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Re: Remix-A-Day: Lykke Li – Little Bit (Villains Remix)

Anon — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 15:38:06 -0000

the blog might be growing but it's losing what used to make it so great. now it's too crowded and trying to do too many things for too many people. just my 2cents, but i liked it more when it was simpler.

Re: 2006/2007 New Man United Kit

Anon — Wed, 26 Jul 2006 18:11:00 -0000

this new kit is rubbish, looks so cheap

Re: Top 10 Most Visited Soccer Websites By U.S. Visitors | EPL Talk

Anon — Mon, 26 May 2008 11:14:58 -0000

manutd.com gets more visitors in the U.S. than mlsnet.com

That's all you need to know...

Re: My tips for Euro 2008 – The Group Stages

Anon — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 10:20:23 -0000

Unlucky losers, doubting Holland!! they beat Italy 3-0, Shows how bad hollands defense is!!! Wayyyyyyy SPAIN TO WIN! Ive got money on them xD

Re: Is Fan Segregation At Football Matches A Good Thing?

Anon — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 20:54:44 -0000

The "lager louts" have been priced out of football grounds at both international and English Premier League because of outrageous ticket prices.

Tickets are still relatively cheap for the Bundesliga in Germany, but only for clubs that are out of contention. The big city clubs, particularly Bayern Munich, have jacked up ticket prices.

For hooligan behavior week in and week out, you will have go to the developing world. Argentina in particular is the biggest hooligan trouble spot in the football world.

Re: Premiership Preview–15. Wigan Athletic

Anon — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 18:00:13 -0000

Hold on now. Maybe I'm just reading the revised version, but even though I think 15 is a little low I can certainly appreciate some of the stuff being said here.

First off, and most importantly: Lazy journalism is when papers make fun of Titus Bramble's play last year. It's the second or third thing most uninformed journos talk about and something that I did not see make an appearance here.

Second off, it looks to me like (and again, maybe this is the revised version) he got our assets in the right order. For example, I mean, Steve Bruce is the man, and the single biggest reason we stayed up this year. I wouldn't call Valencia or Palacios superstars either (yet - fact is, both scouted by Man U, but they're reserves right now, at least for a couple more years), but they do play in our midfield, which this year could be our biggest strength.

Third, no matter how lazy the journo, few make the effort or have the balls to actually discuss and debate his decisions with the people who leave comments. So honestly, take it easy guys... this may not be that favorable, might peg us a couple spots lower than we should be even (when you look at our record under Bruce last year and combine that with the fact that we got rid of nobody important and picked up a number of good players, including a striker who can actually score, arguably our biggest need), but really this guy isn't actually that far off the mark.

Re: GoFirstline.com: Evil, Deceptive Marketing to College Students

Anon — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 00:11:51 -0000

I worked for the company for 5 years. Truth be told, it is very hard work and takes a very strong determination to be successful. Almost 80% of the recruits that attempt to sell door-2-door don't have the backbone for rejection. The other 20% end up making great money and continue to work in the industry through out college. I am now graduated, own my own home as well as many rentals, own my cars and toys, and don't have any major debt. This is all thanks to the opportunity that Firstline provided me. They are a young company lead by young entreprnuers trying to manage the consistant 200-300% growth they experience each year.

I will agree that not all reps for Firstline are trained by the same manager and might be taught different techniques that are not completely ethical. It is unfortunate that this happens within most sales organizations. What we should really discuss and try to make a difference in is ethics and integrity. It is up to the individual to decide what lines they will decide to cross or make gray.

Re: Pure Bull or Pure Evil?

Anon — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 11:44:46 -0000

The Prodigy is a real concept designed to help an entreprenuer that has the skill set to be extremely successful at something that not many people would even attempt. There is a million dollars of venture capital waiting for the winner of the program. If the show will be aired, that is another question. From what I understand, it is very difficult to get a tv show picked up.

I don't disagree that there was probably a financial motive for creating the show and bringing in more recruits. But aren't all reality shows created to create an ROI? That is what free capitalism is all about.

Re: GoFirstline.com: Evil, Deceptive Marketing to College Students

Anon — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 13:27:46 -0000

Karoli-

I want you to know that I agree with you on a lot of the points you bring up. There are obviously some individual reps use to manipulate there way into making a sale. Looking at the company from the inside out and now the outside in, I can tell you that the company does not teach manipulation and deceptive technique in obtaining its objectives. Selling products door-to-door has been done for longer than I even know, and if a prospect is genuinly interested in a product that will protect thier family and home and they feel it is of value to them to have it, then they should let someone in thier home to help them see what will serve them best and give them the best protection. It's the nature of the business, you can't properly protect someone's home unless you are allowed in the house to see what they need not what they have. Granted, in almost ever industry in existence, there have been individuals that take an honest trade or technique and use it as a scam. I have personally sold in areas where a short time after houses were being broke in to and they found that it was a group of individuals following us in white shirts saying they were an alarm company. The only thing it did for us was boost our sales.

Re: Pure Bull or Pure Evil?

Anon — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 13:34:10 -0000

Karoli-

The show IS being done, filmed, produced. Whether it hits the air or not is another question. I don't even work there anymore, so I don't have the inside informaion. But the goal still remains, 1 Million dollars to the winner. This is not contingent upon the airing of the show. There will be a Prodigy and whether this works as well next year, I don't know and don't much care. Bottom line, the company and the opportunity opened up amazing opportunities for me and can do the same for any individual with the right skill-set and work ethics.

Re: Pure Bull or Pure Evil?

Anon — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 23:54:58 -0000

I worked for Firstline for almost 5 years. I joined on after the first summer the company was in business and left to manage my own marketing company a short time ago. No, I was not hired on as part of The Prodigy promotion.

Re: Firstline Security Cost Comparison

Anon — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 23:44:16 -0000

Apples to Apples was not stating that they were being charged $24.99, they were using your example to add up the total cost. Re-read and you will see what they meant. And they make a good point, I would rather have an install done by an experienced technician as opposed to doing it myself. My time is worth more than that.

Re: GoFirstline.com: Evil, Deceptive Marketing to College Students

Anon — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 11:59:25 -0000

Wow, It sounds like someone is a little bitter. Just because your son had a bad experience doesn't mean that this is all a scam. There are thousands of college students that go out for the summer and make a lot of money, do your research. Don't be bitter, let it go, you are wasting your time trying to "debunk" all these security companies because the industry is a huge market. Just accept the fact that your son had a bad experience, and don't try to make it the companies fault

Re: New Kanye West – Robocop (DJ Drops)

Anon — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 19:27:43 -0000

starts out like the smashing pumpkins end is the beginning vice versa beat

Re: VMAS 2009: Setlist?

Anon — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 13:20:18 -0000

this wasn't even photoshopped... it looks like someone made it in paint.

Re: Work in Progress

Anon — Wed, 08 Feb 2006 22:56:31 -0000

Brilliant man.ROTFL

Re: Interview Post #1 - Eventbrite and “The Long Tail of Events” | Charles Hudson's Weblog

Anon — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 15:35:44 -0000

You might be interested in reading the October 1 post on this blog: http://www.sandyofftopic.com/

Re: Has Google tweaked its AdSense rev share?

Anon — Fri, 12 Aug 2005 06:10:55 -0000

The increase on my site was short-lived because after a week the revenue went back down

Re: Ben.geek.nz » Sliming?

Anon — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 10:08:27 -0000

I bought this tea from London three years ago and I use it to lose weight on and off. I found that when I first bought the tea I would use it as instructed on the box but after a while I foudn going to the toilet every five mintes a pain. So I was still drinking the tea but didn't realise my food intake had gone down at the same time. I had crocnic stomach cramps and came off the tea completely. Since then I've found out that if you continue to drink the tea twice a day for longer than a week, its starts damaging internal organs and can shut the kidneys down completely. Now I just use it every month or so when I feel bloated, once a day for a maximum of 3 days at once. Please be careful with any tea which is a laxative. It can help you lose weight and looking good is what everyone thinks life is about but you have to take care of yourself. Instead of using this tea as an everyday helper to eat the foods you want and lose weight, why not excersize for at least 30 mins a day instead? Change your diet, it doesn't have to be a big change, just minor things like instead of snacking on anything during the day, drink some water. Half the time people think their hungry is because their body is dehydrated. If you are eating because you are bored, go and do some gardening or take up a hobby!

Please just be careful on what you depend on to get you through the day!

Re: Ben.geek.nz » Sliming?

Anon — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 08:28:36 -0000

Sam, this is not a slimming device! It's a laxative. It means that you cannot use it on a long term basis as your kidneys and liver will become damaged because their job is being taken over by this remedy instead. Please only use this for constipation and not slimming!!!!

Re: Why are China’s web stats so bad?

Anon — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 05:30:31 -0000

I am in China trying to work but its absolutely imposible to surf some US and European site they are simply blocked. For example to use wikipedia I have to use Annony Mouse.

Re: Old Media’s Effect on Reputation and Action

Anon — Tue, 27 May 2008 01:56:46 -0000

A MUST video watch in my opinion, for every person who is trying to peek into the future and predict what will happen.

http://epic.makingithappen.co.uk/

Re: The Dragons

Anon — Tue, 20 May 2008 09:32:11 -0000

Perfect revision music, thank you!

Re: Google Notebook - POIDH

Anon — Sun, 29 Oct 2006 17:24:00 -0000

The notebook a gadget for the desktop sidebar does not work.

Re: Feeds Beyond Blogs

Anon — Mon, 20 Mar 2006 14:00:32 -0000

GREAT! I can't wait! Once this innovation takes place I'll be able to sit on my toilet read Guns 'n' Ammo and masturbate to porn, while download Rush on my IPOD Shuffle :)

Re: Modify Firefox 1.5 to work with all extensions

Anon — Fri, 16 Dec 2005 17:50:25 -0000

This is a VERY bad method and will break all extensions that require 1.5 to work. Do it if you must, but using nightly tester tools to override and make your old extensions work is a much better method.

Re: Herb Chambers complaint, commentary & update

Anon — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 21:55:19 -0000

There is a Herb Chambers next to where I live, I would go there this weekend to check a few cars. Good that I googled their name and ended up here.

I read only a couple of comments but it was enough -- no way I am buying anything from them!

By the way, the comments from employees were very convincing.. It shows how incompetent they are...

Re: ThinkCash Usury And You'll Like It Plan | The Cosmic Tap

Anon — Tue, 06 May 2008 03:26:08 -0000

good point, Josh. very well said

Re: Rich in Love

Anon — Wed, 21 Jul 2004 08:45:50 -0000

This state of affairs has already been predicted by science fiction writers. In the future women who refuse sex to any man will be considered antisocial. The stigma of being so selfish as to want to own your own body will act to automatically even out the inequalities in sexual activity so that everyone can have that basic human right in quantities equal to their desire for such.

Re: Rich in Love

Anon — Wed, 21 Jul 2004 11:48:14 -0000

I think the whole discussion is being put on an animalistic level. Missing are the intellectual and emotional aspects of the connection between two people which are quite necessary for any kind of real happiness instead of just cheap thrills. Come on, we know porn stars (at least most of them) can't be among the happiest people. Men may be less sensitive than women in general, but most are not that callous. Maybe the majority of people in the survey are happier because they have genuine relationships with other people that happen to result in having more sex and the less happy people who spend more time making money are so because they are simply more isolated.

Re: Rich in Love

Anon — Wed, 21 Jul 2004 18:15:13 -0000

Bad joke but kind of relevant,

Q: Why do women watch pornos all the way to the end?

A: They keep hoping there will be a wedding.

Re: Cuddle Party!

Anon — Fri, 23 Jul 2004 08:55:13 -0000

Maybe its just me, but this thing doesn't sound like fun because on the one hand a bunch of guys are involved. Who wants some strange dude groping his deltoids? Its really disturbing on some level. I won't even go into the other hand.

Re: Rich in Love

Anon — Fri, 23 Jul 2004 20:16:03 -0000

yeah 973 times I agree. After 267 times she just doesn't get that look in her eyes anymore like she wants it - so the magic is gone!

Re: Don’t Just Vote, Do Something!

Anon — Wed, 28 Jul 2004 18:46:11 -0000

A damned annoying one, too.

Re: If God is Dead, Everything is Permitted . . .

Anon — Thu, 29 Jul 2004 05:40:02 -0000

I am a bad, bad, bad person for being so thoroughly amused by the phrase "baby-raping anarchy."

I can't get the smirk off my face.

Re: Don’t Just Vote, Do Something!

Anon — Thu, 29 Jul 2004 07:25:29 -0000

Check out that guy's face in the foreground. I didn't know they had nudist colonies on the Planet of the Apes!

Re: If God is Dead, Everything is Permitted . . .

Anon — Thu, 29 Jul 2004 07:31:48 -0000

The more interesting question might be what things cause a society to become degenerate? Clearly in history certain societies have become corrupt to the point of causing themselves serious harm, and I think in most cases we would find high levels of theism in those societies.

I think maybe instead of a belief in a certain god or hell or whatever, the important thing is a general civic spirit combined with the following of certain rules like the 10 Commandments. As far as churches and religious leaders serve to inculcate that spirit in the people, then they do help the society in general to be more prosperous.

Re: If God is Dead, Everything is Permitted . . .

Anon — Thu, 29 Jul 2004 09:24:48 -0000

Maybe Will, just maybe, there are a shitload of people who really like playing make believe anyway. So sad...have a look,

http://www.muchosucko.com/video-fanimecon.html

Re: More Political Libertarianism

Anon — Thu, 29 Jul 2004 17:27:45 -0000

This is precisely the problem. Nobody has the balls to say they know whats right anymore so they try to accomodate every half assed theory that comes down the pipe. What the classical liberals thought is quite the opposite and is a system that at least has some backbone to it. People these days are just afraid.

Re: If God is Dead, Everything is Permitted . . .

Anon — Thu, 29 Jul 2004 17:32:14 -0000

The whole point of positing a monotheistic god in the first place is the universality of that god's edicts. They are axiomatic and so you end the chain of questioning.

Re: If God is Dead, Everything is Permitted . . .

Anon — Sat, 31 Jul 2004 13:06:21 -0000

J Kennedy,

I'll agree with your latest post, but then how do we add a greater incentive? If people stop beliving the story you can't just order them change their minds.

I would argue that there is in fact something in human nature that causes most people to care about the common good. If it were otherwise I don't think civilization would be possible at all. Even people who give up Christianity tend to either go to some flaky new age stuff or else they are like Will and come up to some other solution. The minority are called sociopaths or narcissists and become lawyers or middle managers. They are commonly hated and reviled, but their evil is controlled to a degree by the majority. In other words, I think it is human nature that makes people care. In their desire to rationalize they may create god, but god is secondary.

Re: The Evaluative Worthlessness of Happiness

Anon — Tue, 31 Aug 2004 18:14:11 -0000

They overlook the possibility that wealth and technology could lead to the development of better happy pills, or some techniques that will be able to alter people's baseline level of happiness. What about that, eh? Personally it scares me. A whole nation of sickening happiness and joy 24 hours/7 days a week. I say nuts to that!

Re: Circus, Circus

Anon — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 23:51:33 -0000

i'm not even ashamed of my fascination with her. if anything, her breakdown added to the mystique. but i really wouldn't care much at all if i didn't actually like her music... well written article, although i'm not sure that i agree about people hoping for britney's downfall--i think it was too sad for others' ill-will to really play any significant role (but maybe that's just b/c i was never rooting against her)

Re: NYC Closet

Anon — Wed, 25 Jan 2006 00:23:20 -0000

At those prices, I'd be better off renting a few closets and combining them. Hey, this may be another real estate trend--- closet conversions.

Re: BREAKING: Obama Foreign Policy Advisor Samantha Power Resigns. When Does Mark Penn Get Fired?

Anon — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 14:54:00 -0000

Worry not people. this was exercise in party discipline. in fact, i was impressed by the speed of her resignation. it means they mean business, no one is above the law, mess up, your out. this is what i like about the obama campaign, they want to remain on message and at the moment that message is 'we don't do ad hominum attacks', that's clinton's game. and they are spot on to keep that discipline up. clinton is playing miss ann to the hilt, true, but obama campaign knows something we forget...it works. you have to be very careful about how you fight the 'damsel in distress' pose. he'll find a way and don't be surprised if one of his senatorial surrogates comes up with some nasty bit of intel on the clintons--that is how he must play it.

she'll be back though. powers is brilliant and come the swearing in her only blemish will be that she called clinton a monster--really!

Re: CNN Does Disservice To Black Bloggers And JJP Specifically (Updated!)

Anon — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 15:35:00 -0000

I don't use handles all the time because in my opinion all comments (and some blogs) are anonymous. What's the difference in signing a post Suzy Q, Talisha X, Yonka Simmons or Anon.y.mous?

Nothing because they are all on-line identities.

No one in their right mind would use their real names or their real email address because they wouldn't want to receive hate mail from Obama supporters calling them handkerchief heads.

This has happened to me.

From now on, if I can post anonymously I will.

Re: McCain Jokes About Beating His Wife

Anon — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 10:26:00 -0000

Jill,

I'm an Obama supporter, but I don't think McCain was joking about spousal abuse. Where that remark comes from, rather, is an old saw about how to respond to a question that can only make you look bad.

For example, when the Michelle Obama/"Whitey" bs came up weeks ago, I believe it was the website for the Libertarian magazine "Reason" that said:

"Asking Barack Obama if he has ever heard his wife say 'Whitey' is like asking him when he stopped beating her." (i.e. even if Michelle didn't say it and Senator Obama didn't hear it, both of which I believe are true, the question is still out there, creating suspicion.)

So yeah, McCain may have stepped right up to the line on this, but I don't think he stepped over it.

Re: Vineland Festival in danger?

Anon — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 10:01:43 -0000

Man, Let's drum up support! There aren't very many festivals on the east coast. I went toLollapalooza last year and I am a changed person...Let's open up a festival on the east cooooast!

Re: Album Review: This Gift

Anon — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 02:03:54 -0000

Thank you for the review. I had only heard "Gilt Complex" previously and that's been a favorite for this this year so far!

Re: The State of the Festival

Anon — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 00:16:33 -0000

I agree with Kenny. Bamboozle is an established festival for todays scene and emo bands. You should talk about it a little.

Re: You’re Killing Me, Firefox

Anon — Thu, 02 Nov 2006 04:42:05 -0000

Maybe it is time to give the Opera browser a try?

Re: Darn it! Something Bigger May Be Wrong Here

Anon — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 14:31:33 -0000

Its Geckos fault.

No matter what Gui you are using.

One of the reasons why Nokia have choosen Webkit Over Gecko for their phones.

Re: OSNews 4 Beta Reactions

Anon — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 10:25:21 -0000

Hi.

The above quoted guy is right, it hurts the eyes (a lot more if you're in Windows).

The news blocks are also too much compressed.

And putting ads in the middle of the news it's not cool.

Re: Creative Uses for Wordpress

Anon — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 09:43:42 -0000

A non technical point, but one which grates nonetheless. Your use of 'whala' as 'there you have it' is atrocious. The word is Voila and pronounced as it is because it's french (vwa'la with a soft 'v').
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/voil%C3%A0
Please don't bastardise another language.

Apart from that a very interesting article and good use of wordpress. Bravo!

Re: Make a Boot Disc in 2k/XP | Windows | Tech-Recipes

Anon — Thu, 10 Jun 2004 14:47:11 -0000

if oyu want free lindows, order lindows and add a cupon with the name LINDOWS and you get it free.

Re: XP: Make the Background of Your Icon Text Transparent on the Desktop | Windows | Tech-Recipes

Anon — Sat, 17 Dec 2005 05:15:07 -0000

it still does not work for me... and I do not even use active desktop....

Re: OhGizmo! » Archive » OhGizmo Review: Tom Bihn Empire Builder With Brain Cell & Soft Cell

Anon — Tue, 12 Dec 2006 12:09:10 -0000

I'd bet the screen protector cloth was made for a MacBook keyboard. Any company that puts that much thought into design and function would surely have Macs in mind when they were designing their bags and accessories. If you want to get a cloth that fits, I suggest picking up a large roll of Microfiber cloth and cutting it to your exact specs.

