Title insurance is necessary when you borrow money to buy a home. But do not blindly accept the title company recommended to you. An article in the Wall Street Journal says shopping around can save you thousands. That’s right, thousands.
The article cites online title companies like GetTitleInsurance.com , TitleInsurance.com, and EastTitelQuote.com as [...]
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Shop For Title Insurance & Save Thousands
Published by November 21st, 2006 in Mortgages, New Construction, Residential Real Estate, Tips & Useful Links and Title insurance. CommentsThe Statistical Shell Game or How To Spin A Chart
Published by October 2nd, 2006 in New Construction, Rant, Residential Real Estate and Studies & Stats. CommentsThere are three kinds of lies—-lies, damned lies and statisics. (Mark Twain)
I am not a big fan of charts or statistics because they can manipulate data and distort the truth. I’d prefer to see the raw data. Yet, some insist on parading them to support their point of view. Here’s an example [...]
Table Top Ads Target A Captive Audience
Published by October 2nd, 2006 in Advertising, Bed & Breakfast, Branding/ Marketing, Business, Condo, Getaways, Vacation Properties, Investment property, New Construction, Residential Real Estate, Roommates/Shares, Timeshares and Tips & Useful Links. CommentsYou can now find ads on pool tables and airline tray table ads.
These restaurant table ads are available by TableTopGraphics. These are our favorite for real estate agents. They are permanently affixed. We’d prefer they were more easily replaceable (for actual listings).
What do all these ads have in common? They [...]
The Secret Of Real Estate Contract Escape Clauses
Published by August 28th, 2006 in Buyers, Co-op, Legal, NYC Real Estate, New Construction, Residential Real Estate, Sellers and Tips & Useful Links. CommentsHere are real estate contract escape (contingency) clauses buyers and sellers need to know. For sellers who must close on their home in order to buy a new one, it is imperative to understand how these clauses work before signing a sales contract. The ability to negotiate these is dependent on, among other things, [...]
Affordable Housing Coming to San Francisco
Published by July 25th, 2006 in Hot News, New Construction and Residential Real Estate. CommentsDevelopers in San Francisco must offer more below-market housing (sale & rental) or pay higher fees to the city, if a new law is passed. The Board of Supervisors want to make more housing affordable to lower income individuals, at or close to the newest residential developments. The idea is to prevent segregation [...]
Rotating Home: Sit & Spin in California
Published by July 10th, 2006 in Cool Buildings, New Construction and Residential Real Estate. CommentsThe rotating house atop Mt. Helix in San Diego County California has been written up many times, most recently by Erin Biba of Wired Magazine. The owners are Al & Janet Johnstone. It seems Al Johnstone was a former Bell Labs employee. (Those who regularly read us, know of our interest in [...]
Marmol Radziner PreFab Wins 2006 IDEA Award
Published by June 30th, 2006 in Awards, Cool Buildings, New Construction and Residential Real Estate. CommentsDesert House
Modernist prefab designer/builder Marmol Radziner was awarded the 2006 Silver Industrial Design Excellence Award (IDEA) in the Environmental category. The IDEA awards are among the world’s most prestigious. They are awarded yearly by the Industrial Designers of America.
Marmol Radziner prefabricated steel frame homes are:
made from recycled steel and are completed in our [...]
