What is a Short Sale?
“What’s A Short Sale?” It means that the price that is currently presented as the listing price is actually less than the amount that the seller owes to the bank. This means that when a...
This Old House and the Shaw Neighborhood
Hey everybody, look! I am famous. This Old House blog used one of my photos of the Shaw neighborhood. They misspelled my name but they got the Circa Properties part right. The Shaw Neighborhood was...
The Art and Science of Appraisals
Appraisals are a common part of most real estate transactions. Anytime a person applies for a loan an appraisal is ordered to help the bank determine whether or not making the loan will be a...
Are you asking “online astrologers” what your house is worth?
In a recent NY Times article, What’s My House Worth? the author confesses to being an information junkie and discusses how the online sites devoted to home values feed her obsession. But she runs into ...
Ikeatown
BoKlok means “live smart” and BoKlok is what you get when you combine the Swedish furniture company IKEA and Skanska a Swedish construction company. I am definitely an advocate of affordable well-designed homes, but I...
Returning to St. Louis with Inspiration from Older, Wiser Cities
Towards the end of our trip I asked Jay if he was ready to go home. He said, “Yeah, I accomplished what I wanted.” Until that point I didn’t know that he had an agenda...
Scandinavian Designs
I am going to Scandinavia for vacation!!!!!!! And in the course of my vacation research, I found an incredible experiment in urban planning and sustainability. VIIKKI, Helsinki, Finland The general guidelines for Viikki designs were...
Rocio Romero and the Extraordinary Ordinary
I am reading The Perfect $100,000 House: A Trip Across America and Back in Pursuit of a Place to Call Home by Karrie Jacobs former editor in chief of DWELL. It’s great; I love it....