MetaFilter posts tagged with realestate

They even pay postage.

fontophilic — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 07:20:00 -0800

Notary fee: $3; County Clerk Recording Fee: $16; Protecting your land from abortionists forever? That'll cost ya $77. Pro Life Properties of Texas, LLC uses deed restrictions to "stop abortion forever, one property at a time." Its founder, Ron Bryce M.D., is a failed small town politician whom has been using a story of a failed abortion 20 years ago to wrench hearts and sway minds to the pro-life agenda.

Shoutout To All My Eichler Homies

mattdidthat — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 15:05:23 -0800

Eichler homes! Most Eichlers are located in northern California, but you can find a few developments in the southland. People restore and renovate their Eichlers, write magazine articles about them, and take lots of photos of them. Even Mr. Incredible owned an Eichler. But owning an Eichler is not for everyone. Want to buy an Eichler? Join the Eichler Network or tour an open house.

"We wanted to believe"

Bora Horza Gobuchul — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 11:27:24 -0800

For a time the Internet's own poster-child for irrational exuberance and underwater mortgages, Casey Serin (previously discussed on Metafilter), the blogger behind iaminforeclosure.com and millionairebychristmas.com, is interviewed by WalletPop about his future plans... which include living in a van and panning for gold. The real-estate market in the US continues to present post-apocalyptic stories.

Deciding to sell, but not die.

Beautiful Screaming Lady — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 13:48:51 -0800

Champions of Reversible Destiny, architects Arakawa + Gins believe that people die because they're too comfortable. Having lost their life savings through Bernie Madoff, their bewildering East Hampton Bioscleave house - and, presumably, immortality - can now be yours for only $4million. [via the always awesome It's lovely! I'll take it!]

does this house make my butt look too big?

msconduct — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 11:20:24 -0800

ladies: is your house making you fat? and unhappy?

"Overall, I found little evidence that homeowners are happier by any of the following definitions: life satisfaction, overall mood, overall feeling, general moment-to-moment emotions and affect at home," Bucchianeri writes. "The average homeowner, however, consistently derives more pain (but no more joy) from a house and home."

full study here.

"The next morning at 6:30 I'm at Lowe's, haggling over the price of carpet remnants."

Halloween Jack — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 16:13:22 -0800

The Accidental Slumlord. In 2005, Daniel McGinn, a writer for Newsweek, wrote a story about out-of-staters buying rental properties in Pocatello, Idaho. A year later, Daniel McGinn, who lives 2,450 miles away from Pocatello, bought a rental property there. Why?

I didn't expect to get rich; my main motivation was to have a good story for the book. By that measure, the deal was a success; when House Lust came out in 2008, the chapter in which I described my early misadventures as a property magnate (an early tenant went to jail; my first property manager made off with $1,300) helped fuel reviews and interviews. But now, long after the buzz over the book has died down, I'm stuck with a house in Idaho—and friends who call me a long-distance slumlord.

He goes to visit the duplex, seeing it in person for the first time. Previously in writer-and-real-estate-related schadenfreude.

Dynasty

Joe Beese — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 16:47:44 -0800

Coincidental to the publishing of her memoir, Candy Spelling - the widow of legendary television producer Aaron Spelling - is selling her Beverly Hills mansion for $150 million. (Daughter Tori Spelling is not expected to share in the proceeds.)

Tanta Vive!

mullacc — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 15:12:53 -0800

The Compleat ÜberNerd: a fascinating series of blog entries detailing the nitty-gritty behind the mortgage industry by Calculated Risk's "Tanta." If you're curious about automated underwriting systems or the ins and outs of mortgage servicing or if you just enjoy some Mortgage Pig Excel art, Tanta was the blogger for you. Tanta, otherwise known as Doris Dungey, passed away on Sunday morning (NYT obit, CR obit).

The Changing Face of the Inner City

digaman — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 20:43:58 -0800

Are you a young middle-class creative type (probably white) who has chosen to live in an urban neighborhood that your parents would have shunned? Have the families that formerly lived in your neighborhood (probably not white) been pushed out by soaring rents and real-estate prices to the city fringes or suburbs? The New Republic on demographic inversion.

Get it all on eBay

socalsamba — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 22:28:43 -0800

In the market for a new house? This one comes complete with upgraded tile, Berber carpet and a European wife.

A neat interface to a depressing market

blahblahblah — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 12:09:27 -0800

HotPads has one of the cooler interfaces to the real estate world. Especially worth looking at are the heat maps that show you scary, scary foreclosure rates across the country and the rent ratios that tell you whether it is worth buying in a particular area, among lots of other data.

Home for Sale: 100 Dollars, 500 Words

avoision — Wed, 14 May 2008 05:25:04 -0800

The $100 House Essay Contest. Write a 500 word essay on why you deserve to win the house. Submit it to James Mathias, along with $100. If he receives 2,500 entries... a winner will be chosen and awarded the home. If enough entries aren't received, he'll return the money. Finally, a chance to get that dream home in Bonners Ferry, Idaho. Or... an extra $179,900.