Re: OhGizmo! » Archive » Japanese Deep Fryer Has Aquarium Within

Anon — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 00:40:33 -0000

if you maintained the bottom surface of the water at a cool temperature you could have a steady state gradient of temperature through the water, so at least in a small region the fish could live. This would waste a lot of energy though.

Re: OhGizmo! » Archive » Art Lebedev’s Matryoshkus Experiment With Design

Anon — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 17:33:50 -0000

Interesting concept, too bad they look like Apple made them.

Re: OhGizmo! » Archive » Smart Image Resizing Cuts The Useless Out Of Your Pics

Anon — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 08:40:15 -0000

amazing!

Re: World’s Largest Man-Made Tornado Actually Built For Safety

Anon — Sat, 20 Oct 2007 04:39:35 -0000

Call me crazy, but this seems needlessly loud. I wouldn't really want to be there despite being a cool attraction. No museum I've ever been to is that loud. Scratch that, the city museum in St. Louis is that loud, but it's screaming and running kids there.

Re: Canned Air - Not Just For Spaceballs Anymore

Anon — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 17:24:27 -0000

the english language does not contain a word that accurately describes how profoundly stupid this idea is.

Re: OhGizmo! » Archive » DVD Rewinder

Anon — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 16:09:23 -0000

lololololololololololololol fail

Re: The Technology Liberation Front » Archive » Are Young Libertarians Anti-IP?

Anon — Fri, 24 Feb 2006 05:56:59 -0000

I am just passing and haven't read your article in depth. However, the main problem with IP is that it conditions markets in such a way that monopolies are natural consequences - which is why IP should be treated with great care, certainly more care than it is today.

Brendan S

Re: Trollzilla

Anon — Thu, 13 Jul 2006 10:27:00 -0000

From Mr. Markham:

Yes -- currently everybody goes generic and the tests for obviousness and anticpation are poor. But these matters are corrected in the courts.

In theory, yes. Practice however is a lot different. For example, Red Hat is being threatened at the moment over claims that I believe center around object db software (extracting from/sending to). I could be wrong, but I think that's the gist of it. As was mentioned earlier, this is kind of like patenting "A drug ingested into the body, through being absorbed into the blood stream, which, when brought into contact with carcinogens, impedes their ability to grow in population, thus killing off the cancer." Lame right? Because you haven't really invented anything, and monopolized the mere idea of invention that could be. This kind of stuff fails obviousness and prior art, so it should be struck down in court.

However, getting back to RH, now they have to spend legal costs to fight this. And if the system keeps piling up, how many more companies will the same thing happen to? And that's even if the court is sane. I admit, I haven't really researched this, but isn't the East Texas District infamous for upholding just about anything related to IP holders? It would nice if we could reform software and business method patents, but is there any pragmatic system that would be effective, given the situation?

Also, I'd like to take this chance to comment on something I read on this blog. Can't remember who the author was, maybe Tim? He or she was saying that most classes of IP are protected by either copyright or patent. Art by copyright and invention by patent. Software is protected by both, however. Having software protected by copyright seems ok to me.

Tim, about your question about a good software patent, this is one I've thought about but never gotten around to really researching, and I'd like to get some others' perspective on it: the RSA patent. Can we be sure it wouldn't have been discovered without software patents? It seems like the nature of science and scientists to publish their findings. And isn't science what RSA really is? Not invention, not even the "art" of programming, but science. Should we really be patenting science?

Re: The DMCA vs. Video Jukeboxes

Anon — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 13:32:39 -0000

here's a list of video juke boxes which you simply use your computer to do all the ripping:

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t...

Re: A Straw Poll of the Straw Poll

Anon — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 11:21:05 -0000

Please update this post! Keep us updated on the unofficial poll results!

Re: Clinton Strikes Soundbite Gold While Edwards Makes Case as the Alternative

Anon — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 06:49:05 -0000

Congrats This is press release quality spin.

Re: Obama, Paul win Coffee Bean Caucus

Anon — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 09:25:44 -0000

No Chris Dodd? Did Chris Dodd place or does he get to escape the indignity of tying Mike Gravel in something?

Re: UPDATED: Colorado Endorsement Watch

Anon — Sun, 29 Oct 2006 06:43:00 -0000

Pueblo Chieftain endorses Ritter http://chieftain.com/editorial/1162143804/1

Re: Safeway Shy On Contraception

Anon — Wed, 06 Dec 2006 06:41:31 -0000

Shelf life I heard shelf life is more like 4 years, from the pharmeceutical itself.

Re: Pregnancy Centers Put Up False Fronts

Anon — Sat, 09 Dec 2006 07:13:52 -0000

They don't care about women Funny how they pretend to care about women but then forget about her after the baby is born. I wish I could remember where I read it, but I've heard that the reason they don't like abortion or contraception is they want to keep women under control, and the best way to do that is saddle her with a bunch of children.

That's family values for ya!

Re: Some Pregnant Women More Equal Than Others

Anon — Fri, 22 Dec 2006 06:52:15 -0000

About high risk women If a woman in a high risk pregnancy cannot afford the pregnancy, then maybe she shouldn't have the child at all. If you can't afford the pregnancy what makes you think you can afford a child at all? Make the taxpayers pay for it?

Re: Elephants Eat Their Own

Anon — Mon, 05 Feb 2007 18:40:28 -0000

Ha Give it up Zap. The dream's over.

Re: St. Paddy’s Parade Turns Ugly In Colorado Springs

Anon — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 06:41:24 -0000

too orwellian When did PEACE become a dirty word?

Re: Oil and Gas Update: Cheap Natural Gas Hurting Colorado

Anon — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 11:34:53 -0000

Cheap Gas I'd rather pay more taxes to cover the loss of severance taxes and keep the pipelines out of sensitive areas over the benes from the severance taxes. Duhh.

Re: Muslims Fear ‘Islamophobia’ Following Workplace Controversies

Anon — Sun, 08 Apr 2007 05:56:45 -0000

Something to think about One point worth thinking about. Where is the outcry from the Muslim leaders on the terrorists? I think that if there was more heard denouncing some of the bad things from radical islam there would be more support for the majority of Muslims that are just trying to make a normal life like everyone else.

Just a thought.

Re: Breaking: Immigration Agents Arresting People in Willmar

Anon — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 12:55:02 -0000

Oh NO! What are we going to do? You mean that they are out there arresting ILLEGAL Immigrants, some of which may have committed other crimes such as ID theft? How dare they! What is next? The police will go after murderers? What is this world coming to?!??

Re: Al Franken on Larry King–Liveblog

Anon — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 04:34:18 -0000

wow Thanks for taking the time to do this. Now I am positive my decision not to watch this crap was the right one! It sounds to me like this interview with Franken was a whole lot of nothing! I am sure we can expect much more of that in the future from one of the world's most un-funny comdians!

I am glad it was your time wasted on this and not mine!

Way to go with that hard hitting journalism again MM!

Re: Breaking: Immigration Agents Arresting People in Willmar

Anon — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 04:37:31 -0000

Yeah! Thats right stop wasting money on enforcing the laws of this country! That money can be used for more important things like more grants to top notch organizations like ACORN right?

Please....

Re: In Minnesota We Don’t Play With Ducks, We Hunt Them

Anon — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 05:29:43 -0000

I See... so now the fact that ice not being able to form in Southern California due to the climate of that region is me making it a global warming issue?

Because there used to be TONS of outdoor ice rinks in Southern California before Al Gore made his movie right?

My bad I guess!

Re: Al Franken on Larry King–Liveblog

Anon — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 06:40:44 -0000

re: wow and thanks for wasting YOUR time on an insignificant comment, douchebag!

Re: Al Franken on Larry King–Liveblog

Anon — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 06:45:23 -0000

Time to up your meds! Wow....angry aren't we? Sorry mommy and daddy didn't hug you enough!

Re: Breaking: Immigration Agents Arresting People in Willmar

Anon — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 07:16:41 -0000

It has nothing to do with research... History has little to do with it. The laws are in place, and ICE was enforcing them. So what you are essentially saying is that because at one time we didn't have "illegal immigration" therefore we shouldn't now.

Here is another example using your logic:

LSD wasn't always illegal so the police should not arrest anyone using it or possessing it.

Please don't assume my knowledge of history. This has nothing to do with history, it has to do with current laws and enforcing them.

Re: Al Franken on Larry King–Liveblog

Anon — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 07:19:29 -0000

A for effort! though i'm not certain your opinion on funny vs. unfunny is credible.

Re: Breaking: ‘Big Question’ Blogger Eric Black to Take Star Tribune Buyout

Anon — Sun, 03 Jun 2007 09:05:08 -0000

Does he blog more, or go into politics? A lot of people wish him well, whatever he does.

The Strib is in dire straits. I can understand how it would not be fun staying there at the deathbed - you in it.

Perhaps he will move to the Sixth District, and run against the witch. Bravo if he does.

Re: MSU hate group has ties to white supremacy movement

Anon — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 07:43:38 -0000

YAF There is a difference between random connections on facebook and getting busted participating in a depraved orgy in the reststop on 127.

Re: Muslims Fear ‘Islamophobia’ Following Workplace Controversies

Anon — Sun, 08 Apr 2007 05:56:45 -0000

Just a thought.

Re: Breaking: Immigration Agents Arresting People in Willmar

Anon — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 12:55:02 -0000

Re: Al Franken on Larry King–Liveblog

Anon — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 04:34:18 -0000

I am glad it was your time wasted on this and not mine!

Way to go with that hard hitting journalism again MM!

Re: Breaking: Immigration Agents Arresting People in Willmar

Anon — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 04:37:31 -0000

Yeah! Thats right stop wasting money on enforcing the laws of this country! That money can be used for more important things like more grants to top notch organizations like ACORN right?

Please....

Re: In Minnesota We Don’t Play With Ducks, We Hunt Them

Anon — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 05:29:43 -0000

I See... so now the fact that ice not being able to form in Southern California due to the climate of that region is me making it a global warming issue?

Because there used to be TONS of outdoor ice rinks in Southern California before Al Gore made his movie right?

My bad I guess!

Re: Al Franken on Larry King–Liveblog

Anon — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 06:40:44 -0000

re: wow and thanks for wasting YOUR time on an insignificant comment, douchebag!

Re: Al Franken on Larry King–Liveblog

Anon — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 06:45:23 -0000

Time to up your meds! Wow....angry aren't we? Sorry mommy and daddy didn't hug you enough!

Re: Breaking: Immigration Agents Arresting People in Willmar

Anon — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 07:16:41 -0000

Here is another example using your logic:

LSD wasn't always illegal so the police should not arrest anyone using it or possessing it.

Please don't assume my knowledge of history. This has nothing to do with history, it has to do with current laws and enforcing them.

Re: Al Franken on Larry King–Liveblog

Anon — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 07:19:29 -0000

A for effort! though i'm not certain your opinion on funny vs. unfunny is credible.

Re: Breaking: ‘Big Question’ Blogger Eric Black to Take Star Tribune Buyout

Anon — Sun, 03 Jun 2007 09:05:08 -0000

Does he blog more, or go into politics? A lot of people wish him well, whatever he does.

The Strib is in dire straits. I can understand how it would not be fun staying there at the deathbed - you in it.

Perhaps he will move to the Sixth District, and run against the witch. Bravo if he does.

Re: FOX Attacks Decency… with Bill O’Reilly Leading the Way

Anon — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 04:09:48 -0000

thank you, i just fapped to that.

Re: Red Eye host jokes about having sex with a horse

Anon — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 14:36:51 -0000

Don't call me sexist, because I'm female too, but that blond bimbo needs a diaper on her mouth to stop all that sick shit from pouring out.

Re: Kempes Leaving ESPN?

Anon — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 12:17:57 -0000

ESPN Latin America is cutting production costs.

Note the following:

Euro 2008 matches on ESPN Latin America and ESPN Deportes have English-language graphics. The announcers are NOT identified by the graphics at all.

Re: ESPN Fútbol Channel?

Anon — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 12:20:13 -0000

Don't see that happening until ESPN gets a piece of the English Premier League in 2010.

Also, Time Warner, COX, and Comcast will raise hell with Congress and in the media if ESPN were to increase the amount of live events on ESPN Classic.

Comcast in particular needs to protect its sports channels: Versus, Golf Channel, and Comcast SportsNet regional networks.

Re: I Know What Jews Like

Anon — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 09:15:16 -0000

hmm. i'd like to be a fly on the wall at the local temple to find out how the really feel about their loyalty to israel. let them that choose israel go there. i don't really care.
they're a welfare/apartheid state, at least south africa used their own monies. they claim to be an independent country, i'd like to see them survive without u.s. aid. we should end all forms of foreign aid. we should take care of our citizens before anyone else...especially our veterans.

Re: Brian McLaren: How Does Saddam’s Execution Make You Feel?

Anon — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 06:08:29 -0000

Dirty?

Good thing the world does not depend upon you.

Too much weak kneed - left wing navel gazing. Saddam is dead. Good riddance.

Anything less is rubbish. Too bad he was not done in public - as is common in that part of the world.

Be glad you have the freedom to continue gazing.

That freedom came at the point of the weapon. And that freedom came from men not afraid to use the weapon.>

Re: Google’s “sewer ISP” joke almost appeared in Milford

Anon — Tue, 03 Apr 2007 01:13:15 -0000

http://www.focuss.net/news/ask4

Re: The Scopes trial issues - still potent after all these years

Anon — Fri, 04 May 2007 05:05:33 -0000

Do you see in the Republican debate last night that three of the candidates admitted that they don't believe in evolution? They were Sen. Sam Brownback, Gov. Mike Huckabee, and Rep. Tom Tancredo.

We will be in big trouble if any of these brainiacs get elected...

Re: David Brooks has left the area

Anon — Sun, 29 Jul 2007 04:10:20 -0000

Earle, I look forward to reading your spin on science and technology. Do you post somewhere else besides here, or is this your first go at blogging?

Re: The Outcome of Violence

Anon — Wed, 28 Jun 2006 10:45:23 -0000

In your first sentence, you make 2 mistakes: finely and avoidable.

Re: Zidane - The Headbutt Heard Around the World

Anon — Mon, 17 Jul 2006 16:01:35 -0000

This is sooo funny! (and true)

Re: Ugh

Anon — Wed, 05 Jul 2006 04:40:56 -0000

People aren't empathic by nature. If everyone grew up being empathic, people would get along much better and the world would be a better place - in theory.

It's hard to get someone else to feel strongly about something they don't understand, or haven't experienced yet. They don't know what you know or believe in what you believe in. They haven't seen or felt things as you have.

It's easy for people who read or write a lot to expect others to be empathic. After reading so many books, and seeing from so many perspectives, it would be easier for us to be empathic - to put ourselves in someone else's shoes. But we simply cannot expect the same from others.

I guess the trick is to just know which battles to fight, and which ones to back off from. Concede defeat every now and then, but extract a promise or agreement from the other party as compromise. Blast the other person, then work your way towards a pleasant compromise :P People appreciate that, if only to escape from your clutches. They'd just want a hasty retreat at that point.

As for the jealous girlfriends? It's not your fault. It's just that they don't trust their boyfriends. That's why their relationships might not last, while your friendships will. Cheer up! Don't take things too seriously! :D

Okay that's all.

ps: I'm bored. Can you tell?

Re: So Much That I Want

Anon — Tue, 05 Sep 2006 05:53:55 -0000

And then they grow up to be beautiful young adults . . . then the world changes . . . greasy teenagers and twisted old men wave at your daughter and you're not smiling at them anymore, and your son consistently openly challenges you. After a short while you're left with an empty nest and then you realise you're a relic . . .

Re: This Pretty Much Sums It Up

Anon — Fri, 12 Jan 2007 00:39:38 -0000

nice top! where'd you get it from?

Re: Not Quite An Arms Race

Anon — Mon, 05 Mar 2007 07:35:22 -0000

FOB=teen rock - didn't you realise earlier? =)

Re: Palaver on Procrastination

Anon — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 19:11:46 -0000

pinkpau I have 3 kids now but all i can tell you is......if they had internet in my days at uni, i will be sweeping the longkangs of KL now. so. a blessing in disguise!

Re: The Difference Between Ais Kosong And Evian

Anon — Sat, 14 Apr 2007 12:21:51 -0000

i know what you mean... i can tell when i'm being served water from the tap too...

btw, do you still have your old blog's archives?

Re: Doldrums

Anon — Sat, 21 Apr 2007 23:17:05 -0000

smartypants, omg the palm analysis test thingy is so long and i took ages to finish it, only then it tells me what i know already.. 'you're a compassionate person with love and affection for your family and friends'. sheesh.. and for the rest of the analysis, i'd have to pay?!?!!? wtf.

Re: Mirror Exchanges

Anon — Sun, 22 Apr 2007 10:08:49 -0000

i guess i need to work harder to make my someone feel special.. =)

you have a very good way of putting down feelings and thoughts on paper/blog.

Re: Doldrums

Anon — Sun, 22 Apr 2007 10:10:15 -0000

wow.. i guess i must have missed that. oh well, i still remember some of the answers, so maybe i'll try it again some other time.. =)

Re: A Will And A Frog

Anon — Fri, 11 May 2007 10:03:20 -0000

omg... why are u dying? or are u just being overly dramatic like we all know you can be? =P

anyways, don't die! i'll miss reading your blog entries...

btw, how and when did martian and you break up? O.O

Re: Just Perfect

Anon — Mon, 21 May 2007 08:39:57 -0000

i thought you broke up with Martian a while back?

and why is he boycotting your blog?! i like to read your blog! your uncanny way of writing down things just as they are is awesome.. and you were wrong about writing being easy when one feels that way.. i don't find writing down my thoughts or feelings easy at all. guess i'm not a very expressive person. =(

Re: I Survived Mt Kinabalu

Anon — Tue, 22 May 2007 19:23:37 -0000

Highest MT in SOUTH EAST ASIA no less!
And doesn't Nexus just rock?

from
ex-Ipoh girl turned Sabahan, used to work at Nexus!

Re: A Mild Malaise

Anon — Thu, 31 May 2007 00:20:17 -0000

wow.. fly to hk just to study.. you are being spoiled by dad aren't you? did he pay for your air ticket?

Re: A Mild Malaise

Anon — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 02:41:12 -0000

oh.. did u pay for it yourself then? lol... that's nice of yourself then. =)

Re: You’re Yummy

Anon — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 21:19:14 -0000

Martian: How old are you?

Re: Not So Happy Merdeka

Anon — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 12:10:11 -0000

everything else u right is okay, but saying smart tunnel is dumb makes it a bit silly really

Re: How Barisan National Cheats Their Way To Victory

Anon — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 01:16:06 -0000

i've complete and uttermost respect for you sue ann. ii hope to at least one day reach your level of maturity and capability of such deep insight and inspirational writing....

Re: How Barisan National Cheats Their Way To Victory

Anon — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 04:22:09 -0000

you know, you could do our country lots of good if you decide to go into politics. there are many who would hear you out. very good write-up. 100% truth about what's going on.

Re: How Barisan National Cheats Their Way To Victory

Anon — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 07:54:14 -0000

apparently there's a rumour going around that bn is panicking now. they are getting the military votes to help buck up the losing areas. anddd they are planning to cheat. what the hell!

Re: Three Things To Talk About

Anon — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 09:34:49 -0000

i think.... my fav is ringo anddd hanis!

Re: Early Morning Peanut Butter Cup-Induced Commentary

Anon — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 23:11:10 -0000

excuse me. but Malaysia got explosions in the sky. so stop complaining, and please leave the music out of the politics, thank you very much.

Re: Attitudes and Absences

Anon — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 09:20:00 -0000

Respect. I was mostly a nerd at school and is doing well in life, but I will never want my kids to be like me. The years in school should be better memories other than study study study, stress, and study somemore.

Re: Rainforest World Music Festival 2008 and Other Things

Anon — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 06:24:36 -0000

now you are a famous blogger....you can't keep wearing the same stuff everytime...

