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| Northampton Real
Estate; a Soaring Stock Market; Food Riots in the Middle East. What's
the Connection? (April 27, 2011) |
| A Few Thoughts
on Sovereign Debt (June 6, 2010) |
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Letter to a Friend Buying on the Cape:
Don't! (November 21,
2009) |
| A
Slow-Motion Train Wreck: The Debt Crisis and Real Estate
(December 11, 2008) |
| A
Realtor's View from Hubbert's Peak: The End of Cheap Oil and Cheap Money
(June 5, 2006) |
| War
and Property Inflation (April 7, 2005) |
| Why Home Prices
Are Going through the Roof: A Brief Guide to the "New Economy"
(January 13, 2003) |
| From Patrick Killelea of
Patrick.net,
a great resource for real estate news:
"I want to cause a sea-change in the mentality of the US. I want
people to see that mortgage debt is destructive, with no benefits at
all, except for bankers. Mortgage debt just drives up prices and
enslaves workers to their bosses. If we all paid cash for houses, or
rented, we would be more prosperous, more free, and happier."
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| More Articles on the Housing Market:
The Great Repression, by
Niall Ferguson (February 28, 2009). Ferguson on the only real
solution to the financial crisis, one that the Obama team will come
around to when all else has failed.
Depression in the East Points the Way for the Rest of the World,
by Larry Elliott (The
Guardian [UK], February 26, 2009)
What Is Your Home
Worth? Both Less and More than You Think,
by Sharon Astyk (December 16, 2008)
A Word of Advice in a Real Estate Slump: Rent by David Leonhardt
(New York Times, April 11, 2007)
Crisis Looms in Mortgage Markets by Gretchen Morgenson, March
11, 2007.
Un-Real Estate by James
Grant, April 2005
Housing bubble in
New England (Dean Baker, Center for Economic and Policy
Studies, Jan. 5, 2003)
"These are perilous times for asset
markets ...." (Ian Campbell, UPI, Jan. 30, 2004)
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"House of Cards: US, UK Home Prices to Decline Dramatically in
Next Few Years."
See
The Economist's survey of May 29, 2003
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"Mortgage Markets Are Out of Control," New York Times, August
17, 2003
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| Co-buying: One
solution to the high cost of housing in the Valley?
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| Considering an adjustable rate mortgage? It may be
a risky proposition. See Homeowners Urged
Caution on Hybrid Loans
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| For the effects of skyrocketing home prices on
communities, see an article by Rebecca Solnit,
Hollow City (as computer money flows
into San Francisco, the quirkiness and creativity drain out). A
cautionary tale for Northampton and other Valley towns.
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MLS Abbreviations Used in Land
Listings
Please click on the appropriate category:
Zoning/Usage:
CNDO Condo
MFAM Multi-family
OTHR Other
SFAM Single Family
Acreage:
ACR Total approximate acres
CUL Approximate Cultivation Acres
FRT Approximate Frontage
PAS Approximate Pasture acres
TIM Approximate Timber acres
Land Description:
ADDL Additional land available
CRNR Corner lot
EASE Easements
ELEV Elevated
FLPL Flood Plain
GOLF Gold Course Frontage
IRRL Irregular Lot
LEVL Level
OTHR Other
ROLL Rolling
SLPE Sloping
STRM Stream
USTK Underground Storage Tank
WETL Wetlands
WOOD Wooded
Road Type:
CNTY Country Road
CSTR City Street
CULD Cul-De-Sac
DEAD Dead End Street
NONE - None
OTHR Other
PARD Paper Road
PAVD Paved
PBLC Public Road
PRMN Privately Maintained
PRVT Private Road
PUMN Publicly Maintained
STRD State Road
UPVD Unpaved
USHY U.S. Highway
Lot Improvements:
C> Curbs & Gutters
FGRA Finish Graded
FNCE Fence
NONE None
RGRA Rough Graded
SDRN Storm Drains
SDWK Sidewalks
SHDR Shared Drive
STAK Lot Staked
Gas and Electric:
ASTR At Street
NONE None
NRBY Near By
OSTE On Site
OTHR Other
UNDR Underground
Water and Sewer (WTR, SWR):
ASTR At Street
NRBY Near By
OSTE On Site
PBLC Public (city
water / city sewer)
PRIV Private (well
/ septic system)
SWDT Sewage District
Miscellaneous:
CBL Cable Available
HOA Home Owners Association
PT Perc Test done (yes/no)
PTD Perc Test Date
Documents in Hand:
21 EC 21 E Certificate of Compliance with the Hazardous
Waste Removal Law
AERL Aerial Photo
APPR Appraisal
BPMT Building Permit
BPRT Blueprints
BRCH Brochure
DRAW Drawings
EVIS Environmental Impact Study
LEAS Leases
LGDC Legal Description
NONE None
OCND Order of Conditions
OTHR Other
PERC Perc Test
RCOV Restrictive Covenants
RPLT Recorded Plat
SOIL Soil
SPDS Septic Design
SRVY Survey
SUBD Subdivision Approval
TOPO Topographical Map
Waterfront / Beach Description:
ACCS Access
BAY Bay
CREK Creek
Dock Dock
FRTG Frontage
HRBR Harbor
LAKE Lake
OCEN - Ocean
POND Pond
RIVR River
SOND Sound
VIEW Waterview Only
WALK Walk to
Beach Ownership:
ASSC Association
DEED Deeded Rights
PBLC Public
PRIV Private
Area Amenities:
GOLF Gold Course
LDMT Laundromat
MDCL Medical Facility
OTHR Other
PARK Park
POOL Swimming Pool
SHOP Shopping
STBL Stables
TENN Tennis Court
TRAN Transportation
TRLS Walk / Jogging Trails
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