Be forewarned — no, this is not about kidney harvesting, Nigerian Lottery winnings, or Bill Gates giving everyone lots of money for forwarding an email — there is an email making the rounds titled “HR 2454: CAP AND TRADE ENERGY BILL”, which purports that new legislation will require all homes to retroactively pass new energy standards before they [...]
It’s that time of year again, for the Mt. Carmel Holiday Home Tour! On Saturday, December 12th, from 11:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m., you can visit four beautiful Mount Carmel and Edgewood Park area homes splendidly decorated for the holidays. Even if you can’t make the Tour, come shop the wonderful Gift Boutique at the school, at [...]
Redwood Citizens, don’t forget to vote today, November 3rd! The following info on today’s election also be found on theCounty of San Mateo’s web site: The Consolidated Municipal, School and Special District Election will be held on Tues., Nov. 3. The polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. According to Chief Elections Officer [...]
Ok, I only republish these three stories below because the last two transactions I’ve had where B of A was the buyer’s lender have me totally convinced that BofA’s left hand does not even KNOW there is a right hand. Ok, ok, I know that mortgage regulations did need to be more restrictive compared to [...]
So there’s this new law affecting the real estate and mortgage industry, called the HVCC – short for “Home Valuation Code of Conduct”, which went into effect last month, and is the byproduct of a legal settlement between NY attorney general Andrew Cuomo and Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac. Here’s how it was “supposed” to [...]
Tales of my disappearance from the blogosphere have been greatly exaggerated. Finally, after more than a quarter of being just crazily busy (recession, what recession?), your friendly Mount Carmel neighborhood blogger is “Back in the Saddle”, to quote one of my favorite Aerosmith songs. Has nothing been going on in Mount Carmel? Apart from the [...]
I’m reposting this from my general purpose real estate blog, “The Gory Details“, because, though it’s not specific to Mount Carmel real estate, it’s a good read for what’s going on out there in the market. Ok, now this just sounds insane. Or maybe I should have started it as “I never thought this would [...]
Yes, it’s time again for cavity-inducing cotton candy, stomach-churning rides, and harmless carnies. Mark your calendars for April 24- 26, at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel School. You can purchase tickets online here. I’ll be manning the bar along with some of the other fellow Men’s Club peeps, so stop by and say hi!
Well, I guess ‘recent’ being a relative term. There’s currently a good handful of homes for sale in the Mt. Carmel –15 by my count — really nice ones too, at many different price points — from a comfortable 2/1 for $869K (181 Myrtle), to a gorgeous Craftsman for $1.398M (at 1627 Brewster). But, so [...]
“Ah, if I’d only followed CNBC’s advice, I’d have a million dollars today — provided I started with a hundred million dollars.” Hilarious line from Jon Stewart (watch clip below or here). He lambastes Rick Santelli from CNBC, who think we “shouldn’t bail out loser homeowners”, but rather we should bail out winners like AIG. [...]
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