Re: Things I Learnt About College And NYC Part 1

Anon — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 02:20:52 -0000

Going for this?

President Lee C. Bollinger is pleased to announce that on Thursday, Sept. 11, at 7:00 p.m.,... remarks by Senators John McCain and Barack Obama. Moderated by TIME Magazine Editor Richard Stengel and PBS NewsHour Anchor Judy Woodruff, the forum will offer both candidates a national stage to discuss the role of service in America.

http://www.columbia.edu/cu/news/newyorkstories/...

Re: Pinkpau’s Guide to US College Applications, Part 1

Anon — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 03:19:28 -0000

hey..does this means that i dont have to take ADP but just other pre-U program also can go to US?

Re: Pinkpau’s Guide to US College Applications, Part 1

Anon — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 13:14:27 -0000

you're awesome =D

Re: Gifted – Come With Me

Anon — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 23:22:03 -0000

maybe it's me, but this "music" track sounds a lot like jay-z's "my first song"...personally, i enjoy a bit more originality to my music.

Re: Presenting GCCalc: a horrible abuse of GCC

Anon — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 14:14:45 -0000

http://neugierig.org/software/c-repl/

Re: The Boy Diaries Part 3

Anon — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 04:13:53 -0000

oh man, i could really open up a can of worms on this one, but i'm too busy at the computer :p

Re: Is reducing medical errors similar to improving transportation safety?

Anon — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 16:07:47 -0000

Compare medicine to aviation and transportation when this is considered routine:

http://micom.net/oops/AirMaint.jpg

Re: A doctor in Cuba becomes a nurse in the United States

Anon — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 12:45:46 -0000

Nurses with specialized skills and willing to work the tough shifts, nights, weekends, yeah, they can do quite well financially.

More power to them.

I would imagine anyone who made it through medical school anywhere, could be an excellent nurse with just a little orientation to whatever day-to-day idiosyncracies we have here, compared to where they came from.

Also means, if that Cuban doc can do it, so could an American nurse.

Doctor D - I agree. Last time I checked, the biggest determinant of getting doctors to practice in rural areas is, training in the same rural areas, and most important, being from that area in the first place.

Re: Tiesto In Search of Sunrise Summer Tour: June 22 Hartford

Anon — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 10:48:57 -0000

Yeah i was one of the first people to get at the concert at like 330 cuz doors were to open at 430 ish.... got in at 7:37 and everyone was like this concert better ripe or else! It was all cuz there was like no power for lights and the scanner stuff or something in the plaza since the lights were only working for like 10 mins during Second Sun(which was amazing) but over all i still think it was worth it driving an hour and 45 mins to see tiesto (from mass) hopefully this wont happen next year!

Re: Tiesto In Search of Sunrise Summer Tour: June 22 Hartford

Anon — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 14:35:56 -0000

What a bloody disappointment!! Who was managing this show? You're FIRED! I spent good money to wait in lines? WTF. We were considering a cabana, thank god we decided against it. Tickets for drinks? Are you kidding? Bartenders don't know how to deal with cash? Tiesto rocks and we want him back in Hartford next year but you guys have a long way to go.

Re: New (Old? Lame?) Justice – Sure You Will

Anon — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 21:46:30 -0000

It sounds like Breakbot to me.

Re: Choosing the Right Infrastructure for your Project

Anon — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 10:52:54 -0000

Java is too big! No PHP!, why do ppl keeping saying this. i doubt your language experience

Re: President Obama's Guide to Going Green

Anon — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 21:25:21 -0000

wheres the reduce? :( i only see recycle and reuse

Re: 4 Radical Solutions to Packaging Waste

Anon — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 22:35:40 -0000

How about enacting a law that grocery stores need to sell a certain proportion of goods in bulk? I go to a coop with reusable containers to fill up. Good answer by the way, Anthony.

Re: Its The Friggin Weekend v2

Anon — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 14:03:05 -0000

nope, not justice

Re: Why are China’s web stats so bad?

Anon — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 05:30:31 -0000

I am in China trying to work but its absolutely imposible to surf some US and European site they are simply blocked. For example to use wikipedia I have to use Annony Mouse.

Re: Old Media’s Effect on Reputation and Action

Anon — Tue, 27 May 2008 01:56:46 -0000

A MUST video watch in my opinion, for every person who is trying to peek into the future and predict what will happen.

http://epic.makingithappen.co.uk/

Re: Randi’s Best (and Worst) of 2008

Anon — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 22:01:57 -0000

Nice lists, but i definitely disagree with a lot of your least favorites ("See You Again," "Womanizer," Katy Perry's singles). Overplayed? Maybe. But they're so catchy--how could you not like them!?

Re: Hidebehind- one site to rule them all

Anon — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 01:29:23 -0000

awesome if its true dewez

thanks for the headsup skykid

Re: Libera

Anon — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 23:06:30 -0000

Why not join the Angelvoices Group on Yahoo?

Re: The Ring : All PS3 Themes

Anon — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 15:10:17 -0000

lol, dat last comment really laid it out there, which one is cheaper! lol! ive had both consoles, 360 first, then ps3 several months later, sold my 360 shortly after getting my ps3 because the more i messed around with it, the more i realized how much better it is! how many times do you have to press the buttons just to listen to your music?? 5...6 times??? can't store my pictures in it either, ps3 can! 360 visuals(when playing music) fairly the same thing, see that typt all over! ps3 visuals (when playing music) are completely different, especially in the latest update, absolutely astonishing!
adam says the hd graphics aren't any different?? that's juss cus yer blind, i've played GoW in both 480i and 1080i (or was it 720p??), and i couldn't see any difference in visuals. BUT, i've played T.E.S. 4: Oblivian (ps3) first at 480i (standard t.v.) and thought the graphics were o.k.! then i connected it to my hdtv at 720p HUGE DIFFERENCE IN VISUALS! i couldn't believe at how vivid the picture was!
you think gt 5 is repetetive? obviously you haven't tried the demo! i gaurantee when it comes out, EVERY1 will be drifting in online races! which is a little hard to do on forza 1 or 2! i've tried! forza 2 is just forza 1 with better graphics! SAME DAMM GAME!
he likes to think R:FoM is cheap? play it co-op on superhuman! it's amazing at how much action the ps3 will dish out before the minor lag shows up! all the ps3 owners should know what i'm talking about there! it takes alot!
and now there's talk about ms releasing a Blu-Ray add-on! lol!

Re: ICO versionD : All PS3 Themes

Anon — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 12:57:48 -0000

What did you do, basically just copy m0dus's Ico theme and put more backgrounds on it? You should have probably asked him permission before doing that.

Re: Heavenly Sword 06 : All PS3 Themes

Anon — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 13:45:22 -0000

Oops! Didn't mean to use the makers name! Can you post the template you used for the XMB lines?

Re: Sophie Howard_versionD : All PS3 Themes

Anon — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 10:48:26 -0000

i've seen better and sophie howard isnt that pretty anyway

Re: Final Fantasy VII : All PS3 Themes

Anon — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 19:49:27 -0000

why the hell does he look like he has down syndrome?

Re: The Official Lair: Asylian Theme : All PS3 Themes

Anon — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 10:30:21 -0000

Cool theme, but the sounds get irritating after awhile. If someone could rip the sounds out, I'd use it.

Re: Realistique 2 : All PS3 Themes

Anon — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 02:57:58 -0000

Excellent

Re: APE Clan : All PS3 Themes

Anon — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 06:30:40 -0000

the best clan theme ive seen ours isn't finished yet but i'm nt posting, don't want no n00bs downloading

Re: Mirror’s Edge [by Xié] : All PS3 Themes

Anon — Sat, 24 May 2008 10:41:01 -0000

Can't read the writing due to the white background. Otherwise, great theme!

Re: Shinra V2 : All PS3 Themes

Anon — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 19:11:46 -0000

this isnt a theme of shinra, this is a theme of crisis core, with only the backround and one icon having the shinra logo, FAIL

Re: BloodSpillXXT - Shaiya - Light : All PS3 Themes

Anon — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 14:25:54 -0000

What game is this from?

Re: Video Game Outsiders 01 (Unofficial) : All PS3 Themes

Anon — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:41:14 -0000

Woo, a PS3 theme with an Xbox 360 controller as the main logo in it, just what every PS3 owner wants :D

Re: Summer Girl : All PS3 Themes

Anon — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 22:13:48 -0000

wee wee

Re: Resistance: Fall of Man 2 : All PS3 Themes

Anon — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 21:05:50 -0000

The game's called Resistance 2, no subtitles dammit!

Re: Hotties On Ur PS3 : All PS3 Themes

Anon — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 17:27:07 -0000

do some nudes

Re: Beaches (HD Only) : All PS3 Themes

Anon — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 20:46:24 -0000

and this is one of the highest rated? jesus some people have terrible taste

Re: Sticky Sackboy (LittleBigPlanet) : All PS3 Themes

Anon — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 07:26:03 -0000

i like the icons but not bckgroung 4 some reason!

Re: Wizzin’ on the 360 : All PS3 Themes

Anon — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 21:30:55 -0000

typical fanboy shite

Re: PS3 Must Have : All PS3 Themes

Anon — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 17:09:54 -0000

Hey man, great theme! But maybe in a updated version you could not use watermarked images, that GameSpy logo is really annoying!

And remove Tomb Raider, Spiderman, Condemned 2 and Haze and add LittleBigPlanet, Dead Space, Uncharted and Killzone 2!

Just a suggestion!

Re: Celtic Football Club : All PS3 Themes

Anon — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 21:07:56 -0000

Up Eh Hoops Fuk Eh Gers Hunz!!

Mon Eh Fenians Fuk Eh Orange B**tards!!

4 in a row here we go :D

Re: Celtic Football Club : All PS3 Themes

Anon — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 21:10:26 -0000

Oh Arthur Boruc!! He Blessed Himself And The Hunz Went Off There Nuts.. Oh Holy Goalie.. Oh Holy Goalie!! ;)

Fuk Eh Orange B**tards.. RIP Neds

Re: Celtic FC : All PS3 Themes

Anon — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 21:14:30 -0000

Hail hail ftq
ft gers
ft hun
ft prods
ft orange order

Long live celtic, ireland & scotland, catholics!!

fuk eh queen.. yeez are just her slaves yer hunz

Re: Jaki Theme Celtic : All PS3 Themes

Anon — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 21:17:56 -0000

Mon eh celts.. mon my irish peeps fuck eh queen!!

By bomb or by gun our deed will be done.. CIRA

Re: Scotland : All PS3 Themes

Anon — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 21:19:59 -0000

OMG Nice skin.. Im having that lol

Re: The Dark Knight Joker : All PS3 Themes

Anon — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 17:12:24 -0000

Nice theme :) Simple but yet keeps you guessing lol if you know what i mean lol

Re: The Official Sony Manga Theme : All PS3 Themes

Anon — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 13:34:32 -0000

Does anyone know where could i get that wallpaper without those icons ofcourse. thanks!

Re: Should Knowledge Workers have E2.0 Ratings, Part 3

Anon — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 11:06:03 -0000

Would you have incentives for writing good emails? Bonuses for effective telephone calls? Prizes for gathering at the water cooler to exchange information?

No, and neither should you have special assessments for use of E2.0 tools.

Ask yourself how you would feel about your dean evaluating you this way. A waste of time for you? The same is true for any knowledge worker. Big organizations have enough bureaucracy already!

Re: Gameplay First - The Dungeon Siege 2 Example

Anon — Sat, 30 Jul 2005 14:01:39 -0000

I love it when people proclaim how great a game is and then assume everyone else must love it too.

In my opinion Dungeon Siege had repetitive game play, a boring and dull story at best and the interface mechanics were severely lacking. Now that I have had time to play through the second one for my job I can safely say I feel the sequel is even worse.

But who cares itâ€™s just my opinion and I guess thatâ€™s the point

Re: The Best Kaiser Chiefs Song of, like, Ever

Anon — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 13:25:47 -0000

song is called "I Predict That You'd Look Good in a Riot"

Re: Nemew, Winchester

Anon — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 08:05:46 -0000

aimee, your such a hero!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
well done!!!!

Re: Madonna – Celebrate (Oakenfold 12″ Dub)

Anon — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 17:46:17 -0000

oakenfold remixes generally suck, so i have no way of knowing whether the actual song is any good. that said, this is one of his better sucky remixes.

Re: http://www.aeropause.com/2006/07/console-interfaces-its-simplicity-stupid/

Anon — Thu, 03 Aug 2006 03:50:34 -0000

can you seriously not figure out how to work the 360 dashboard? its even got big color bars for the mentally challenged like you. this is such a joke. you whine about finding the settings option in the 360 dash, its called the settings blade. you're obviously just a sony fanboy trying to pass off your biased opinion as some sort of moderate outlook on how the ps3 interface is shaping up.

Re: http://www.aeropause.com/2006/08/lara-crofts-blinged-xbox-360/

Anon — Thu, 31 Aug 2006 19:30:14 -0000

Erm... that "PSP" is a DS... but yeah, at least the 360 isn't as ugly.

Re: Hoy te voy a meter un dedo en el ojo: Los paraolímpicos del amor.

Anon — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 12:39:59 -0000

En Internet he visto muchas cosas repulsivas, estas fotos, creo que son lo mas repulsivo que vi en mi vida...

si esto es lo mas repulsivo, no has visto NADA en internet.

como dudo de que el webmastah aya puesto estas fotos en plan, mirad que sexy, pajeaos sin control.

si no mas bien por meter un dedo en el ojo como bien indica el post, deberiais todos meteros un dedo en el culo y gozarlo.

ah, y mantengo mi opinion inicial

WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS SHIT?

Re: Control your Desktop with Mouse Gestures | Tombuntu

Anon — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 13:56:20 -0000

iampriteshdesai - Easiet way would be to plug the Hard Drive into another PC with windows and use R-studio or some data recovery app. R-studio is the best I have found, it will find your data on lost partitions. You can possibly use an external/usb device so you can plug your HD into another working PC. I hope this helps, I hate to see people loose their data.

Re: What’s Been Bugging you in Ubuntu 8.10? | Tombuntu

Anon — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 08:48:56 -0000

Your problems are probably to do with pulseaudio.

If you ever suspend your computer, when you resume it, pulseaudio currently gets stuck (fix on the way into intrepid-proposed) https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulse...

For now, instead of killing pulseaudio, run:
pasuspender /bin/true
whenever you have pulse problems, to jolt it back to life

This should fix "pulseaudio issues" and "flash issues" as the problem with flash seems to be that it fills up some audio buffer and waits until that has actually been played out of the speakers.

i have also found that you cant use pulse as the input device on skype. but setting the alsa source does work. (as pulse much less rarely is hogging the input device than the output device)

Re: What’s Wrong With People?

Anon — Mon, 05 Dec 2005 10:00:22 -0000

which brings to mind the fact that horrible war criminals in time of peace are just regular joe's who use the handicapped slots for fun. What would this guy be like in a position of power over other people?

Re: 100’s Of Bad Words For You… :O

Anon — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 17:57:12 -0000

When i made a wordpress blog i was looking around for something like this. Couldnt think of any swears lmfao.

Re: Khajuraho: sex and the sacred

Anon — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 09:49:32 -0000

christ, they were athletic back then.

Re: Reading magazine

Anon — Tue, 29 May 2007 10:56:49 -0000

trixinty.net ...

Re: Movie watching strategies and other rants on the death of network TV.

Anon — Tue, 28 Sep 2004 16:26:15 -0000

You are such a hypocrite. BTW, video games are even worse than tv.

Re: WP Wall Guestbook

Anon — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 10:40:33 -0000

You might want to check you ChipIn. I donated yesterday, but you're still showing zero...

Re: UP’s Bet to Ms. Cebu Did Not Win

Anon — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 08:46:00 -0000

Damn! *drools*

I like Loise Tan.

Damn! Damn! Damn!

Re: This Sem’s The Worst Sem Ever

Anon — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 10:18:00 -0000

I deeply understand your situation. I have a three-step method in relieving your stress:

1. Breath Deeply

2. Look at the others around you.

3. Kill that higher authority that really fucks you up

Was your stress relieved? :D

Yes, you have that very demanding literature which is a 3-unit subject. Dood, we have a 2-unit subject that eats all of our time, almost - Physical Education! Fcuk!

Re: Another Compliment for Kennedy

Anon — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 11:44:59 -0000

The city is already doing what Ike proposes. Have you read his proposal? Once again Ike is all about fluff and air time.

Re: Council Wars; Chapter 1.5 (The Rest of the Story)

Anon — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 19:17:01 -0000

There you go again, drinking while you write your blog.

Are you seriously considering Sherron Franklin a credible source on what happens during a caucus meeting? She is so anti-Peterson and anti-Democrat she will say anything to cause trouble.

Let's see, you called the Republican-controlled DLGF and let them know that local Democrats were trashing local Republicans. They stuck up for the Republicans. Eeeeeeeeew, nice bit of investigative work.

Why don't you ask about the notice assessors are supposed to send out to taxpayers letting them now taxes are going up? Now I know it hurts when you have to use your brain, but do you honestly think this is something Paul Rickets wants to send out right before an election? Score!

So, you officially endorse lying. Did you actually try to listen to the tapes? No, of course not, that would mean you would have to get off your butt and put away the bottle.

Sober up and find the real story.

Re: Behind the Deal

Anon — Wed, 06 Dec 2006 09:01:18 -0000

Does someone's loved one have to disappear for anyone to care? Get him to resign!

Re: Less You Forget

Anon — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 17:54:58 -0000

Oh no! What next? Pathologists with shady histories, ghost employment, secretaries driving free cars, bodies missing...stay tuned for "As the Morgue Turns..."

Re: Peterson Asks for $85 Million Tax Increase

Anon — Sat, 09 Jun 2007 18:55:03 -0000

MMMM. Is it just me or wasn't consolidation supposed to save 36 million? oh wait.... 12 million..... oh this just in 4 million..... we now have to pay more? Bart is truly a tool and no one wants to call him on it in mainstream media.

Re: TALES FROM THE TOWNSHIPS

Anon — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 21:07:07 -0000

Perry is also the place where they have more constable badges than anyone. They work for several different businesses as well as what ever their duties include. I saw one in uniform that had I not noticed would have passed for a MCSD Deputy.

Re: TALES FROM THE TOWNSHIPS

Anon — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 14:14:23 -0000

Actually no they are not special deputies. They are their own dept the deputy constables are apointed to when the Constable is elected. The Sheriff has no oversite on them. SOme may be specials to work part time

Re: GO SEE FOR YOURSELF

Anon — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 18:24:07 -0000

I recommend birth control.

Re: GO SEE FOR YOURSELF

Anon — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 18:25:21 -0000

I recommend utilizing free public education.

Re: SO MUCH FOR A GRACEFUL EXIT

Anon — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 21:03:09 -0000

We should all lobby the legislature to eliminate the Sheriffs perk of keeping the money from warrants and that should take care of the problem and make him go away. When Cottey and those before Sheriff Anderson has this perk I complained then too. That money should go back to the police budget.

Re: THE GAMES PEOPLE PLAY, BADLY

Anon — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 10:30:01 -0000

He's trying to be politically correct by using the word their?!? What have you been smoking Grammar Nazi?

Maybe he was just typing quickly as he was hosting a radio show at 9:33 am? If you're going to "attack" someone like anon 9:29 did, then you should probably "man up" and use your name. That was the point I got. The politically correct spin is just funny.

Re: Getting the Hang of the Twitter Culture

Anon — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 23:06:28 -0000

Hi Kenney. While it's rare to actually get kicked out of Twitter, your network will unfollow you for antisocial behavior. And it is SO hard to get that trust back once it is gone. The thing is that all the social networking sites are linked: members of Twitter also have Facebook, Plurk and FriendFeed accounts, for example. So if you mess up in one space you're likely to instantly get a bad reputation elsewhere too. It really is all about credibility and trust in the social media sphere.

Re: Best Songs of the Decade (2000-2009)

Anon — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 16:06:49 -0000

a nice mix altogether. i agree with a lot of the artists, but would probably have chosen other or additional songs for many of the selections ("paranoid android" by radiohead, britbrit's "gimme more", other arcade fire and killers songs, etc.).

