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| Is it possible get a good price for a house...; ...in this real estate market? | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Jul 21 2008, 06:45 AM (167 Views) | |
| Phlebas | Jul 21 2008, 06:45 AM Post #1 |
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Bull-Carp
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[size=7]Yes! We sold our house!!![/size] Just closed last Fri., and turned over the keys. Our asking price was too high. We never put out a sign on the lawn. We did one day of open house. We insisted that we not close until after June, so my daughter could finish up school where she is, and we wouldn't have to move into an interim apartment to do so. We sold for exactly $1000 more than our asking price. |
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Random FML: Today, I was fired by my boss in front of my coworkers. It would have been nice if I could have left the building before they started celebrating. FML The founding of the bulk of the world's nation states post 1914 is based on self-defined nationalisms. The bulk of those national movements involve territory that was ethnically mixed. The foundation of many of those nation states involved population movements in the aftermath. When the only one that is repeatedly held up as unjust and unjustifiable is the Zionist project, the term anti-semitism may very well be appropriate. - P*D | |
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| QuirtEvans | Jul 21 2008, 06:51 AM Post #2 |
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I Owe It All To John D'Oh
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All real estate is local. There are national trends, but local factors overwhelm those. Congratulations! |
| It would be unwise to underestimate what large groups of ill-informed people acting together can achieve. -- John D'Oh, January 14, 2010. | |
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| Mikhailoh | Jul 21 2008, 06:55 AM Post #3 |
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If you want trouble, find yourself a redhead
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Well done. Now here do you live again? |
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| Riley | Jul 21 2008, 06:56 AM Post #4 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Congrats! That never happens here, but in Toronto, houses often sell for well over asking price. |
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| Phlebas | Jul 21 2008, 07:06 AM Post #5 |
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Thanks! Our house was in Astoria, Queens, NY. We moved up to northern Westchester County. |
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Random FML: Today, I was fired by my boss in front of my coworkers. It would have been nice if I could have left the building before they started celebrating. FML The founding of the bulk of the world's nation states post 1914 is based on self-defined nationalisms. The bulk of those national movements involve territory that was ethnically mixed. The foundation of many of those nation states involved population movements in the aftermath. When the only one that is repeatedly held up as unjust and unjustifiable is the Zionist project, the term anti-semitism may very well be appropriate. - P*D | |
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| QuirtEvans | Jul 21 2008, 07:10 AM Post #6 |
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Where in Westchester? I grew up there. |
| It would be unwise to underestimate what large groups of ill-informed people acting together can achieve. -- John D'Oh, January 14, 2010. | |
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| Phlebas | Jul 21 2008, 07:15 AM Post #7 |
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Bull-Carp
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The Katonah area. Where did you grow up? |
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Random FML: Today, I was fired by my boss in front of my coworkers. It would have been nice if I could have left the building before they started celebrating. FML The founding of the bulk of the world's nation states post 1914 is based on self-defined nationalisms. The bulk of those national movements involve territory that was ethnically mixed. The foundation of many of those nation states involved population movements in the aftermath. When the only one that is repeatedly held up as unjust and unjustifiable is the Zionist project, the term anti-semitism may very well be appropriate. - P*D | |
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| Red Rice | Jul 21 2008, 07:17 AM Post #8 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Congratulations! |
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Civilisation, I vaguely realized then - and subsequent observation has confirmed the view - could not progress that way. It must have a greater guiding principle to survive. To treat it as a carcase off which each man tears as much as he can for himself, is to stand convicted a brute, fit for nothing better than a jungle existence, which is a death-struggle, leading nowhither. I did not believe that was the human destiny, for Man individually was sane and reasonable, only collectively a fool. I hope the gunner of that Hun two-seater shot him clean, bullet to heart, and that his plane, on fire, fell like a meteor through the sky he loved. Since he had to end, I hope he ended so. But, oh, the waste! The loss! - Cecil Lewis | |
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| Phlebas | Jul 21 2008, 07:18 AM Post #9 |
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Bull-Carp
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Thank you. |
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Random FML: Today, I was fired by my boss in front of my coworkers. It would have been nice if I could have left the building before they started celebrating. FML The founding of the bulk of the world's nation states post 1914 is based on self-defined nationalisms. The bulk of those national movements involve territory that was ethnically mixed. The foundation of many of those nation states involved population movements in the aftermath. When the only one that is repeatedly held up as unjust and unjustifiable is the Zionist project, the term anti-semitism may very well be appropriate. - P*D | |
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| kenny | Jul 21 2008, 07:21 AM Post #10 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Congrats. Nice to hear a happy real estate story. |
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| Free Rider | Jul 21 2008, 07:26 AM Post #11 |
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Fulla-Carp
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Phlebas well done! Westchester has a reputation for being one of the wealthiest counties in the US...or at least in the top 5. Kinda makes me think you must be doing something right. I hope the move goes painlessly. Movin' in is ALWAYS more fun than movin' out. When the dust settles perhaps you'll post a pic or two of your new pad? |
