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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?

We'll throw in the doghouse for only £100,000 extra... deal?

miss lynnster — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 17:39:19 -0800

Wow. And I thought California property was expensive. Lordy.

Search for flats in Switzerland

slater — Mon, 19 Dec 2005 04:20:48 -0800

Looking for a flat in Switzerland? Yes, yet more ajax-y, web2.0 stuff, with satellite maps. This site crawls a number of swiss realty sites, and displays the available flats on a dynamic, zoomable map, according to your search criteria.

herc — Fri, 11 Oct 2002 20:14:41 -0800

He sells records. He sells homes. Is there anything Neal Smith can't do? Considering how industrious Alice Cooper has been, should we have expected any less from his drummer? Still, would you buy a house from this guy?

raaka — Sun, 09 Dec 2001 05:01:01 -0800

House hunting for the rest of us. A 280 sq. m. Parisian apartment: FF20.5m. ‘Lazybones’ on St. Peter: $6m. ‘La Barakat’ on the coast of Portgual: $11.5m. James Island, Vancouver, Canada: $49.9m.