Also--why no santogold?!?

there's a lot of good stuff here. thanks for posting this.

Re: Crystal Ball Roundtable: 2008 Big Ten Final Team Standings

Anon — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:05:18 -0000

this prediction seems... laughable.

Re: CPA Exam Rants: April/May 2009 Window

Anon — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 00:35:02 -0000

I passed REG and FAR last window. It was a miserable month working until 9 or 930 then studying until midnight. But it can be done. Just get in the mind set that if you will allow yourself to be miserable, seriously work, CPA studying, sleep (in that order of time commitment) for one month, you can pass both of them in one window. I'm not sure about 1 week, but its possible

Re: CPA Exam Rants: April/May 2009 Window

Anon — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 20:34:52 -0000

i think TX meant material weakness and significant deficiency

Re: CPA Exam Score Release Predictions - April/May Window - Wave 1

Anon — Mon, 18 May 2009 08:36:16 -0000

any idea when REG scores for VA will be released?

Re: CPA Exam Score Release Predictions - April/May Window - Wave 1

Anon — Mon, 18 May 2009 08:55:49 -0000

I just heard that wave 1 for AUD and BEC are out for VA. Any idea if REG will be posted later today 5/18?

Re: CPA Exam Score Release Predictions - April/May Window - Wave 1

Anon — Mon, 18 May 2009 11:22:20 -0000

any news on REG for VA?

Re: CPA Exam Score Release Predictions - April/May Window - Wave 1

Anon — Mon, 18 May 2009 14:19:34 -0000

any predictions on when REG may come out?

Re: CPA Exam Score Release Predictions - April/May Window - Wave 1

Anon — Wed, 20 May 2009 16:28:34 -0000

i hear of people in CA getting their FAR scores back already, yet I have yet to receive mine :(

does anyone know if they tend to release the passing scores first and the borderline/failing scores later? or is it random?

Re: CPA Exam Score Release Predictions - April/May Window - Wave 1

Anon — Sat, 23 May 2009 03:02:14 -0000

took FAR in CA on 4/23...still haven't received my score. Does that mean I'm in wave 2 forsure? when does wave 2 come out?

Re: CPA Exam Score Release Predictions - April/May Window - Wave 1

Anon — Mon, 25 May 2009 22:16:28 -0000

I got my REG score from Delaware. PASSED. yessssssssssssssssss!!!!!!

Re: CPA Exam Score Release Predictions - April/May 2009 Window - Wave 2

Anon — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 17:58:32 -0000

Hey Jeff,

Did you say that the wave 1 Audit scores that have not been posted yet were released by the AICPA to NASBA on Friday?

Thanks.

Re: CPA Exam Score Release Predictions - April/May 2009 Window - Wave 2

Anon — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 18:52:23 -0000

I'm waiting for Reg in CA. Does anyone know if CA ever releases scores in the evening/night? Thanks

Re: CPA Exam Score Release Predictions - April/May 2009 Window - Wave 2

Anon — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 19:00:49 -0000

Thanks Wave 2 pass CA, good luck!

Re: CPA Exam Score Release Predictions - April/May 2009 Window - Wave 2

Anon — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 10:08:47 -0000

Jeff - do you still expect NASBA states to release REG between 8 and 12 tonight?

Re: CPA Exam Score Release Predictions - April/May 2009 Window - Wave 2

Anon — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 17:47:10 -0000

Nope CA scores show at the bottom of the "Status" page

Re: CPA Exam Score Release Predictions - April/May 2009 Window - Wave 2

Anon — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 21:28:38 -0000

I think CA usually updates the next morning between 6 am and 7am

Re: New Year Open Forum (1/3-1/12)

Anon — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 10:39:34 -0000

Anonymous said... let's all admit the truth. most of us live in mb or the westside because either (1) our lucrative careers are centered here and/or (2) we have family here. both the westside and mb have some serious flaws that when factored with the price we pay for real estate in either location is substantially overvalued even for california. for instance, i previously lived in the bay area--real estate in nice comparable communities such as palo alto or atherton are actually more affordable (more house & land per sqft for the dollar) and have better public and private schools. however, most of us who live here have to do so for a reason and the decision between the westside and mb becomes a personal choice. those of us who cannot fathom spending $40k/yr to send our kids to school with spoiled industry

Re: New Year Open Forum (1/3-1/12)

Anon — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 12:08:26 -0000

My prediction: 20% price drops in Manhattan Beach on a house-by-house basis. Don't know what it will look like in terms of median stats, but with continued problems getting loans, I expect a second year of record low sales and a second year of relatively meaningless median sales stats.

Re: New Year Open Forum (1/3-1/12)

Anon — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 12:32:12 -0000

You're kidding yourself. There are a lot of people in the entertainment industry both above the line and below the in MB. With Raleigh Studios MB and MB's close proximity to Columbia, it makes sense to live here. On another note, I won't both defending the our industry as whole from a generalization like the one you stated, but if I may ask, what industry are you in?

Re: New Year Open Forum (1/3-1/12)

Anon — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 12:51:58 -0000

Hey Mark, the walkstreets are highly prized by people with...small children. You should either start liking small kids, or consider something else. Since you also like large houses, I would suggest the Hill section. Although some say it is too far to walk to the beach, it is still pretty close. And quite walkable if you are not fat or lazy.

Re: New Year Open Forum (1/3-1/12)

Anon — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 13:02:25 -0000

I am a local "small investor " in MB. We own several properties, a few single fam's & a few older duplexes. We live in an older home in the north end. I am noticing a trend in sales and purchases of property here in MB. Properties are not staying on the market very long & sales prices, compared to 2007 (& now 2008), are going up. I don't expect that we'll see the 15-20% per year run-up anytime soon, but what I am seeing now is a solid 5 to 9.9% increase in price. I expect that 2009 will show price increases in the range of 7.5 to 11%. I am now, and always have been, bullish on R.E.- even tho we, like many, many others took a "whuppin" in the mid-90's. The fed's pumping of $$ in to the various markets (banks, auto's, ins, etc) will enable those folks who are astute enough to continue to make money in the future.

Re: New Year Open Forum (1/3-1/12)

Anon — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 15:12:13 -0000

Mark: Laguna & CDM are great residential areas; however, unless the place you find is near the village in laguna, you have to get in the car & drive for a cup of coffee, breakfast, dinner, etc. Many of the folks here in MB, especially empty-nesters, rarely use a car on week-ends. If you're in the sand or closer trees, we walk everywhere (beach, Martyr's, Metlox, Von's, restaurants, coffee shops, Uncle Bill's...). In my opinion, the walk st's north of downtown are best (disclaimer: I own a home there) because of all the above, plus Live Oak Park with tennis cts, baseball fields, bsktbl cts & playgrounds with lot's of parking for your guests. Hope this helps.

Re: New Year Open Forum (1/3-1/12)

Anon — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 15:34:33 -0000

Kind of funny. I never get in my car for a cup of coffee. I simply make it myself. It is really not that hard. Particuliarly if you are an empty nester, you shoud have time on your hands. Heck, on the weekends I go all out and use my French Press. Beats Starbucks three ways from tomorrow.

Re: New Year Open Forum (1/3-1/12)

Anon — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 17:38:41 -0000

It did not sound particuliarly positive in my opinion.....said one group of economomists predicted a modest recesssion. And then it pretty much caveated away a lot of there credibility. I talked to quite a few of my friends over the holiday's. I was quite surprised by how many were taking mandatory shutdown's for the holidays...that is usually a pre-layoff tactic. And these are in industries not related to the housing industry in any way. I think the short recession guys are dead wrong. We've had a housing led recession for a year now. The credit crunch has now caused a new phase of the recession, and it is now a "general" recession which has just started. The housing recession is still with us, concensus is 20% nationwide drop this year in housing prices. I don't think we are out of the woods yet.

Re: New Year Open Forum (1/3-1/12)

Anon — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 17:46:48 -0000

Hey this new comment system is great. It seems to filter out all Huggy posts.

Re: New Year Open Forum (1/3-1/12)

Anon — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 18:01:13 -0000

much easier thanks MB watcher love the site

Re: New Year Open Forum (1/3-1/12)

Anon — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 18:26:29 -0000

The best area in the East Bay is Danville/Alamo, hands down. It has a fantastic downtown with local shops and restaurants, great schools, and strong sense of community. Has a 4th of July parade if that gives you any indication. I used to live in the Blackhawk area of Danville, which is a gated community with two golf courses. If you golf, it is great and has one of the cheapest memberships in the Bay Area with the most to offer - two swimming pool complexes, two clubhouses, two golf courses, two tennis facilities. 30k is my guess for a membership. If you don't live within the gates, both the east and westside of 680 in Danville/Alamo are very nice. One of the most affordable areas as well. Walnut Creek has a nice downtown, but sense of community isn't even close to Danville, Moraga, or Orinda/Laffayette. You can get double the house in these areas vs. Palo Alto and you probably couldn't afford Atherton (not a dig at you since most people can't).

Re: New Year Open Forum (1/3-1/12)

Anon — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 18:28:06 -0000

I had to break this into two posts bc it wouldn't let me sumbit. MBC, this could be a problem as it becomes a pain in the butt to post longer messages. I went to Stanford and Palo Alto is nice, but not overly affordable compared to East Bay. Commute to SF from Danville depends on what time you leave in morning and whether you're willing to take BART. If you work downtown, BART is no brainer bc you drive to either Orinda or West Oakland Station and then take the train from there. Public schools in the above East Bay cities are outstanding, with Walnut Creek as exception. I grew up on Bay Area and lived there for close to 35 years so happy to give more color.

Re: New Year Open Forum (1/3-1/12)

Anon — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 19:52:22 -0000

It probably depends on where you work and whether you have kids (or plan to have kids). MB probably has best access to freeways and schools. However, if you don't need either of those, the other areas are cheaper, and can have a lot of charm.

Re: New Year Open Forum (1/3-1/12)

Anon — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 20:43:11 -0000

I would go East Bay, only because you get much more house for your money. If working in Mt. View, East Bay out of question. Would have to cross San Mateo or Dumbarton Bridge, which would bring you close to suicide. Palo Alto or Menlo Park would be great for you. Both have nice downtowns and warm sense of community. PA schools much better than MP. Neither are cheap, but MP cheaper. I suppose Redwood City or Burlingame would be ok, but would personally stick to PA or MP if thinking about living on Peninsula. LG is also a tremendous place to live. Another really nice downtown. K-8 schools are good, LG high school full of drugs, much more than normal. Wife went there and still has plenty of friends with kids there. Bellarmine Prep best private school in San Jose, sister school to Loyola in LA. I went there, obviously biased. 99% go to 4 year college, 10% to Ivy/Stanford, best overall sports in Bay Area.

Re: New Year Open Forum (1/3-1/12)

Anon — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 20:53:08 -0000

You could live in PA or MP and still work in SF too. Can't do it from LG. PA is large, so if too far from downtown it may defeat the purpose of you living there. Regarding East Bay, Danville/Alamo commute not as bad as you think, if you take BART. If working downtown, I would go that route. Orinda/Moraga/Lafayette more reasonable, but don't have downtown/shops/restaurants you may be looking for. GREAT schools though, all through HS with Miramonte, Campolindo, or Acalanes. De La Salle nearby in Concord too. Lafayette best downtown of the three. Honestly, can't go wrong with either of them. More pricey and less house for money vs. Danville/Alamo because you're taking off 10-20 minutes of commute, plain and simple. To summarize, I'd go East Bay if working in SF. Would prefer Dan/Alamo but you literally won't go wrong with LaMorInda. If SV is your choice, flip a coin with LG and PA unless working in SF, both very similar, but LG is only 25 minutes to Santa Cruz.

Re: New Year Open Forum (1/3-1/12)

Anon — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 01:28:53 -0000

I was thinking the same thing... The hill section has fantastic views and the sands got the proximity to water. What's the tree section offer? trees? There is an obvious dislike for EMB which I'm not quite understanding. I would certainly like to hear from others why tree section is better than EMB? Perhaps EMB is neighboring RB? The lots are much bigger than tree lots.... Please enlighten me. Thanks.

Re: New Year Open Forum (1/3-1/12)

Anon — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 02:05:25 -0000

I want what he's smoking...

Re: New Year Open Forum (1/3-1/12)

Anon — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 12:36:22 -0000

Did you graduate from Saratoga High? What year? I lived rigt off Seagull Way, right next to the 7 Eleven.

Re: New Year Open Forum (1/3-1/12)

Anon — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 13:42:57 -0000

Explorer. I also dislike the fact that you have to scroll back to see if anybody has commented to your posts. Also, there will be plenty of interesting comments missed if I have to do that on all posts. For example, if there are a total of 50+ comments, some will continue off the third thread above. I don't like that I literally have to start all over everytime and read posts to see if there is something new. Like right now, you're going to have to go search for this answer and you may miss it since you're going to have to find your original post in this clutter, then read mine.

Re: New Year Open Forum (1/3-1/12)

Anon — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 15:16:38 -0000

To all the USC grads/fans. Once again USC showed it has no class. From coach Carroll to the players, the demonstration on the sidelines at the end of the game was more then unsportsman like. But that is USC and always will be USC. I can't even think of another coaching staff that would have allowed such activity. Even the letters to the LA times sports section showed the displeasure of many. One last thing, USC will not be in the BCS Bowl again next year.

Re: New Year Open Forum (1/3-1/12)

Anon — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 16:25:00 -0000

MBW, there is another bug. The "Jump To" links in right margin will not work due to the pagination. It will not jump to the thread that is not currently visible.

Re: New Year Open Forum (1/3-1/12)

Anon — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 17:12:50 -0000

plastic, MB schools is only slightly better than HB. Both are at the top of the class and API scores all over 900. Do some homework on your own. Google for California API websites. It's all over the place. HB kids goes to MB Mira Costa High.

Re: New Year Open Forum (1/3-1/12)

Anon — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 17:15:10 -0000

MBW found another bug for you.... check out my comment above. I typed the word C L A S S and it replaced the last three letters with asterisks. This is kind of lame. They need to find a better way to filter out profanity.

Re: New Year Open Forum (1/3-1/12)

Anon — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 17:49:22 -0000

Pass class mass sass associate assignment

Re: New Year Open Forum (1/3-1/12)

Anon — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 17:50:27 -0000

Watch your mouth anon. MBW will have to wash out your mouth with soap.

Re: New Year Open Forum (1/3-1/12)

Anon — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 18:04:02 -0000

<a href="http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2009/01/feds-ye..." target="_blank">http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2009/01/feds-ye... Fed's Yellen: Recession "longer and deeper" than "Garden-Variety" by CalculatedRisk on 1/04/2009 02:09:00 PM From San Francisco Fed President Janet Yellen: Comments on "The Revival of Fiscal Policy" I agree with [Martin Feldstein] that the current downturn is likely to be far longer and deeper than the "garden-variety" recession in which GDP bounces back quickly. As Marty points out, a defining characteristic of this downturn is its cause. Typically, recessions occur when monetary policy is tightened to subdue the inflationary pressures that emerge during a boom. This time, the cause was the eruption of a severe financial crisis. Cross-country evidence suggests that, following such an event, GDP remains subdued for an extended period.2 And consistent with this evidence, many forecasters expect this to be one of the longest and deepest recessions since the Great Depression. Indeed, the crisis is ongoing. Risk-aversion in financial markets remains exceptionally high; deleveraging is widespread; the markets for most private asset-backed securities are dysfunctional; financial institutions, both large and small, have failed; and the economic downturn is causing delinquencies to rise, threatening further financial distress; households and businesses face an ongoing credit crunch; and housing and financial wealth has plunged. Marty points out, and I agree, that the likely impact on consumer spending of the decline in wealth thus far—one of a number of factors weighing on this sector—is, on its own, quite substantial. And house prices are continuing to slide.

Re: New Year Open Forum (1/3-1/12)

Anon — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 18:17:16 -0000

You must be the same ole' Penn State loser. Once again, sorry about the loss, hope you didn't lay money down on the game. Go run your mouth somewhere else, we don't care about it here.

Re: New Year Open Forum (1/3-1/12)

Anon — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 23:13:17 -0000

Professor, If there is a better certified metric out there, other than your gut feeling than please enlighten us all....

Re: New Year Open Forum (1/3-1/12)

Anon — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 00:39:27 -0000

MBW, assuming you are on the first of two pages, click on the "jump to" button for the following comment...currently the 5th one down. It appears to only be a problem in firefox only. IE works just fine...Thanks for trying. Not a big deal. ----------------------------------- anon Professor, If there is a better certified metric out there, other than your gut feeling than please... Jump to » 1 hour ago

Re: New Year Open Forum (1/3-1/12)

Anon — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 00:43:26 -0000

Shut-It-Lap-Dogs, We are not complaining. It's called feedback you moron.

Re: New Year Open Forum (1/3-1/12)

Anon — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 12:28:28 -0000

MBW: Been an avid fan of MBC. However the new lay-out seems to have created it's own "Blog-site" with folks e-ming each other. I much prefer postings by time/sequence vs people responding to each other. Just my own preference. Thanks

Re: New Year Open Forum (1/3-1/12)

Anon — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 14:28:49 -0000

I must admit, that over time I am beginning to warm up to it. I do like the way it jumps to the most recent post.

Re: New Year Open Forum (1/3-1/12)

Anon — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 14:48:47 -0000

No that was not me dude, I went to CAL. But you are the typical USC grad I'm talking about. Absolutly no class whatsoever. Everyone knows it and if you want to be one one of them so be it. Must be great bing perfect. Now go ahead and run your mouth classless wonder.

Re: New Year Open Forum (1/3-1/12)

Anon — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:18:42 -0000

MBC, I agree with the other posters about the "threading" and def not a fan. Love your site other than this new addition.

Re: New Year Open Forum (1/3-1/12)

Anon — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:12:45 -0000

MBW: the "jump to" is pretty slick. Perhaps you could publish instructions on this new posing system to help ease the typical fear of change.

Re: MB Market Update for 12/31/08

Anon — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 18:27:32 -0000

Looks like January is off to an exciting start already. Three new listings today and four price reductions.

Re: New Year Open Forum (1/3-1/12)

Anon — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 19:46:58 -0000

MBW: I'm the avid fan. Txs for the reply

Re: MB Market Update for 12/31/08

Anon — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 22:50:36 -0000

I would think it would be even lower than the 1.5 you are guessing. The auction started at 1.499 and had no takers. Perhaps 1.35m? That would make for a great deal and that's what it takes to sell these days.

Re: New Year Open Forum (1/3-1/12)

Anon — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 01:37:08 -0000

<a href="http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2009/01/foreclo..." target="_blank">http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2009/01/foreclo... Monday, January 05, 2009 Foreclosures: Movin' on up by CalculatedRisk on 1/05/2009 10:30:00 PM A 90 second video from Jim the Realtor on a foreclosures in Carlsbad, California. A couple of homes on this street sold for $1 million not long ago ... <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWPtuLklH5E" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWPtuLklH5E Manhattan Beach is less than a year from this scenario

Re: New Year Open Forum (1/3-1/12)

Anon — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:49:00 -0000

Pending Home Sales Index Declines in November <a href="http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2009/01/pending..." target="_blank">http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2009/01/pending... by CalculatedRisk on 1/06/2009 10:01:00 AM From the NAR: Economic Slump Weakens Pending Home Sales The Pending Home Sales Index, a forward-looking indicator based on contracts signed in November, fell 4.0 percent to 82.3 from a downwardly revised reading of 85.7 in October, and is 5.3 percent below November 2007 when it was 86.9. The current index is the lowest since the series began in 2001. I'll just repeat my comment from last month: Existing home sales have been boosted by all the distress sales in low priced areas. Over time, as foreclosure activity shifts to middle and upper income areas, existing home sales will probably decline (the opposite of the NAR view - what a surprise!) Existing home sales are reported at the close of escrow, pending home sales are reported when contracts are signed. The Pending Home Sales index leads existing home sales by about 45 days, so this suggests existing home sales will decline from December 2008 to January 2009. For some graphs comparing existing home sales to pending home sales, see: Do Existing Home Sales track Pending Home Sales? The answer is yes - they do track pretty well. <a href="http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2008/08/do-exis..." target="_blank">http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2008/08/do-exis...