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| Phlebas | Jul 21 2008, 07:28 AM Post #12 |
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Bull-Carp
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I will. We're actually renting a town house, just to make sure we like the area, my daughter settles into the school, etc. I forgot to mention: the buyer'e lender is Indymac - failed about a week ago - so I was biting my nails alll week about the closing. |
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Random FML: Today, I was fired by my boss in front of my coworkers. It would have been nice if I could have left the building before they started celebrating. FML The founding of the bulk of the world's nation states post 1914 is based on self-defined nationalisms. The bulk of those national movements involve territory that was ethnically mixed. The foundation of many of those nation states involved population movements in the aftermath. When the only one that is repeatedly held up as unjust and unjustifiable is the Zionist project, the term anti-semitism may very well be appropriate. - P*D | |
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| Free Rider | Jul 21 2008, 07:41 AM Post #13 |
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Fulla-Carp
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edit just read you were renting. |
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| jon-nyc | Jul 21 2008, 07:42 AM Post #14 |
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Cheers
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Congrats! What's your new commute like? |
| In my defense, I was left unsupervised. | |
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| Phlebas | Jul 21 2008, 07:42 AM Post #15 |
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Bull-Carp
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I don't have a loan now. I was the seller, and for now I'm renting. The buyers got their loan via Indymac. My old mortgage was a standard 30 yr. fixed rate via Chase. |
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Random FML: Today, I was fired by my boss in front of my coworkers. It would have been nice if I could have left the building before they started celebrating. FML The founding of the bulk of the world's nation states post 1914 is based on self-defined nationalisms. The bulk of those national movements involve territory that was ethnically mixed. The foundation of many of those nation states involved population movements in the aftermath. When the only one that is repeatedly held up as unjust and unjustifiable is the Zionist project, the term anti-semitism may very well be appropriate. - P*D | |
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| Phlebas | Jul 21 2008, 07:45 AM Post #16 |
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Bull-Carp
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Thank you. I work in White Plains - sometimes in Manhattan - so my train ride is about 30 minutes. I used to drive from Queens to WP, which was 45 min to an hour each way. |
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Random FML: Today, I was fired by my boss in front of my coworkers. It would have been nice if I could have left the building before they started celebrating. FML The founding of the bulk of the world's nation states post 1914 is based on self-defined nationalisms. The bulk of those national movements involve territory that was ethnically mixed. The foundation of many of those nation states involved population movements in the aftermath. When the only one that is repeatedly held up as unjust and unjustifiable is the Zionist project, the term anti-semitism may very well be appropriate. - P*D | |
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| Free Rider | Jul 21 2008, 07:52 AM Post #17 |
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Fulla-Carp
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So the new location is closer? Bonus! You'll save $$ on gas as well. Hopefully you have a nice spot for a piano? 1st floor straight shot through double doors? :rolleyes: Are you psyched about the new location? |
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| Phlebas | Jul 21 2008, 08:09 AM Post #18 |
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Bull-Carp
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It's much less driving - 6 miles to the train, vs. 24 miles each way to work. It's a lovely location. I'm worried about my daughter settling in. She was fine with it a couple of months ago, but last week she kind of kicked up (too late to do anything about it.). |
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Random FML: Today, I was fired by my boss in front of my coworkers. It would have been nice if I could have left the building before they started celebrating. FML The founding of the bulk of the world's nation states post 1914 is based on self-defined nationalisms. The bulk of those national movements involve territory that was ethnically mixed. The foundation of many of those nation states involved population movements in the aftermath. When the only one that is repeatedly held up as unjust and unjustifiable is the Zionist project, the term anti-semitism may very well be appropriate. - P*D | |
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| QuirtEvans | Jul 21 2008, 08:24 AM Post #19 |
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I Owe It All To John D'Oh
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A little south of there. Eastchester/Scarsdale, and then Hartsdale. |
| It would be unwise to underestimate what large groups of ill-informed people acting together can achieve. -- John D'Oh, January 14, 2010. | |
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| Phlebas | Jul 21 2008, 08:46 AM Post #20 |
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Bull-Carp
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That's a very nice area. I would need a second mortgage just to pay the taxes there now. |
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Random FML: Today, I was fired by my boss in front of my coworkers. It would have been nice if I could have left the building before they started celebrating. FML The founding of the bulk of the world's nation states post 1914 is based on self-defined nationalisms. The bulk of those national movements involve territory that was ethnically mixed. The foundation of many of those nation states involved population movements in the aftermath. When the only one that is repeatedly held up as unjust and unjustifiable is the Zionist project, the term anti-semitism may very well be appropriate. - P*D | |
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| QuirtEvans | Jul 21 2008, 09:08 AM Post #21 |
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I Owe It All To John D'Oh
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Nah, it's not so out of reach. OTOH, it ain't a house. This is where I lived:
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| It would be unwise to underestimate what large groups of ill-informed people acting together can achieve. -- John D'Oh, January 14, 2010. | |
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