Real Estate Links

greensweater — Mon, 05 May 2008 09:41:08 -0800

You're familiar with the grand-daddy of (overhyped) real estate AVMs, or even some lesser known, but more accurate competitors. In this market, it can be tough to get out from under your current home before buying new. But did you know that you can also swap your home?

I'm on Jones above the massage parlour

plexi — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 14:34:10 -0800

Need an apartment? MapsKrieg is a mashup of Google Maps and Craigslist real estate listings that can show you just how close to the Tenderloin you'll be.

wooo realestate implosion buddy! ^5

Stynxno — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 08:10:52 -0800

The Most Important Article You Did Not Read This Week Now, it is true that the most important article you probably didn’t read contains all the usual hair-raising things you’d expect to see about the real estate market, including “developers under siege,” “signs of weakness in key markets,” developers “slashing prices,” and the head of a major builder advising “that people wait three to four years before purchasing a new home.” But the most important article you probably didn’t read is not about real estate markets in Naples, Florida, or Sacramento, California. It is about China. [ full WSJ article here]

Rent Vs. Buy Myths That Ruined the Housing Market

Afroblanco — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 16:38:56 -0800

Rent Vs. Buy Myths That Ruined the Housing Market

The Next Bubble

stavrosthewonderchicken — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 20:28:53 -0800

The Next Bubble: Priming the markets for tomorrow's big crash. A layman's primer on the genesis and future of today's economic troubles, at Harper's Magazine.

McMansion ghettos

stbalbach — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 08:02:30 -0800

The sub-prime mortgage crisis is giving way in some places to crime ridden McMansion ghettos, perhaps the beginning of a larger long term trend in demographics: "many low-density suburbs and McMansion subdivisions, including some that are lovely and affluent today, may become what inner cities became in the 1960s and ’70s—slums characterized by poverty, crime, and decay."

"After looking at this pad, Hugh Hefner is a square"

dersins — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 12:45:57 -0800

Ursa Major, the former home of deceased basketball great (and cocksman extraordinaire) Wilt Chamberlain is for sale. History. Slide shows.

quonsar — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 19:01:46 -0800

You have to make sure that St. Joseph is facing your house, if you face it out, the neighbor's house across the street will sell instead. "We buried our little gem under the for sale sign just like we were supposed to do. On October 4th, yes the 4th, just 24 hours after we buried him, we had a showing and after several counter-offers back and fourth, we finally signed a contract on October 19th!!!!! 7 months after the house was sitting and not getting any bites at all and after 1 day, its sold!!! I have complete and utter faith." America's desperate homesellers and realtors are turning to St. Joseph, Your Underground Real Estate Agent.

"This place is an Uzbek mafia den."

Terminal Verbosity — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 08:33:40 -0800

Looking to rent or buy? You can check out the schools and inspect the foundation all you want, but only Rotten Neighbor cares to warn you about your potential community. Not moving any time soon but are amused by the trivialities and poor spelling of strangers? Then this site is still perfect for you. [via]

10 Midwood: A Place That Really Sucks

brain_drain — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 08:25:00 -0800

If piss were oil, 10 Midwood would be Saudi Arabia. It is a poorly managed, under-maintained, out of date, dirty, smelly bunker which makes the worst college dorm seem like the Governor's Mansion. [language and images may be nsfw]

You're living in your own private island-o

dersins — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 10:37:59 -0800

Would you like to buy an island? Some are small and affordable. Others, not so much.

Real estate market data visualization

jragon — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 12:53:22 -0800

Seattle is red hot and almost no other market is. So says this great data visualization that Zillow just put out. (bonus: while previewing the link I also noticed a useful page of quarterly reports for major real estate markets)

A world of Casey Serins

Asparagirl — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 17:13:46 -0800

What's the link between:
1) the quickly-growing number of American homeowners becoming unable to pay their mortgages after their ARM's reset (a trend nicknamed "ARMageddon" -- applicable in the UK too), which is translating into soaring foreclosure rates, and in turn forcing at least 60 US semi-shady mortgage brokers to go belly-up in the past year (i.e. the "subprime meltdown"), and...
2) the recent implosion and impending financial bailout -- which may become the biggest since the Long Term Capital Management fiasco of 1998 -- of two Bear Stearns hedge funds which dealt in mortgage securities? [more inside]

MetaFilter posts tagged with realestate

They even pay postage.

Shoutout To All My Eichler Homies

"We wanted to believe"

Deciding to sell, but not die.

does this house make my butt look too big?

"The next morning at 6:30 I'm at Lowe's, haggling over the price of carpet remnants."

Dynasty

Tanta Vive!

The Changing Face of the Inner City

Get it all on eBay

A neat interface to a depressing market

Home for Sale: 100 Dollars, 500 Words

Real Estate Links

I'm on Jones above the massage parlour

wooo realestate implosion buddy! ^5

Rent Vs. Buy Myths That Ruined the Housing Market

The Next Bubble

McMansion ghettos

"After looking at this pad, Hugh Hefner is a square"

Your Underground Real Estate Agent©

"This place is an Uzbek mafia den."

10 Midwood: A Place That Really Sucks

You're living in your own private island-o

Real estate market data visualization

A world of Casey Serins