Re: Not So Delusional – Now

Anon — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:14:43 -0000

Drake: If Bev, or anyone else, has the answer we could all go on with our lives.

Re: 2008 Median Price Wrapup

Anon — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 11:32:25 -0000

The data shows that we are starting to see a decline in prices of homes in MB. Note that most of the decline has occurred since August of this year. Also consider the data in the context of declining sales volume and mortgage rates and the makeup of the homes being sold (new versus old, tree section versus hill/sand). I believe the key to predicting future declines is in the inventory numbers which are not shown here. It would be nice to see numbers as well. Thanks for the data and analysis. PS, It would be nice to be able to preview ones post before actually submitting it--something this new system doesn't seem to offer.

Re: 2008 Median Price Wrapup

Anon — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 13:47:47 -0000

the asks have come down in a massive way, especially at the entry level. 2509 palm started at 2.7, not flailing at 1.65mm. hats 20%+, and even then they arent moving. why listen to people who missed the recession, let alone every major piece of bad economic news for the last 18 months? i mean seriously, real estate industry people giving you financial advice? they are the most extreme kool aid drinkers of any industry (saying something), and for the most part just arent that savvy about overall economic issues. buying real estate at any time over the last 25 years, in a rising credit environment, has been great for levered equity returns. buying in the largest debt deflation / deleveraging in the history of the world, on a global basis....probably not so good. guess what...all real estate is now global, not local.

Re: New Year Open Forum (1/3-1/12)

Anon — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 17:20:16 -0000

I would welcome the opportunity to tell you to your face moron. I'm not the guy you've be going back and forth with by the way. You just come off as a real jerk.

Re: New Year Open Forum (1/3-1/12)

Anon — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 17:55:51 -0000

I agree 100% with your observation that USC and fans have little or no class for the most part. I have a couple of friends that are USC grads and they agree as well. They say it has not always been that way. They graduated in 87 and 89.

Re: New Year Open Forum (1/3-1/12)

Anon — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 17:59:43 -0000

You mean like USC grads.

Re: 2008 Median Price Wrapup

Anon — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 18:32:51 -0000

I agree. Which is why we had sold last September. Appraisers are already discounting at min 1% per month...

Re: 2008 Median Price Wrapup

Anon — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 20:44:00 -0000

BTW where is Huggy? Both he and RBD are unusually quite. Maybe they are on a vacation together?

Re: New Year Open Forum (1/3-1/12)

Anon — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 20:46:15 -0000

I think MBW was hoping to lose some of the energy.

Re: Oh Dear, John

Anon — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 09:55:17 -0000

hugz - your postings have become much less frequent, and seem more tired. economic reality got ya down?

Re: Two Strand Lots Down $1m

Anon — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 13:36:33 -0000

people on the strand should be strung up. how dare they be so rich.

Re: Two Strand Lots Down $1m

Anon — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 14:02:54 -0000

strand walker, If you buy one of these strand lots you can do pretty much whatever you like to the beach frontage. That is one of the benefits of being able to afford a strand home in MB.

Re: Two Strand Lots Down $1m

Anon — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 18:40:35 -0000

I agree. I do see some acceleration lower in the listing prices. The couple of short sales that just showed up will put additional pressure on homeowners currently listed.

Re: Two Strand Lots Down $1m

Anon — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 20:29:01 -0000

Mr. Bohica You obviously don't get it, this is Manhattan Beach...the negative things regarding the economy don't ever reach us. It's the mantra of the COTR.

Re: Two Strand Lots Down $1m

Anon — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 21:55:51 -0000

2900 Pacific is a VERY BUSY corner. Location, Location Location. Any really quality home, on a good street (meaning not high traffic) will fare much better.

Re: Oh Dear, John

Anon — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 22:56:34 -0000

And COTS is not working at all. A total loser for sure.

Re: 2008 Median Price Wrapup

Anon — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 02:53:51 -0000

Bravo MBW! Nice graph of a brief snapshot of data. As you mention, this is a 12 month moving average snapshot of MLS data for MB/West MB and we already see about a 10% drop -- affluent areas as we all know are on a lag due to the differential timing of the mortgage resets. The current shallow drop is practically predictable given that the tether for the Alt-A and pay-options reset has yet to occur. Keep an eye on this graph: Graph: <a href="http://tinyurl.com/4nzwb8" target="_blank">http://tinyurl.com/4nzwb8 In interpreting this data, it's worth remembering that moving averages blunt the actual drop by clipping the peak and falsely elevate the drop. 12 month moving averages provide information about what happened on average 6 months ago; in this rapidly changing market, this is old information which is not particularly helpful in projecting forward. Recall, the median home price to median income ratios in MB at the peak and trough of the last cycle and the peak of this one: Peak 1990: 7.5 Trough 1994: 4.5 Today: About 13, not a misprint: Thirteen -- and dropping! Data: <a href="http://tinyurl.com/5yfd5t" target="_blank">http://tinyurl.com/5yfd5t On another front, it took just over 12 years to recover median home values relative to the 1990 peak when adjusted for inflation and transaction costs (Realtor commissions, escrow and closing costs...). What should give any contemplating home buyer pause is the corollary fact: If you bought a median home close to the peak, you had to wait about 12 years before selling it to break even. If you had to sell any sooner, you lost potentially a LOT of money, by as much as 40+% if you had to sell close to the trough... adjusted for inflation and transaction costs. Calcs: <a href="http://tinyurl.com/43o44d" target="_blank">http://tinyurl.com/43o44d Another data set to consider: Of the 14,961 households in 90266, there have been 13433 real estate transactions (in the DQ dataset) over the last 20 years (01/88 to 12/07). This translates to a sales rate of 671 transactions per year. 671 homes sold per year equates to an annual sales rate of 4.5% of all homes in MB. In ten years, that equates to 45% of homes in MB exchanging hands. In Manhattan Beach, in general, folks don't buy home and live in them for the life of their mortgage -- about half the homes sell in 10 years. At random, the implications of this data is that there is a 45% (close to 50%) likelihood that any given home will sell in 10 years. Life happens: deaths, divorces, job displacements, disease, upsizing, downsizing... and in our current times, the deflating and recessionary economy happens which is leading to global deleveraging and massive deflation of real estate, locally, regionally, nationally and globally. These winds of change are just beginning to mature in affluent areas, which usually have more ballast to withstand the initial buffeting. As the down-slope of this housing contraction matures, there are likely to be more and more homes which come to market that are underwater -- the implications for a seller is that the market is likely to get progressively more dire in the next few years. Using the MB MLS data, this much is clear: Relative to the 12 month moving average, buyers who have been on the sideline last year (Feb peak to November trough) have saved themselves about 200K (if not more) in purchase price on a median home, just by waiting! Interest rates continue to drop (for now)! If the question is: "To have waited or not to have waited?", the answer is quite simple: you saved a bundle by waiting; and ignoring the usual "buy now" and "it's a great time to buy" routine. If the question is "To wait or not to wait?", then imho, the trend line continues to point towards substantial lower home price in the next few years. We'll likely see drops in the 30-40% range once Alt-As and pay-options start to reset; give it 2-3 more years.

Re: Two Strand Lots Down $1m

Anon — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 03:04:01 -0000

Mookie, I just posted a longer post using Firefox 3.0.5 without difficulty: <a href="http://mbcon.blogspot.com/2009/01/2008-median-pri..." target="_blank">http://mbcon.blogspot.com/2009/01/2008-median-pri...

Re: Two Strand Lots Down $1m

Anon — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 11:21:33 -0000

his name is in the Redfin Listing. Anyone interested to see who the idiot is can easily look it up.

Re: Two Strand Lots Down $1m

Anon — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 11:24:00 -0000

lets all meet at the strand at 27th street and bring our putters so we can try out the putting green. Afterall it is public property. BTW the city manager confirmed that the home owners can't kick us off!

Re: New Year Open Forum (1/3-1/12)

Anon — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 11:33:09 -0000

Obama on the economy <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTDln2f0GvQ" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTDln2f0GvQ its going from bad to worse

Re: Oh Dear, John

Anon — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 14:43:43 -0000

I think you're in the bag dude.

Re: Two Strand Lots Down $1m

Anon — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 23:09:27 -0000

Without a doubt and it always has been. My parents moved to Manhattan Beach in 1941. They bought a beach lot in the 500 block of 7th St for $350. They built a small 2 bedroom home for $3,000. I have nothing but great memories of growing up there.

Re: Two Strand Lots Down $1m

Anon — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 12:20:00 -0000

First, anyone who complained about the toys were "bitter old people", now it's always the "professional lady" usually preceded by the title "idiot". Obviously not everyone agrees with your decision to take over your walkstreet and your bullying to have your own way. You show your true colors every time you post. Oh and don't let me forget, this is all so you can raise your kids in a warm loving environment! God help your children.

Re: Two Strand Lots Down $1m

Anon — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 13:00:43 -0000

First, you accused anyone that didn't agree with you of being sexist, then when you realized you looked completely ridiculous, you accused them of being threatening and bullying and now thuggery. You show your true colors every time you post. You so clearly have a persecution complex. Oh, and now you're accusing us of taking over a walk street. Is anyone or anything beyond your accusations? The reality is (I know that is a word you're not familiar with), there are rules and laws in this city. File a complaint and be done with it. One thing is for sure, you are not a neighbor. There have been disputes and they've always been resolved peacefully and with kindness. As far as our children, you needn't worry about them. You really need focus on your own problems, which are clearly very serious. God help you, it must be terrible going through life thinking that people are always out to get you.

Re: Two Strand Lots Down $1m

Anon — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 13:30:39 -0000

Hey guys: I just went over & looked at the info. Except for a few typo's, I don't think there is anything mis-leading about the ad. It clearly states the green is on pub prop.

Re: Two Strand Lots Down $1m

Anon — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 18:40:12 -0000

What a joke you are. Yes, there are rules and laws in this city, like not leaving your personal belongings all over the publicly owned walkstreets and using them as playgrounds for your own personal use. I feel sorry for your kids. Your penchant for blaming everything on the phantom professional lady is just pathetic. I thought it was the "angry entitled elders" who were to blame?

Re: Two Strand Lots Down $1m

Anon — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 19:28:11 -0000

What a complete and utter coward you are. You're obviously very angry, but you don't have the courage to take any action whatsoever to resolve your complaints. Yes, there are rules and laws in this city, but despite your paranoid and unfounded accusations, you have no evidence that any rules or laws have been violated. I feel sorry for anyone that has to deal with you. Your penchant for wild and unfounded accusations is just pathetic. I thought it was the "sexist" residents of the walk streets that were to blame?

Re: Two Strand Lots Down $1m

Anon — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 20:03:47 -0000

What a role model you are for your kids. I'm sure by your language and attitude that all your disputes have been resolved peacefully and with kindness! So far i have a persecution complex, then i'm sexist, a thug, paranoid and a coward. What a warm loving environment for your kids.

Re: Two Strand Lots Down $1m

Anon — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 20:17:38 -0000

What a nightmare you for your neighbors. I'm sure by your language and non-stop accusations that all of your disputes end in lawsuits and restraining orders. So far I have taken over a walk street, then I leave personal belongings all over the publicly owned walkstreets and using them as playgrounds for my own personal use, then I'm a joke, pathetic and a poor role model for my children. What warm loving environment for anyone around you.

Re: Two Strand Lots Down $1m

Anon — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 20:57:28 -0000

Why don't you spend some loving time with your children instead of obsessing over one person's opinion on this blog? Maybe you would gain some much needed perspective. Also i find it humorous that all of your comments parrot mine! Shows a distinct lack of imagination.

Re: Two Strand Lots Down $1m

Anon — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 21:31:49 -0000

Why don’t you spend some loving time with anyone instead of obsessing over toys on a walk street you don’t actually live on? Maybe you would gain some much-needed perspective. Also, I find it humorous that you’re incapable of seeing the hypocrisy of your incessant accusations and derogatory comments. It shows a a distinct lack of intelligence.

Re: Two Strand Lots Down $1m

Anon — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 22:00:52 -0000

Again with the parroting. You bore me. I'm off to dinner with family and friends so you can have the last word which i guess will make you the winner in your tiny, tiny world. Oh wait, i'll save you the trouble of replying! "You only wish you had family and friends to dine with. If anyone's parroting and boring it's you! i guess that makes you the winner of your tiny, tiny world."

Re: Two Strand Lots Down $1m

Anon — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 23:05:01 -0000

Again with the derogatory statements. As far as boring you, all evidence to the contrary. Glad you’re off to dinner with family and friends, but try not to be the controlling, intolerant person that you’ve shown yourself to be on this blog. In respect to being the winner, I sincerely don’t see it that way, but I do believe we’ve made some progress -- as the only accusation you made in your last post is to accuse of me of being a parrot. There is hope for you yet, my dear.

Re: Two Strand Lots Down $1m

Anon — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 12:29:51 -0000

I think it is one moron posting both sides of the issue. Surely there can't be two different people on this blog who are so idiotic that they care this much about this issue one way or the other.

Re: Open Forum (1/12-1/18)

Anon — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 13:25:28 -0000

I think MBW was merely saying that USC is so talented they will almost always win the PAC-10, but will always choke at some point during the season against an unranked opponent and not qualify for the BCS final.

Re: Open Forum (1/12-1/18)

Anon — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 13:39:20 -0000

USC = No Class whatsoever.

Re: Open Forum (1/12-1/18)

Anon — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 13:41:54 -0000

Wow, that's a good one, and original at that. At least come up with something better.

Re: Open Forum (1/12-1/18)

Anon — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 13:43:19 -0000

If the truth be known, USC is the best college team money can buy. The NCAA just won't go after them.

Re: Two Strand Lots Down $1m

Anon — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 14:09:36 -0000

Amazing, such hatred over a very simple issue.

Re: Two Strand Lots Down $1m

Anon — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 14:17:36 -0000

With that one you've reached rock bottom and have started to dig. What a scumbag.

Re: Two Strand Lots Down $1m

Anon — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 14:23:02 -0000

Actually there are ways to make the tree die on its own. Once completely dead there should no objection to having it removed. Done properly, the tree could be dead within one year or less. My fee to handle it would be fair.

Re: Two Strand Lots Down $1m

Anon — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 14:28:43 -0000

You are obviously new to this blog. This blog is all hatred, all the time.

Re: Two Strand Lots Down $1m

Anon — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 14:51:24 -0000

I hate it when soeone says that.

Re: Open Forum (1/12-1/18)

Anon — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 15:14:08 -0000

Talk about bitter. Maybe MBW mentioned SC and the Rose Bowl together because they have played in the game 5 of the past 6 years. Or maybe it is because they have won the Rose Bowl 24 times. The next closest team is Michigan with 8. The 2nd most wins by a PAC 10 team is Washington at 7. To put in perspective, the most a team has won the Sugar Bowl is 8, tthe Fiesta Bowl is 6 and the Orange Bowl is 11. So, when it comes to the strongest association any one team has with a particular bowl game - with the Rose Bowl, it is USC. Period.

Re: Two Strand Lots Down $1m

Anon — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 15:25:31 -0000

That's the spirit!! You'll be flaming people for spelling errors or perceived insults in no time. Welcome to hell.

Re: Two Strand Lots Down $1m

Anon — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 17:37:09 -0000

Could you be any more dumb? I bet you've never made a spelling error in your misearable life have you d--k head.

Re: Two Strand Lots Down $1m

Anon — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 17:48:30 -0000

Perfect! You have demonstrated your full comprehension of MB Confidential blogging etiquette. By the way, "misearable" was an excellent touch.

Re: Open Forum (1/12-1/18)

Anon — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 17:52:41 -0000

I was around and the 8 straight was from 1991-1998.....not the 80's. And while there can be cycles between wins and losses between the two schools, there is no cycle in dynasties.. USC dominates in National Titles, PAC 10 Titles, Rose Bowl wins, etc. Even during UCLA's "dynasty" period of 1991-1998, the won 6 more total games than SC over an 8 year period. They both went to 5 bowl games: UCLA's bowl record during that time 2-3. SC's.....3-2. Some UCLA dynasty

Re: Two Strand Lots Down $1m

Anon — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 23:02:50 -0000

You were a little rough on the Beaver last Ward,

Re: Two Strand Lots Down $1m

Anon — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 23:04:08 -0000

that is last night

Re: Two Strand Lots Down $1m

Anon — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 23:06:03 -0000

my aim is to please all the d--k heads on this blog. You are clearly one.

Re: Two Strand Lots Down $1m

Anon — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 23:23:44 -0000

After a good nigt's sleep and much soul searching i have decided you are exactly right. Your hope for me has not been misplaced, my dear. Today i moved my patio furniture onto the walkstreet because the kids enjoy the view from there so much better. I also intstructed my teenager to park his car out there because it's so much more convenient that having to jockey around moving cars in the garage. Whew! i feel so much better having let go of my controlling, intolerant ways. Any problems that my neighbors might have with this will be resolved with loving kindness as long as they don't require me to change in any way. Thank you for pointing out that my only accusation against you was accusing you of being a parrot. I know you only accused me of being intolerant and controlling because you have my best interests at heart. Yes, together you and i have made tremendous progress in creating a wonderful world in live. There is hope for you yet, my dear.

Re: Open Forum (1/12-1/18)

Anon — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 00:24:43 -0000

Come on is really any college all that hard. Not really. Once you are in, there is not a whole not of difference between schools. That even goes for Harvard and Stanford. It really depends on your degree. Where did you go? Let me guess El Camino.

Re: Two Strand Lots Down $1m

Anon — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 02:20:10 -0000

MBW, I think the blog feature that blanks out letters in almost-obscene words is acting up again. See a couple of the above posts.

Re: What Was That Closed Price Again?

Anon — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 12:37:31 -0000

It is probably true in this market that it will continue to get worse, although it must steam a lot of people on this site that people can still make a lot of money by buying & selling property. It is folks like this that will probably clean up later on if prices continue down as they will have the foresight to pull the trigger while others quake in fear.

Re: What Was That Closed Price Again?

Anon — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 13:03:42 -0000

Alma was in default on a couple of loans. Prop. Shark is showing the prop. going to a trustees sale in February. Was this scheduled before the sale in December?

Re: Hill Happenings

Anon — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 14:03:39 -0000

I'll give them 4M cash right now. I'll bet they wouldn't take it.

Re: Open Forum (1/12-1/18)

Anon — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 15:51:55 -0000

Wow, former chief economist of the National Association of Realtors is essentially unemployed. Who would have guessed it? Isn't it ironic? Wasn't his first book about technology and came out before the tech bubble burst? The really smart guys will buy his newsletter just to know what the next bubble is. Because it looks like he goes from bubble-to- bubble.

Re: Hill Happenings

Anon — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 15:55:22 -0000

C-l-u-e-l-e-s-s

Re: Hill Happenings

Anon — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 17:16:49 -0000

I agree. I also commented to some agents I met that the prices they had listed at were too high.... And they always give me this really shocked expression like I must be nuts. I don't know if the realtors are in denial or some are trying to BS me into over paying for the property. Oh, and she said "You are the only one who have said that all day, everyone else has said the price is very competitive." Needless to say, the house is still on the market 2 months after. Who's right huh?

Re: Hill Happenings

Anon — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 19:52:11 -0000

I hit a couple open houses just before closing, and I was the only name on the sign-in sheet. I felt badly for the agents (a couple homes had two and even three working/sitting around). I want to buy a home, but there is nothing in the news recently that even begins to make me want to buy now. It just seems like a very bad idea. Couple that with how expensive a million dollar plus loan is (super jumbo rates are no where near the conforming rates), and it's hard not to feel badly for these guys.

Re: Hill Happenings

Anon — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 01:34:48 -0000

Pufffffffff, cough cough cough. Isn't this blog great? I am so wasted man.

