011 might not even be the end.  And with Bank Of America publicly predicting that increased awareness will lead to a further decline in prices, things should be interesting–especially the question: do we pray for ignorance?
I’ll start by saying that both Countrywide the brand, and Countrywide the business will close […]

The Mortgage Lender Implode-O-Meter announced today the settlement of the lawsuit filed against them by the Loan Center of California.  This is great news for all bloggers who have sought to tell the truth while covering the mortgage industry implosion.  When the lawsuit was first announced many bloggers (including myself) wondered aloud about the stability […]

Phantom bidding ignites firestorm
It was the summer of the “wars” in Toronto ““ the real estate bidding wars, that is. The battlefield? A practice called phantom bidding, in which a seller’s realtor concocts bogus offers to help boost a property’s selling price or spook buyers into rushing their offers.
The issue hit the headlines after Michael […]