Comments on: A Radical Proposition for Real Estate and Gas Prices

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Tue, 31 Aug 2010 17:13:37 +0000

By: Roberta Murphy

Roberta Murphy — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 01:13:46 +0000

Jack:

What a treat! We are absolutely related and yes, I have read Adolph Michelson’s book–several times. My dad recalls your grandfather Earl.

It is a small world. I’ll be on the phone to you shortly!

By: Jack Harmon

Jack Harmon — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:44:31 +0000

Roberta……My name is Jack Michelson Harmon…..Adolph was my mom’s dads brother…My mothers dad was Earl. I am just now reading the book Adolph wrote and never published…Have you heard about it..? It is the history of the Michelson family from about the time Adolph was 6. We must be cousins….Don’t know if I know you or not…My mother is Helen Harmon…or was Helen Michelson. Send me an email at svslick@hotmail.com…or call 435-649-6511

By: Buying Florida Property

Buying Florida Property — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 15:37:32 +0000

Sounds like a good theory, but is it quite so cut and dried?

For example, Carol Lloyd’s “In Europe, where the cities never died, the suburbs have long been the homes of last resort for the poor and the marginalized.”is something of a sweeping generalization: I can only speak of the UK , rather that all of Europe, but I don’t believe that the suburban inhabitants of, say, Surrey or Berkshire fit the poor etc. description! Similarly, there are some very undesirable parts of e.g. the city of London to go alongside Belgravia, Mayfair and so on. Life is often a little more complicated than some commentators make out.

As far as the effect of gas is concerned, wouldn’t things even out i.e. if there’s a move to the city, a reduced demands for the suburbs would lower prices there and compensate for gas prices?

By: riathareja

riathareja — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 10:27:50 +0000

The turmoil in the global financial markets has cast its shadow on India’s largest real estate deal. India’s real estate developers, especially the mid-sized ones, have been facing a liquidity crunch since last year. Developers can no longer tap the external commercial borrowing route, while domestic borrowing costs have gone up on account of tight-fisted monetary policy, which is likely to harden further in days to come. In addition, the stock market has taken a beating with real estate stocks falling off their recent highs. Other sources of funding for instance, the London Stock Exchange’s Alternate Investment Market or listing real estate investment trusts abroad are also not feasible in current market conditions.
The tender that BPTP won, beating bigger players like DLF and Omaxe, has an allowed the company to seek an extension to pay the first tranche.Failure to make the payment within the extended deadline would result in the award being scrapped and a fresh tender being announced.What impact will it have on the Indian economy in general and Indian real estate sector in particular???For more view- realtydigest.blogspot.com

By: Roberta Murphy

Roberta Murphy — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 17:58:10 +0000

Jackie: I think most metropolitan areas in the US will see greater migration to the urban and employment centers. Driving 15 minutes to get to the nearest grocery store or gas station now weighs heavily against remote residences.

Am still growling (along with a number of other targeted bloggers) about the effects of the wesbite massacre.

By: Jackie Colson-Miller

Jackie Colson-Miller — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 16:41:56 +0000

Great article…we will see that in Tampa. I have always lived “in town”…5 minutes from everything. All the people who moved to the burbs to save on housing are kicking themselves with the gas prices and their Suburbans!
Sorry about the hack…I just heard!

By: Roberta Murphy

Roberta Murphy — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 20:19:20 +0000

Stephanie,

Frankly, I hope Apple, Inc, does the design;-)

I think you are right, and that an urban renaissance is already well underway.

Hope all is well in lush, green Houston!

By: Stephanie Edwards-Musa

Stephanie Edwards-Musa — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 19:14:01 +0000

Hi Roberta,

It is amazing how we seem to be getting back to ‘the way it was’. Should also be interesting to see New Urbanism type communities start popping up with either Apple or Microsoft designing the work facilities. Just around the corner. 🙂 Techonolgy and Real Estate combined in more ways than one.

Love the post! It really makes us think.

Steph