Re: PPSF Peaked in Nov. '06

Anon — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 15:56:00 -0000

I think the median square feet simply shows that the "median" house is somewhere between the old stock (1,000-2000 sq ft) and the new stock of houses (3000-4000 sq ft). I would guess that less than 25% of the houses in MB acrtually are the "median".

Re: PPSF Peaked in Nov. '06

Anon — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 16:13:37 -0000

From Bloomburg (<a href="http://tinyurl.com/7zrldz):" target="_blank">http://tinyurl.com/7zrldz): "Jan. 14 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. home prices, already down 23 percent from their July 2006 peak, will continue to fall until the third quarter of next year, PMI Mortgage Insurance Co. said in a report." It's expected to fall 15% by September 2010. Note that we're off 17% from peak for PPSF as compared to 9.4% for median sales prices.

Re: PPSF Peaked in Nov. '06

Anon — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 19:03:03 -0000

You are referring to the rent ratio, something you probably are familiar with, and is a common method of evaluating how much a home should be valued. . Historically it's averaged about 16 here in Los Angeles over the past 15 years or so. Apply that number one gets $1.2M (16*6K*12) for your rental versus an estimated value of about $1.7M by Zillow. These are unique times (yes, look at historically low and possibly lower interest rates) and MB is not Los Angeles per say so I'm not sure if 16 is the best number to use. I would think 20 is a better number around here which would value this home at $1.4M--assuming they can get $6K for the rent year round.

Re: PPSF Peaked in Nov. '06

Anon — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 19:21:09 -0000

Some of the rentals are quite nice. However, most people posting on this blog are not going to be in the higher-end rentals. More likely is something crappy along MB Blvd by Target.

Re: PPSF Peaked in Nov. '06

Anon — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 20:42:10 -0000

I think TJ employees are hard-working and helpful. Certainly many renters in MB don't live in crappy rental units. On the other hand, you seem to have a great deal of insight into the MB Blvd rentals and you are posting on this blog. Are you happy about the new CVS going up on the corner of Sepulveda?

Re: Big Tree Lots

Anon — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 08:01:23 -0000

I live 2 houses down from 2900 maple...renters in it say its a dump and in their opinion it allegedly has termites ..landlord (builder) wont fix anything...figures

Re: Big Tree Lots

Anon — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 10:59:40 -0000

>The current list price for Walnut works out to about $760k for a standard lot, and about $390k for the bonus land. One would think that a larger lot would command a premium. Maybe it's the Walnut location but I don't think it's all that bad compared to others that have sold. With a relative glut of buildable lots now available, I'm wondering if builders are just hesitant to build or rather, they want to build but cannot get financing.

Re: PPSF Peaked in Nov. '06

Anon — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 16:56:07 -0000

Looking at it from a different direction, are there any percent-for-sale statistics from distressed areas like Lancaster or Riverside so one could compare what a bad percentage is versus the 2% number here?

Re: PPSF Peaked in Nov. '06

Anon — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 21:36:07 -0000

Spoken like the true leader of the COTR! It's always a great time to buy.

Re: Lowe-ring the Price

Anon — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 11:05:53 -0000

I know the houses are much farther north in town, but is there really such a price difference from those two new construction homes that just sold on 35th and 33rd, as these comparable homes? Seems like a million dollar plus difference is a lot, especially with both homes being brand new.

Re: PPSF Peaked in Nov. '06

Anon — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 13:15:43 -0000

I think what he is saying is that it is not that easy to be a successful (money-making) builder. Interestingly, the much-maligned Rich VR uses all cash (according to his ads) to minimize the loan interest and lower-tier finishes to get his margin up a little more. I guess that is why he is still around.

Re: Lowe-ring the Price

Anon — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 13:50:16 -0000

nrgtrader, homes in inland empire were selling for 750-K. Houses in Compton were selling for 500-K. I guess they weren't doing to bad there, where they? The 6-M dollar sale has less impact on the median than a 800-sq ft condo in MB. And the 2-M house is now 1.6 M. Only a few folks paid 2-M for the 2-M house, since you could get'em for 700-800 K a decade ago.

Re: Open Forum (1/12-1/18)

Anon — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 15:38:23 -0000

This is why I have a hand gun with me at all times. I've had a carry permit for 7 years now. Damn glad to have it and pray I never have to use it.

Re: Open Forum (1/12-1/18)

Anon — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 15:56:43 -0000

I know sarcasm when I read it dude. The more guns in a room the safer I feel is my belief. I sure hope nothing happens to you or your family. Do yourself a favor and call the MB police department and ask them if these street robberies are on the rise. I think you will find they have a concern and the answer is yes. It is just a matter of time until someone gets shot.

Re: Open Forum (1/12-1/18)

Anon — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 16:31:17 -0000

I say unto you, fear not for the Savior of the world takes over as President of the good old USA on Tuesday January 20th. All problems will be resolved within the first 100 days of his administration. It will be the the land of milk and honey with the streets paved with gold.

Re: Hot Potato

Anon — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 17:04:40 -0000

At least the last two owners have been realtors. Is it a hazing thing where the new guy at Shorewood has to buy this house? I like how the seller in 2007 described the sale as "a multi-faceted deal, but roughly around $2 million". I wonder if this was some sort of house trade.

Re: Hot Potato

Anon — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 17:22:06 -0000

I'm afraid there are quite a few realtors here in MB with homes bought at the peak!

Re: Open Forum (1/12-1/18)

Anon — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 19:04:59 -0000

So Grandma is just like the chick in the movie Grind House? I love it.

Re: Hot Potato

Anon — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 20:18:40 -0000

Talking about a hot potato, can anyone explain the sale of 706 N Dianthus (sale prices from blockshopper): sold for $425,000 on April 12, 2007 sold for $1,900,000 on December 18, 2006

Re: PPSF Peaked in Nov. '06

Anon — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 21:08:43 -0000

What part of the equation don't you understand?

Re: PPSF Peaked in Nov. '06

Anon — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 21:10:03 -0000

oops that was for Tim617 What part of the equation don't you understand "Tim"???

Re: Hot Potato

Anon — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 23:47:47 -0000

What gun nut? That must be a new one. I must have missed it.

Re: PPSF Peaked in Nov. '06

Anon — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 23:52:05 -0000

The sooner the better !!!!

Re: Hot Potato

Anon — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 00:19:52 -0000

The idiot professional lady, apparently she's packing heat and jonseing for Midol. God help us all.

Re: Hot Potato

Anon — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 10:53:50 -0000

Madam, your obsession with the professional lady suggests you need therapy. Or maybe you should just get a job, sweetie.

Re: Hot Potato

Anon — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 13:02:32 -0000

Coming to walk street near you armed and on her period, duck kiddies - it's the idiot professional lady.

Re: Open Forum (1/12-1/18)

Anon — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 13:36:49 -0000

I was quoted 7.4 for a 30 year fixed on 1.8M. No thanks.

Re: Hot Potato

Anon — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 13:41:40 -0000

Wow! You are one sick puppy, my dear.

Re: Open Forum (1/12-1/18)

Anon — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 15:09:34 -0000

7.4 to for a 1.8m loan sounds pretty cheap. Would you lend someone that amount of money for 7.4%?

Re: Open Forum (1/12-1/18)

Anon — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 17:04:02 -0000

I bet you do d--k head.

Re: Open Forum (1/12-1/18)

Anon — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 17:08:26 -0000

I doubt he will save anything. He will remain an empty suit surrounded by the crooks and thieves he hung out with in Chicago politics. It's going to get real ugly over the next 4 years.

Re: Open Forum (1/12-1/18)

Anon — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 10:21:08 -0000

There are always going to be people who are going to be ok financially no matter what, and you can't interpret a few high end sales as indicating these folks are sanguine about the market. More than likely they don't even have to care about the market given their means. In any case, the wealthy can be misguided (see Madoff). And who says we are at the height of the financial crisis..news seems to be getting worse every day. BofA and Citigroup on the rocks. New "bad bank" concept being considered by govt. That was Paulson's original idea BTW, which gives you a feeling that nothing govt has done so far is working.

Re: Open Forum (1/12-1/18)

Anon — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 11:23:16 -0000

Tuesday can't come quick enough. Good riddance Bush!

Re: Open Forum (1/12-1/18)

Anon — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 11:30:12 -0000

People who only look for the negative will find it anywhere they look. Way to single out an anomoly as an indictmen on the whole town

Re: Open Forum (1/12-1/18)

Anon — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 12:30:20 -0000

The worst President in the history of our country. Amen to good riddance.

Re: Open Forum (1/12-1/18)

Anon — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 12:55:12 -0000

Huggy's Therapist you are spot on. Insulting others so he can feel better. He must really hate life.

Re: Open Forum (1/12-1/18)

Anon — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 13:15:22 -0000

By the bit**y tone of this last post, Huggy must be a female.

Re: Open Forum (1/12-1/18)

Anon — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 13:21:08 -0000

Huggy you are the one who exaggerated the magnitude. Remember the Florence and Normandie reference? You really, really must have a long day of butt kissing ahead.

Re: Open Forum (1/12-1/18)

Anon — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 13:37:18 -0000

Wow! I had no clue this was going on in MB. Thanks for the credible post, but I wish I hadn't read it.

Re: Open Forum (1/12-1/18)

Anon — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 14:00:32 -0000

Sorry, point not taken. The truth is shocking enough. The incorrect details are irrelevant.

Re: Open Forum (1/12-1/18)

Anon — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 14:08:20 -0000

Spoken by the guy who is probably unwilling to pay additional property taxes to help pay for more police. Nothing comes free.

Re: Open Forum (1/12-1/18)

Anon — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 14:30:06 -0000

You"re a f"ing idiot. The empty suit we are about to get is a joke. people like you were dumb enough to vote for this fraud.

Re: Open Forum (1/12-1/18)

Anon — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 14:34:07 -0000

One can only assume you're the same moon that posted previously. You are clueless AH. Ever hear of Jimmy Carter? This is Carter revisited.

Re: Open Forum (1/12-1/18)

Anon — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 15:09:01 -0000

Yes, I have heard of Jimmy Carter and Bush trumps him. This man worked long and hard to achieve the title, please don't take it away from him.

Re: Open Forum (1/12-1/18)

Anon — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 15:15:04 -0000

This realtor thinks Huggy is a loon. As you may know I am very pro RE, pro community. I share many of the same views as Huggy but he is crazy, and his posts on this blog prove it. And yes the crime wave that has been discussed is very disturbing and I have every confidence that the MBPD are working tirelessly to protect us.

Re: Open Forum (1/12-1/18)

Anon — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 19:15:39 -0000

Why on earth would anyone pretend to be a realtor? Isn't the allegation insulting enough? That makes as much sense as someone pretending to be a felon.

Re: Three to See in the Trees

Anon — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 23:25:00 -0000

Huggy -- If you hate the rantings on this site, why are you always on here? I am genuinely curious.

Re: Three to See in the Trees

Anon — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 23:32:55 -0000

I went through 1800 Poinsettia today and thought is was great.

Re: Three to See in the Trees

Anon — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 23:35:40 -0000

I felt the same way. Nice house, I thought master bath could be better though.

Re: Three to See in the Trees

Anon — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 01:07:36 -0000

Yeah, this blog definitely wouldn't be the same without Huggy. There would be better dialogue and less juvenile name-calling. Keep up the good fight, Huggs. Your ability to turn discussions into hatefests should be bottled up and sold.

Re: Three to See in the Trees

Anon — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 10:38:13 -0000

MBCon a question for you, I was looking on Redfin this moring and notice 427 19th St and thought it was a very interesting listing. How is this house listed for just under $1.8 with location, size, etc... just throwing it out there to see what other people thought as this looks like and interesting situation?

Re: Open Forum (1/12-1/18)

Anon — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 13:37:12 -0000

Please assume room tempreture at your earliest convenience.

Re: Three to See in the Trees

Anon — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 15:49:09 -0000

go play tennis at Live Oak Park one Saturday morning and you'll see why it's priced the way it is. in my opinion it still has a way to go - that location is just bad, especially if you like sleeping in on the weekends

Re: Three to See in the Trees

Anon — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 17:36:03 -0000

Huggy has gone on vacation a few times and at first this blog is filled with "Where is Huggy hiding" posts, followed by people turning on each other in search some way to vent frustration (the classic walk street toy discussion was one example of this).

Re: Three to See in the Trees

Anon — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 20:17:50 -0000

In regard to the toy discussion, after reading it, we went out and bought a bunch of toys and littered our walk street with them and we don't even have kids. It's fun to watch that nutty lady loose it.

Re: Three to See in the Trees

Anon — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 23:31:40 -0000

OK, I thought that was just a joke. Is there a woman who go crazy on the flat walkstreets?

Re: Hopin' Forum (1/20/09-1/26)

Anon — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 00:08:50 -0000

I think the top priorities should be to bring the troops home, stop the obnoxious spending in Iraq and focus on our economy. By not achieving all three of these our economy will continue to decline.

Re: Three to See in the Trees

Anon — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 08:59:57 -0000

I don't believe there really is someone. However, there is an alter-ego on this blog.

Re: Hopin' Forum (1/20/09-1/26)

Anon — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 13:00:12 -0000

All economic stimulus packages should have the proper controls implemted to ensure success. As of now all the banks that received part of the 700B are hoarding the money and not lending it out. This accomplishes nothing for our economy.

Re: Three to See in the Trees

Anon — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 17:22:10 -0000

It will be interesting to see what 1813 Pacific sells for because it did go into escrow last year at full asking of $1.599M.

Re: Hopin' Forum (1/20/09-1/26)

Anon — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 19:08:11 -0000

MBC - Will you be doing a price chop story again in the near future? It seems to me that with the new year, and old listings returning after the holidays, we would see a lot of new prices.

Re: Back to the Bank

Anon — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 19:35:22 -0000

465 30th Street is for sale for 1.9m or rent for 3500/mo? Is this old info?

Re: Back to the Bank

Anon — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 19:56:54 -0000

Yawn. Another ranting loser claiming they can pay all cash for a house in MB. How sad.

Re: Hopin' Forum (1/20/09-1/26)

Anon — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 20:50:54 -0000

So you're at the inaugural blogging from one of the fabulous balls?

Re: Back to the Bank

Anon — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 20:51:15 -0000

how are no nevada or arizona markets on this list? its all cali with a dash of miami and wash??? and if you can rent a 1.9m home for 3500/mo, that can't be good for mb

Re: Hopin' Forum (1/20/09-1/26)

Anon — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 21:31:53 -0000

Give it a rest, NimRod!

Re: Hopin' Forum (1/20/09-1/26)

Anon — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 23:41:46 -0000

You are about the biggest idiot ever. You actually wish for failure for our country? Incredible. There are plenty of republican states in financial peril, as well as our country that was under republican leadership until today, so your argument has more holes that swiss cheese. Ultra-left social democracy policies? Since Obama is not a lame duck he will most likely get what he wants, but I doubt it will be anything ultra-left. You are a bigger exaggerator than Huggy. Loser. So keep preaching the hate, I am glad I am not your kid. Regarding being a hostage to Islamic Facists. As much as I hate to admit it, I think to some extent we already are. Just look at what it takes to board a commercial flight now compared to pre-9/11. Not to mention the new wiretapping laws.

Re: Back to the Bank

Anon — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 23:56:57 -0000

Huggy looked like a chump years ago. He doesn't care.

Re: Back to the Bank

Anon — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 00:53:05 -0000

.........and yet they will continue to ask too much for their homes.

Re: Back to the Bank

Anon — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 09:21:39 -0000

1.5-1.6 is low but based on the inactivity at the auction, I thought this would sell for less.

Re: Back to the Bank

Anon — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 09:29:52 -0000

give it another months or so.... we started this year at twice the inventory as last year. Competition is twice as high and sales are much much slower.

Re: Back to the Bank

Anon — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 10:55:16 -0000

Your comment reminds me of a realtor in Malibu who listed her house on PCH eight years ago and even though she has no takers, she keeps raising the price. Her house has literally been on the market for eight solid years. I always laugh when I see it on the MLS. It has to be some kind of record.

Re: Back to the Bank

Anon — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 12:56:13 -0000

Recent all cash offers accepted on the following homes: 1901 Walnut (multiple offers) 2509 Palm 2829 Valley Hey, losers, what do you think these people with money know that the COTC, which has no money, does not?

Re: Hopin' Forum (1/20/09-1/26)

Anon — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 18:11:03 -0000

Interesting perspective. Subject: A British editorial view of Obama's Victory 1/20/09 A little different view of the "Obamarama" as seen through the objective eyes of European been-there-done-that journalism. I guess Wall Street was somewhat less enamored than the crowds in Washington, today. Last time I looked, the Dow was down almost 200 points. Good speech, though. From the cousins across the pond. So well put!! An editorial from the London Daily Mail: Obama's Victory A victory for the hysterical Oprah Winfrey, the mad racist preacher Jeremiah Wright, the mainstream media who abandoned any sense of objectivity long ago, Europeans who despise America largely because they depend on her, comics who claim to be dangerous and fearless, but would not dare attack genuinely powerful special interest groups. more to follow

Re: Hopin' Forum (1/20/09-1/26)

Anon — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 18:17:37 -0000

A victory for Obama-worshippers everywhere. A victory for the cult of the cult. A man who has done little with his life but has written about his achievements as if he had found the cure for cancer in between winning a marathon and building a nuclear reactor with his teeth. Victory for style over substance, hyperbole over history, rabble-raising [sic] over reality. A victory for Hollywood, the most dysfunctional community in the world. Victory for Streisand, Spielberg, Soros and Sarandon. Victory for those who prefer welfare to will and interference to independence. For those who settle for group-think and herd mentality rather than those who fight for individual initiative and the right to be out of step with meager political fashion. more to follow

Re: Hopin' Forum (1/20/09-1/26)

Anon — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 18:20:39 -0000

Victory for a man who is no friend of freedom. He and his people have already stated that media have to be controlled so as to be balanced, without realizing the extraordinary irony within that statement. Like most liberal zealots, the Obama worshippers constantly speak of Fox and Limbaugh, when the vast bulk of television stations and newspapers are extremely liberal and anti-conservative. Senior Democrat Chuck Schumer said that just as pornography should be censored, so should talk radio. In other words, one of the few free and open means of popular expression may well be cornered and beaten by bullies who even in triumph cannot tolerate any criticism and opposition. A victory for those who believe the state is better qualified to raise children than the family, for those who prefer teachers' unions to teaching and for those who are naively convinced that if the West is sufficiently weak towards its enemies, war and terror will dissolve as quickly as the tears on the face of a leftist celebrity.

Re: Hopin' Forum (1/20/09-1/26)

Anon — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 18:22:37 -0000

A victory for social democracy even after most of Europe has come to the painful conclusion that social democracy leads to mediocrity, failure, unemployment, inflation, higher taxes and economic stagnation. A victory for intrusive lawyers, banal sentimentalists, social extremists and urban snobs. Congratulations, America!

Re: Hopin' Forum (1/20/09-1/26)

Anon — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 18:36:33 -0000

You hit the nail directly on the head. Sit back now and watch the fur fly. With the media the way it is, this guy can do no wrong. Hold on tight, it's going to be a rough ride for the next 4 years. I don't need to wish for failure, it's guaranteed. I love being on this side of the fence for awhile.

Re: Hopin' Forum (1/20/09-1/26)

Anon — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 19:10:25 -0000

Those are your top priorities? What a fool.

Re: Glam Dirt

Anon — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 19:11:55 -0000

Don't think the house matters one iota in either case as they both have an appointment with a bulldozer.

Re: Hopin' Forum (1/20/09-1/26)

Anon — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 19:14:45 -0000

Another fool speaks.

Re: Hopin' Forum (1/20/09-1/26)

Anon — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 19:45:32 -0000

Spoken like a true brain dead democrat.

Re: Hopin' Forum (1/20/09-1/26)

Anon — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 19:51:06 -0000

Oh but he is. More right than you and your ilk would agree to.

Re: Hopin' Forum (1/20/09-1/26)

Anon — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 23:45:45 -0000

It was very obvious especially when Fox News sold Bush down the river.

Re: Glam Dirt

Anon — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 00:21:04 -0000

That ain't gonna help the market. It will be interesting to see exactly where the bottom is. As of today it is nowhere in sight.

Re: Low End Heating Up

Anon — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 08:23:34 -0000

I have not been back to MB in a while. I now live in SD. I saw this house in the newspaper down here advertised online: <a href="http://www.502twentyfourth.com" target="_blank">www.502twentyfourth.com Looks like a decent design and the place has a nice interior. Is this a good location though? I can't picture where exactly this is? Walk street?

Re: Low End Heating Up

Anon — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 12:18:48 -0000

Agree. EMB is not popular at all. We hardly even discuss it here on the blog. That alone tells you how desirable it is. EMB is likely to get strong dose of $500k-$700k listings this year.

Re: Low End Heating Up

Anon — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 12:53:11 -0000

The house had 8 bids and we were one of them. We went in at $25k over the ask and weren't considered.

Re: Low End Heating Up

Anon — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 14:44:54 -0000

HBD Joins COTC is quite obviously huggy, as anyone who has spent much time here can easily tell. Tone, syntax, spelling, salesman. Yes, it's huggy...an easy read. Question is, why is huggy hiding? shame Oh, yes... ahem.

Re: Hopin' Forum (1/20/09-1/26)

Anon — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 14:46:04 -0000

You're a moron. There is not a chance in the world they will be tried. NONE!!!

Re: Low End Heating Up

Anon — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 14:48:44 -0000

huggy is posting under many monikers these days. Wondering why? guilt Oh, yes... ahem.

Re: Hopin' Forum (1/20/09-1/26)

Anon — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 16:45:29 -0000

I never thought it could happen, but the political open forum has me wishing for the good old days of non-stop posts about walk street toys. MBW -- this political forum is a complete waste of bandwidth.

Re: Hopin' Forum (1/20/09-1/26)

Anon — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 17:47:10 -0000

How dare you trivialize the walk street toy dilemma and the horrible misogynists perpetrators.

Re: Low End Heating Up

Anon — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 19:01:55 -0000

Don't take it personally. Someone has to be the "next comp" in the search for the bottom.

Re: Low End Heating Up

Anon — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 19:25:18 -0000

You are exactly correct. Everyone in the last 2-3 years has guessed wrong and has lost equity/cash as a result. Not smart to try and catch a falling knife. And it's starting to look like the next 2-3 years will be awful as well.

Re: Low End Heating Up

Anon — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 20:19:53 -0000

Perhaps restating what you are saying, I think there has been a build up in the inventory of crap. However, nice houses towards the mid to lower end are a tough to find.

Re: Low End Heating Up

Anon — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 22:26:18 -0000

Hey Dope, Marine and Rozcrans [sic] run parallel so not sure what you are talking about.

Re: Hopin' Forum (1/20/09-1/26)

Anon — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 23:34:25 -0000

My guess is you're a complete waste period.

Re: Low End Heating Up

Anon — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 00:16:09 -0000

I thought you were moving to the Bay Area... Any decision on where to live yet?

Re: Hopin' Forum (1/20/09-1/26)

Anon — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 02:31:49 -0000

What's coming to Manhattan Beach, soon: <a href="http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2009/01/cof-str..." target="_blank">http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2009/01/cof-str... Thursday, January 22, 2009 COF: "Strikingly high FICO customers" Defaulting by CalculatedRisk on 1/22/2009 08:27:00 PM From the Capital One conference call, on Closed End Unsecured Loans (hat tip Brian): Analyst: When you look at the closed in loans that are clearly under performing at this stage, what is it about either the underwriting or the characteristics of that group of loans which makes that different than say a normal revolving credit card or what would you suppose is maybe leading to the worse than expected performance at this point? COF CEO: There are several factors involving the closed in loans. From a credit point of view, closed end loans tend to attract, just sort of by the nature of who the customer base that pursues an installment loan, tends to attract a customer base that is a little more credit intense if you will relative to the broad swath of our credit card base because a credit card of course is also a transactional product as well as a borrowing product. These closed in loans in fact were to pretty darn strikingly high FICO customers, basically super prime customers by profile, but they certainly have a degraded a lot more quickly than the overall super prime sort of equivalent super prime credit card customer. You know, they tend to be -- a couple of things about the boom and bust market that we have seen both they tend to perform -- they are performing worse in the boom and bust market we can see that than the credit cards, and they have a higher concentration in boom and bust markets as well. ...

Re: Where Inventory Grew in '08

Anon — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 14:37:29 -0000

Thanks MBW. This is very interesting indeed and makes a lot of sense I think? Sands and Hills are the most prized properties thus the affordability is very very low. With the financial crisis in full force, only the richest of the rich can afford these prices since multi-million dollar loans are all but gone. This is likely to ripple down to the tree section in the near future as the tier or buyer will be under pressured as well. The writing is on the wall. It seems like everyone is buckling down as cash is still king right now. Just look at the car markers. Car sales have completely plummeted. Even Toyota with it's Prius is struggling. Today, Harley-Davidson announced they are cutting back as well...1100 to be laidoff. When will MB listings reflect the new reality we all live in today? Only time will tell....

Re: Where Inventory Grew in '08

Anon — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 16:15:07 -0000

FYI, I've gone to several open houses recently around the 4pm hour where the agent said no one else came. Open Houses are depressing right now. I feel badly for the agents who are spending their afternoons wasting away with them.

Re: Where Inventory Grew in '08

Anon — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 18:42:54 -0000

At least he is not a complete wuss like you WBW.

Re: Where Inventory Grew in '08

Anon — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 18:45:03 -0000

oops....that's MBW

Re: Where Inventory Grew in '08

Anon — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 02:14:41 -0000

The "train" isn't going to be leaving the station for AT LEAST another 2-3 years and here is why (a repost from <a href="http://mbcon.blogspot.com/2009/01/2008-median-pri..." target="_blank">http://mbcon.blogspot.com/2009/01/2008-median-pri... Recall, the median home price to median income ratios in MB at the peak and trough of the last cycle and the peak of this one: Peak 1990: 7.5 Trough 1994: 4.5 Today: About 13, not a misprint: Thirteen -- and dropping! Data: <a href="http://tinyurl.com/5yfd5t" target="_blank">http://tinyurl.com/5yfd5t On another front, it took just over 12 years to recover median home values relative to the 1990 peak when adjusted for inflation and transaction costs (Realtor commissions, escrow and closing costs...). What should give any contemplating home buyer pause is the corollary fact: If you bought a median home close to the peak, you had to wait about 12 years before selling it to break even. If you had to sell any sooner, you lost potentially a LOT of money, by as much as 40+% if you had to sell close to the trough... adjusted for inflation and transaction costs. Calcs: <a href="http://tinyurl.com/43o44d" target="_blank">http://tinyurl.com/43o44d Another data set to consider: Of the 14,961 households in 90266, there have been 13433 real estate transactions (in the DQ dataset) over the last 20 years (01/88 to 12/07). This translates to a sales rate of 671 transactions per year. 671 homes sold per year equates to an annual sales rate of 4.5% of all homes in MB. In ten years, that equates to 45% of homes in MB exchanging hands. In Manhattan Beach, in general, folks don't buy home and live in them for the life of their mortgage -- about half the homes sell in 10 years. At random, the implications of this data is that there is a 45% (close to 50%) likelihood that any given home will sell in 10 years. Life happens: deaths, divorces, job displacements, disease, upsizing, downsizing... and in our current times, the deflating and recessionary economy happens which is leading to global deleveraging and massive deflation of real estate, locally, regionally, nationally and globally. These winds of change are just beginning to mature in affluent areas, which usually have more ballast to withstand the initial buffeting. As the down-slope of this housing contraction matures, there are likely to be more and more homes which come to market that are underwater -- the implications for a seller is that the market is likely to get progressively more dire in the next few years. Using the MB MLS data, this much is clear: Relative to the 12 month moving average, buyers who have been on the sideline last year (Feb peak to November trough) have saved themselves about 200K (if not more) in purchase price on a median home, just by waiting! Interest rates continue to drop (for now)! If the question is: "To have waited or not to have waited?", the answer is quite simple: you saved a bundle by waiting; and ignoring the usual "buy now" and "it's a great time to buy" routine. If the question is "To wait or not to wait?", then imho, the trend line continues to point towards substantial lower home price in the next few years. We'll likely see drops in the 30-40% range once Alt-As and pay-options start to reset. This particular housing bubble train is slowly decelerating into the station and will not be leaving the station for at least 2-3 more years. If you hear otherwise, it's likely got more to do with getting a commissions than it has to do with representing reality for what it is. It's always a "great time" to buy, isn't it?

Re: Where Inventory Grew in '08

Anon — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 13:23:45 -0000

Bob, you came to the wrong website if you want objective real estate information. This site is composed mostly of crazies who pray for the fall of US society so that they can somehow afford MB mixed in with a few realtor types who continuously insult the above-mentioned crazies. Note that this site has no correlation with all of the nice normal people in MB.

Re: Where Inventory Grew in '08

Anon — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 16:07:01 -0000

I need to clarify what I mentioned earlier. I also enjoy MBW's articles. The comment section is the home of the end of the world crazies and the realtor crazies. Again, neither crazy group is representative of life here. I personally rent in HB and work at a local high-tech firm and would love to buy in the area once prices moderate. I have lived in the area for quite a while and enjoy living here very much due to the mixture of the beach and the nice people I have met over the years in HB, MB, and RB. There are not really any other MB sites I can recommend. The only other MB site I am aware of for now is <a href="http://mbre.tumblr.com/in" target="_blank">http://mbre.tumblr.com/in which the site owner is pleased to see local businesses close, implies that people should go after a Prop 8 supporter, and was amused by an accident on Rosecrans that involved decapitation. The owner of that site clearly falls into the first crazy group I mentioned. For an out of area site, I have always enjoyed Bubble Markets Inventory Tracking which can be reached by one of MBWs links. The discussion there about the SD area is usually pretty interesting.

Re: Where Inventory Grew in '08

Anon — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 19:58:56 -0000

I think the bigger question is why would anyone sell in this market?

Re: Where Inventory Grew in '08

Anon — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 23:01:49 -0000

you would fit right in it is obvious.

Re: Where Inventory Grew in '08

Anon — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 23:03:24 -0000

It's not Bobby. You sound more like a Lawndale kind of guy.

Re: Hills Are Alive with Opens (1/25)

Anon — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 10:52:21 -0000

I visited 406 Anderson. Agree the layout is nice and good flow but I'm disappointed at the finishes. You certainly have to like white. The wood detail seemed a bit too simple as well--MDF simply cut (no real detail) and painted (white of course). Wouldn't mind living there though as it seems to be a nice quiet location.

Re: Hills Are Alive with Opens (1/25)

Anon — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 16:12:51 -0000

Drip, drip, drip.

Re: Drip, Drip

Anon — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 16:16:45 -0000

Drip, drip, drip

Re: Hills Are Alive with Opens (1/25)

Anon — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 20:06:12 -0000

that red haunted tuscan mansion? unbelievable, worst house i have ever seen, period. talk about proof that $ cant buy style.

Re: Drip, Drip

Anon — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 21:40:16 -0000

FWIW: DQNews.com just posted the numbers for Dec, 2008. MB was the highest priced city in LA County at $1.467 M.(and probably in the state) and 14% higher than Dec, 2007. For those not familiar with this site, go to DQN then click on Calif City Chart on the left hand column.

Re: Hills Are Alive with Opens (1/25)

Anon — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 23:07:39 -0000

I was in this house over the weekend, and yes it reminded me of my neighbor's when I was growing up. I like this house and it would be a shame to have it bulldozed, but this lot is just too good for anything other than a mcmansion.

Re: Drip, Drip

Anon — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 23:29:56 -0000

Seems like EMB is having a very difficult time selling. If this closing price is accurate, that would mean $1,350,000 / 3604sf = $376/sf. I don't keep records but this certainly seems awfully low. If not, one of the lowest for new construction in recent memory. So what does this mean for all the previously owned home in EMB on market? Should they be priced closer to $325-$350/sf? The last sale I can find in EMB is 1801 23rd dating back to 11/5/2008. That's an amazing 82 days between sales. Granted it was the holiday season but 82 days is still 82 days. And it took a new construction to break the streak if the above author is correct. But the used home streak is still alive and well. When will the next used house in EMB close?

Re: Drip, Drip

Anon — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 02:02:53 -0000

dear not huggysupporter: I posted the DQNews info earlier. I am new to this site. I did not realize that doing so would subject me to any name-calling. I have followed DQNews publishings for some years & pretty much take their info with a grain of salt. Numbers for Cal- & MB- vary monthly. Sorry if I upset anyone with my post.

Re: Drip, Drip

Anon — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 10:40:59 -0000

Dear Nothuggysupporter et al: OK. Thanks. (signed) DQ poster, above

Re: Drip, Drip

Anon — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 12:32:39 -0000

Don't worry about it. As long as you can afford your house, it does not matter. Two demographics on my block will most likely be impacted. There are at least three realtors, and another three (some spouses) in other parts of real estate/ development/ loans. Those folks have probably reduced sales or salaries. The second segment are small business owners, again of which I have met ~5 on my block. A few of them have told me that sales have ground down to almost zero. They are hurting. There is also a hedge fund guy on my block, but he is the only financial guy that I've met on the block. You do the math. It is a tough year.

Re: Drip, Drip

Anon — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 12:39:37 -0000

the name calling is the best part imo

Re: Best Deals of 2008 – Hill Section

Anon — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 14:08:04 -0000

Now I know what Mrs. MBW saw in him.

Re: Best Deals of 2008 – Hill Section

Anon — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 18:27:48 -0000

MBW: I am simply shopping for a home for my family. It is extremely difficult to read this article during these hard economic times. I'm not sure homes for the super elite class is an appropriate subject to be discussing at this time.... just a thought.

Re: Drip, Drip

Anon — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 23:23:07 -0000

Who is Fulham? I don't get it.

Re: Local Assets

Anon — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 15:03:55 -0000

In Charleston, SC where I moved from 2 years ago, there was a law saying if you lived in a "historic landmark district" you couldn't make significant changes to the exterior of your home without a committee signing off on it. The problem was the "citizens committee" was a cartel composed of the towns leading developers. They wouldn't sign off unless you used them to make the additions. Ah southern politics........

Re: A Surprising Development on MBB

Anon — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 17:04:38 -0000

I think the disaster in El Porto will suffer the same fate. Timing is everything.

Re: A Surprising Development on MBB

Anon — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 17:48:52 -0000

One bad decision after another. Why would the owner even list this high and risk riding the market down the entire year with one mark down after another? You would think he/she would price it to sell and get out as soon as possible given this horrible location. Do they live under a rock?

Re: A Surprising Development on MBB

Anon — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 22:21:40 -0000

Just as a point of clarification, this is a mixed use development. There is 1 commercial and 3 residential units The front lower level looks to be commercial. The top front and rear appear to be residential. Agree that prices are a bit high and I cannot fathom why there is $1600/month total HOA unless it's for the insurance on the green roofs! I like the idea mixed use buildings if the residential units can be made quiet.

Re: A Surprising Development on MBB

Anon — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 10:06:45 -0000

genworth financial just released new mortgage insurance guidelines - no homes in CA over 500k. period. tightening continues at the high end. only thing that can break the logjam is govt upping the limits to over 1mm.

Re: A Surprising Development on MBB

Anon — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 10:14:46 -0000

450K verified for the last 7 years for a 1.3M loan? That seems a bit excessive. I guess the credit market really did tighten up. That is crazy.

Re: A Surprising Development on MBB

Anon — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 13:23:29 -0000

You cannot qualify for these rates without 55-60% CLTV, or a 40 - 45% down payment. On a refi, good luck with the appraisal!

Re: A Surprising Development on MBB

Anon — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 13:41:45 -0000

I spoke to two different brokers in the last couple of weeks and both said it could be at least a year before we could get a jumbo loan (30 year fixed) with 20% down (banks just aren't offering them). There are not many people who can currently afford to put down 40-50% down to get a jumbo. Since most people need a jumbo loan to get into Manhattan Beach, it should be interesting to see what this does to prices.

Re: Open Forum (1/29-2/2)

Anon — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 15:41:29 -0000

I was thinking that many of the people in this blog could stand to loosen up and wake up with a stranger. Sexual frustration is likely one of their key issues.

Re: Open Forum (1/29-2/2)

Anon — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 15:55:08 -0000

I saw this report on TV and was equally in shock. This can easily drag LA down another 30% this year or perhaps even more.... frightening scenario indeed.

Re: Open Forum (1/29-2/2)

Anon — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 19:02:50 -0000

Just clean-up your toys and trying to be a loving parent.

Re: A Surprising Development on MBB

Anon — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 19:20:50 -0000

The QB analogy just described Mookie to a T.

Re: Open Forum (1/29-2/2)

Anon — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 19:30:51 -0000

Agreed. At this rate, we should see listing count at 250 pretty soon and perhaps 300 by summer time. What will prices do when listings get that high? Should be a very interesting year....

Re: A Surprising Development on MBB

Anon — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 19:41:15 -0000

Is it a 30 year fixed? What is your rate?

Re: Open Forum (1/29-2/2)

Anon — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 19:43:30 -0000

<a href="http://online.wsj.com/article_email/SB12331042141..." target="_blank">http://online.wsj.com/article_email/SB12331042141... This article says all you need to know about the future of Manhattan Beach real estate.

Re: Open Forum (1/29-2/2)

Anon — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 20:10:08 -0000

Yeah, it is amazing that you can see the big red balloon from out there. It must be huge up close.

Re: Open Forum (1/29-2/2)

Anon — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 20:25:29 -0000

I don't call any community "upscale" that allows their streets to be taken over by entitled bullies.

Re: Open Forum (1/29-2/2)

Anon — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 01:09:41 -0000

I'm editing you. I'm so powerful. I'm a renter. I can edit you and I make $34, 000 a year. Wee.

Re: Open Forum (1/29-2/2)

Anon — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 09:36:20 -0000

You are such a jerk. One post did have the facts incorrect but truth was very shocking. I am not certain where your "sour grapes" thing is going but you should be thankful no one was hurt in any of these terrible events. I guess it's all about you.

Re: Open Forum (1/29-2/2)

Anon — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 12:01:22 -0000

Sounds pretty suspicious that all of the crime is centered around your house.

Re: Open Forum (1/29-2/2)

Anon — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 12:16:27 -0000

I could care less about those incidents just as long as no one touches the toys littering our walk street.

Re: Open Forum (1/29-2/2)

Anon — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 17:22:09 -0000

MBW: Any idea how many realtors MB had at the peak vs how there are now? That should be a very interesting data if available...no?

Re: Open Forum (1/29-2/2)

Anon — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 18:39:36 -0000

MBW: Any idea how many worlds can fit on the head of a pin? When I'm really high, which is always, I wonder such relevant things.

Re: Best Deals of 2008 – Sand Section

Anon — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 21:38:19 -0000

Now that every contractor is "hungry" it's amazing just how cheap the cost of construction is. If you got the money now is the time to remodel or for an addition.

Re: Best Deals of 2008 – Sand Section

Anon — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 18:56:38 -0000

Let's see: 5*$1.25M = $6.25M 4*$1.5M = $6M You actually would more money on commission in the first example. I guess that makes you both a liar and "not so good at Math".

Re: Open Forum (1/29-2/2)

Anon — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 19:04:35 -0000

Edith-Anne, just clean-up your children's and spare us the homilies.

Re: Super Saturday for Opens (1/31)

Anon — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 09:16:05 -0000

852 8th, strange to have master bedroom open to the front of 6th on the ground level

Re: Westside Crashing?

Anon — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 14:43:59 -0000

savemefromwork, The writing is on the wall. But that doesn't mean you should not buy either. Everyone's timeline is different. If you have to buy now then you should ask for 15-20% discount I think. Otherwise, time is on your side. You will eventually see 15-20% discount by year end or perhaps even more. That's just my guess of course. I nor anybody else can predict the future but it certainly doesn't look pretty. If you have $2mil to blow then you should be able to land yourself a really nice new build at least at this time.

Re: Westside Crashing?

Anon — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 17:16:03 -0000

Great to hear from a doc!. As much as 400k is, I think you guys deserve a whole lot more. I rather pay you guys millions then those morons in this financial meltdown...auto industry included. Not to say all are bad...you know what I mean.

Re: Westside Crashing?

Anon — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 22:03:24 -0000

MBW's last count was 115 active listings west of Sepulveda I believe. Let's see what February does....If this trend continues then prices might gap down pretty fast.

Re: Westside Crashing?

Anon — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 12:21:41 -0000

You need to move behind the gates in Bel Air. Otherwise you will be stuck with the transient lowlifes.

Re: Westside Crashing?

Anon — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 12:31:09 -0000

Any weekend at the pier in the summer things can look pretty sketchy. If you go to the beach one block north or south of the pier, things look OK I've never personally seen any trouble at the pier, however.

Re: Westside Crashing?

Anon — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 13:18:48 -0000

You can go to 75% ltv on a super jumbo (although most lenders are at 70% on loans greater than $1.5mm). On loans over $2mm, they are looking for 60% ltv these days.

Re: Westside Crashing?

Anon — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 14:25:01 -0000

Hey, don't say that about get-a-clue's fine home.

Re: Bubble Blog Forum (2/3-2/9)

Anon — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 18:05:23 -0000

Sales of million-dollar homes in California down 43% in 2008: <a href="http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/laland/2009/02/mi..." target="_blank">http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/laland/2009/02/mi...

Re: Bubble Blog Forum (2/3-2/9)

Anon — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 18:07:25 -0000

<a href="http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/laland/2009/02/we..." target="_blank">http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/laland/2009/02/we... Westside median home sale prices were down sharply in the fourth quarter of 2008, we reported today in The Times. Reader Bob Flick of Pacific Palisades asked for prices per square foot, in case smaller-sized houses were dominating sales and thus skewing the median price picture. I happened to have those numbers for the fourth quarter of 2008, here they are, from MDA DataQuick for certain Westside areas: Beverly Hills: $732/sf, down 18% from the peak. Brentwood: $745/sf, down 14% from the peak. Culver City: $439/sf, down 31% from the peak. Malibu: $685/sf, down 51% from the peak. Pacific Palisades: $731/sf, down 35% from the peak. Santa Monica: $901/sf, down 9% from the peak. Venice: $1,005/sf, which is the area's peak.

Re: Westside Crashing?

Anon — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 18:18:41 -0000

You should be in politics. What a load of crap you laid out there.

Re: Bubble Blog Forum (2/3-2/9)

Anon — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 18:28:16 -0000

He is a crook just like the rest of them. No such thing as honest politition period. With election of Obama on the national level it is nothing but downhill from here on out. We are done as a nation.

Re: Westside Crashing?

Anon — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 18:36:38 -0000

They also think Obama is God.

Re: $1.5m Off the Top

Anon — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 19:04:28 -0000

None of these houses are really great - they all need a little something or are location challenged. There are buyers for Hill Section homes at this price point but most of them have bought tear downs and are building their own.

Re: Westside Crashing?

Anon — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 19:14:49 -0000

I lived in Pallisades a few years. Can get to the beach down Temescal Canyon. The town itself really is a small town and is pretty authentic. The farmers market is on the weekend, and is absolutely fantastic. Much better than anything in south bay. They have will roger's park, and access to santa monica hiking trails. Larger yards. Feels very isolated. Much cleaner air, if you look at a smog map, even the coastal areas of S. Bay get pollution. They come from the freighters. PVE and S. Redondo have the cleanest air in S. Bay if you care about that. I think Palisades is considerably nicer than MB in my opinion.

Re: Westside Crashing?

Anon — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 19:43:50 -0000

Only fools would be buying this year.... Anyone else like a shot at the falling knife?

Re: Bubble Blog Forum (2/3-2/9)

Anon — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 01:54:00 -0000

Caveat emptor! IHere is what Huggy's recent posts: <a href="http://tinyurl.com/cy2fnf:" target="_blank">http://tinyurl.com/cy2fnf: "But let's for once just call EB out for his BIG LIE - that median home prices are 13 times median income in Manhattan Beach. Only someone completely blind (get it?) to the facts would believe that. If the current SFR median is around $1,700,000, that implies a median income of $131,000. BALONEY! I have clients that make who much in a month (or less). Recent all cash purchases of homes locally gives further evidence to EB's big lie..." Here are the facts: Median household incomes in Manhattan Beach circa 2007 is estimated at $127,185; and that is the highest available published number I can find: Data comes from: <a href="http://www.city-data.com/zips/90266.html" target="_blank">http://www.city-data.com/zips/90266.html Other available sources of data: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhattan_Beach,_Cal..." target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhattan_Beach,_Cal... and: <a href="http://www.localcensus.com/city/Manhattan_Beach/C..." target="_blank">http://www.localcensus.com/city/Manhattan_Beach/C... 2000 US Census data reports median household income at $100,750: Data: <a href="http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/06/064540..." target="_blank">http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/06/064540... Huggy's source: "clients". That needs repeating: think "a client". ;-))) Think about that as a jewel of all anecdotal examples: "a client"! ;-) "Clients" for robust information about Manhattan Beach median household income or the US Census; you choose? This guy cracks me up for the sheer audacity of his ill-informed reach! Ahh, and of course the "all cash" sales clinch this dubious illogic. BALONEY it is; you are the one writing it Huggy! For those that have been following any of these comments section, this is a common ploy used by Huggy -- shoot his wad of blather and suggest irrelevant things, try to connect plausible and disparate facts and pretend that he knows something, where in truth, like the median household income in MB, he is tin can hallow and certifiably clueless; for everyone to see in this case. There are other examples: Huggy fabricated for months in early 2008 that "median home prices dropped 15-20% MAX" during the last cyclical downturn in the 1990s. The truth as we all discovered was 27.7% for the trailing 12 month moving average data; adjusted for inflation, this drop was 34.6% -- allow me to restate that fact. Median home prices in Manhattan Beach dropped 34.6% during the last downturn adjusted for inflation, from peak to trough when using 12 month moving averages: Data and graph: <a href="http://mbcon.blogspot.com/2008/05/90s-what-drag.h..." target="_blank">http://mbcon.blogspot.com/2008/05/90s-what-drag.h... If one looked at the actual raw range of the drop, median home prices in MB peaked at 570K in January 1990 and reached a trough at 336K January 1994. This range was a 40% drop in raw data monthly data and a 50% drop when adjusted for inflation, for the raw, well supported peak and trough monthly data. All this occurred from a median home price to median income ratios in MB from a peak of 7.5 in 1990 to a trough in this ratio of 4.5 in 1994. We are currently at a ratio of 13. The facts stand as stated above. The median home price to median income ratios in MB at the peak and trough of the last cycle and the peak of this one: Peak 1990: 7.5 Trough 1994: 4.5 Today: About 13, not a misprint: Thirteen -- and dropping! The question remains: Huggy's "client" or real data. You be the judge!

Re: $1.5m Off the Top

Anon — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 12:11:44 -0000

Why would the global elite have any interest in living in MB? MB is more expensive because the working LA rich live here...e.g. athletes, hedge fund managers, entertainment, i.e. people who want to live in a real beach community but have a reasonable commute to the Westside. However, let's not get carried away, MB is not Malibu, Newport Coast, Laguna Beach, Del Mar, La Jolla and DEFINITELY NOT the Mediterranean, Carribean, etc. Another faux Tuscan McMansion stuffed into a postage stamp sized lot (e.g. we think an 8k lot in the Hills is something to aspire to...) on a hill with decent ocean views (i.e. not "white water"...is that a concept that people in MB even understand?) is not somewhere a global super rich person wants to have a 3rd home. Again, I will say it again...the only reason a really rich person buys a $7m home in MB is because work/career brings them to the LA area.

Re: East MB Bucket (7)

Anon — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 14:58:07 -0000

I'd have to give it to you. You win on that one. There must be $3mil worth of pot on the property to be asking that much.

Re: East MB Bucket (7)

Anon — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 16:30:17 -0000

Try telling that to every active listing in EMB today. Every single one is over priced! As a result, they are simply hurting themselves and riding this market down. Wishful thinking can be very expensive. Just wait til spring inventory kicks in....there will be some huge price cuts coming.

Re: East MB Bucket (7)

Anon — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 19:21:24 -0000

Dialing 911 calls CHP. Call 310-545-4566 to report suspicious activity in MB.

Re: East MB Bucket (7)

Anon — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 12:43:58 -0000

Thanks for the update, Kaye. Good luck to ya!

Re: Bubble Blog Forum (2/3-2/9)

Anon — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 13:48:10 -0000

All you Obama supporters must loving the change. I want them to pass the biggest stimulus package they can come up with. The sooner they do the sooner Obama will fall on his arrogant butt and fail. I'm going to love watching this country go further in the toilet over the next 4 years. Don't blame me, I didn't vote for this idiot.

Re: Bubble Blog Forum (2/3-2/9)

Anon — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 13:49:30 -0000

Amen brother, Amen. The guy should go to jail.

Re: Slow to Move on Poinsettia

Anon — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 13:51:38 -0000

Thanks for the update, Kaye. Don't you have your own blog?

Re: Bubble Blog Forum (2/3-2/9)

Anon — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 14:02:21 -0000

Get back to your bong dude, everything will be all right. Oh, as Teddy Kennedy said, It's water under the bridge now.

Re: Slow to Move on Poinsettia

Anon — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 22:47:01 -0000

SIX new listings today according to redfin. Time to get aggressive if you really want to sell....

Re: MB Market Update for 1/31/09 - Inventory

Anon — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 11:30:55 -0000

Compound that with January sales results.... Per MBW, 221 34th ($3.315m) 772 Rosecrans ($744k) 1900 Laurel ($1.250m) If I had to guess, inventory should break the 190 he is forecasting since sales pace is far less than last spring.

Re: MB Market Update for 1/31/09 - Inventory

Anon — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 13:53:04 -0000

No sales = No commission = Huggy can't pay his power bill.

Re: MB Market Update for 1/31/09 - Inventory

Anon — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 14:59:10 -0000

Your apples-to-apples comment makes no sense. 3113 was the "green" house and 2829 was not.

Re: Big Lot or Big House?

Anon — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 19:03:30 -0000

Thanks for posting the link. That is the best I have read regarding our economic situation.

Re: Big Lot or Big House?

Anon — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 20:08:09 -0000

it will be looooooooong. and houses will be hit the hardest.

Re: Big Lot or Big House?

Anon — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 21:58:41 -0000

Has it occurred to MBC that part of the reason for the price drop may be your post stating that the house is overpriced, and that by pegging it as worth closer to $4M you are herding the price in that direction?

Re: MB Market Update for 1/31/09 - Inventory

Anon — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 11:00:51 -0000

Right on target "The Real MB Question"! Certainly the question to ask in following the micro and short-term trend. What will ultimately driver the downturn in the real estate market is the slow and steady grind of the lack of credit in an environ where the median home price to median income ratio is 13, where there is widespread economic distress, including increasing unemployment..., now effecting essentially every sector of the economy and the tsunami of Alt-A and pay-option resets yet to come. It takes a few years for these trends to mature and evolve. Over time, the individual seller's and buyer's psychology will fall in line with this reality. In the long run, buyer/seller psychology is unlikely to effect the multi-year trend substantially. Judging from the last downturn, folks will have to wait AT LEAST a decade for prices to return to current levels and for those folks, if they have cash-flow positive real estate investments, it may well make sense to rent them out; although, as you know, in this economy, rents too are falling, as such, even this equilibrium is difficult to ascertain.

Re: Sunday Opens (2/8)

Anon — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 17:41:13 -0000

I drove by 18th a few weeks ago and thought it was so hideous and tasteless that it could not possibly be a spec house by a developer. the confusing mishmash of styles, those hideous palm leaf iron patterns and everything else made the concept that this would somehow match a buyer completely absurd. that seems to be the problem with MB real estate right now...who on earth would want to drop 6m on this thing and have to see their friends smirking reactions when they see the actual house.

Re: Sunday Opens (2/8)

Anon — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 19:58:34 -0000

Who is the builder?

Re: Bubble Blog Forum (2/3-2/9)

Anon — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 20:38:47 -0000

the last guy did not screw it up d--k head. The item you mentioned is bogus aand has been proven so. There were no fnds wasted in Iraq. It has been worth every penny. The new giy is beyond an idiot and obviouslynso are you.

Re: Sunday Opens (2/8)

Anon — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 20:54:15 -0000

Over $900/sf? You're kidding right? You must be the owner... Developers can't make money right now with new construction so this one has much more cutting to do. I don't agree by your analysis of (-$455k/-30%). So what? It doesn't really matter how much the reductions have been if it was grossly over priced to begin with. The NEW reality is you psf needs to come down to $700-$800 range. Even then you will be challenged... Good luck to you.

Re: Sunday Opens (2/8)

Anon — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 22:05:36 -0000

Sand may be hit worse than the trees. Those folks will see a more significant percentage decline in income. We'll see how much they are levered up.

Re: Sunday Opens (2/8)

Anon — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 00:54:31 -0000

Not many. ....soon enough everyone will know it!

Re: Bubble Blog Forum (2/3-2/9)

Anon — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 01:32:40 -0000

This is what is starting to happen to Alt-A and pay options in OC: <a href="http://www.ocregister.com/articles/loans-emc-bear..." target="_blank">http://www.ocregister.com/articles/loans-emc-bear... "In Orange County, Bear’s borrowers generally had credit scores, known as FICO, above 700 – considered strong during the housing boom. But by the middle of last year, 12.9 percent of Bear’s loans were in foreclosure. By comparison, subprime loans, which have lower credit scores, had an industry-wide foreclosure rate of 11.8 percent at the time. And for all loans nationwide the rate was 2.8 percent. LaCour-Little concludes Bear’s higher foreclosure rate is likely a result of the bank piling on risk factors. Many of the loans allowed borrowers to provide little or no proof of income, while at the same time delaying payment of interest and sometimes principal too. Such factors enabled borrowers to buy more expensive homes or to “cash-out” their equity by refinancing. Seventy-two percent of the loans were for refinancing. The professor also found 90 percent of the loans are adjustable, and 88 percent contain prepayment penalties." ------------------- This is a good time to reread Tanta's post: Reflections on Alt-A <a href="http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2008/08/reflect..." target="_blank">http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2008/08/reflect... Here is a brief excerpt: Residential mortgage lending never, of course, limited itself to considering creditworthiness; we always had "Three C's": creditworthiness, capacity, and collateral. "Capacity" meant establishing that the borrower had sufficient current income or other assets to carry the debt payments. "Collateral" meant establishing that the house was worth at least the loan amount--that it fully secured the debt. It was universally considered that these three things, the C's, were analytically and practically separable. That, I think, is very hard for people today to understand. The major accomplishment of last five to eight years, mortgage-lendingwise, has been to entirely erase the C distinctions and in fact to mostly conflate them. ... A lot of folks see the failure of Alt-A as a failure of FICO scores. I don't see it that way. FICO scoring is just an automated and much more consistent way of measuring past credit history than sitting around with a ten-page credit report counting up late payments and calculating balance-to-limit ratios and subtracting for collection accounts and all that tedious stuff underwriters used to do with a pencil and legal pad. I have seen no compelling evidence that FICO scoring is any less reliable than the old-fashioned way of "scoring" credit history. To me, the failure of Alt-A is the failure to represent reality of the view that people who have a track record of successfully managing modest amounts of debt will therefore do fine with very high amounts of debt. Obviously the whole thing was ultimately built on the assumption that house prices would rise forever and there would always be another refi.

Re: Bubble Blog Forum (2/3-2/9)

Anon — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 01:36:11 -0000

More Tanta: <a href="http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2008/08/reflect..." target="_blank">http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2008/08/reflect... Alt-A, we are regularly told, is a kind of loan for people with good credit but weak capacity or collateral. It overwhelmingly involved the kind of "affordability product" like ARMs and interest only and negative amortization and 40-year or 50-year terms that "ramps" payment streams. But it doesn't do this in order to help anyone "catch up" on arrearages; people with good credit don't have any arrearages. Alt-A was and has always been about maximizing consumption, whether of housing or of all the other consumer goods you can spend "MEW" on. If subprime was supposed to be about taking a bad-credit borrower and working him back into a good-credit borrower, Alt-A was about taking a good-credit borrower and loading him up with enough debt to make him eventually subprime. The utter fraudulence of the whole idea of Alt-A involves the suggestion that people who have managed debt in the past that was offered to them in the past on conservative "prime" terms must therefore be capable of managing debt in the future that is offered to them on lax terms. FICOs or traditional credit analyses are good predictors of future credit performance, but only if the usual terms of credit-granting are similar in the past and in the future. Think of it this way: subprime borrowers had proven that they couldn't carry 50 pounds, so the subprime lenders found a way to restructure their debts so that they were only carrying 40. Alt-A lenders took a lot of people who had proven they could carry 50 pounds and used that fact to justify adding another 50 pounds to the burden.

Re: Sunday Opens (2/8)

Anon — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 09:42:16 -0000

Clearly the builder ended up using all the left over materials he had or could find to finish off this monstrosity. Someone will like it!

Re: MB Market Update for 1/31/09 - Inventory

Anon — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 11:18:34 -0000

Not sure if this has been mentioned but DQNews has MB with the highest number of $1M sales in the state (<a href="http://tinyurl.com/btao37):" target="_blank">http://tinyurl.com/btao37): Million Dollar Home Sales, ranked by 2008 sales #s 2007 2008 2008's Most Zip Community Sales# Sales# Expensive 90266 Manhattan Beach 403 296 $6.90 mill. 94010 Hillsborough 384 274 $8.26 mill. 95014 Cupertino 396 263 $5.65 mill. 95070 Saratoga 383 260 $5.20 mill. 94025 Menlo Park 323 258 $5.45 mill. 92130 Del Mar 387 247 $5.20 mill. 92037 La Jolla 404 246 $14.39 mill. 90049 Brentwood 332 219 $18.00 mill. 90272 Pacific Palisades 303 214 $16.00 mill. 94506 Danville 424 213 $3.01 mill. 92253 La Quinta 308 208 $5.85 mill. 94024 Los Altos 239 204 $4.58 mill. 90210 Beverly Hills 275 192 $18.00 mill. 90275 Rancho Palos Verde 254 181 $7.50 mill. 94941 Mill Valley 301 178 $5.40 mill. 93108 Santa Barbara 203 175 $26.61 mill. 92651 Laguna Beach 267 173 $7.50 mill. 94114 San Francisco 209 167 $5.63 mill. 94062 Woodside 193 166 $9.50 mill. 94070 San Carlos 236 160 $2.68 mill. 94539 Fremont 292 160 $3.50 mill. 92648 Huntington Beach 221 159 $3.00 mill. 92660 Newport Beach 257 158 $8.16 mill. 94022 Los Altos 208 157 $12.00 mill. 95120 San Jose 279 157 $2.55 mill.

Re: Bubble Blog Forum (2/3-2/9)

Anon — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 11:58:46 -0000

Many of us predicted that Mr. Obama would be a disaster for the country and he has proven us right in so little time. His campaign message was to have a change from the same old faces and same old Washington politics. Just go down the list of his picks for the various positions within his administration. Same old faces same old politics. The guy is a fraud and will end up taking this country down. What a shame. It's over people, over.

Re: Sunday Opens (2/8)

Anon — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 15:29:45 -0000

Who cares? Is that your ex-husband or ex-lover and you want to track his income? What does this have to do with the Sunday opens?

Re: Sunday Opens (2/8)

Anon — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 17:46:58 -0000

We saw 2613 Oak yesterday. It is a cute house but the location is not great and it has the smallest master bath I have ever seen. MBC you were saying that there isn't anything comparable in the trees right now. Since new construction is now in the $500 psf range, wouldn't this be a clue for the owner that this house is very overpriced. I think around $1m would be much more realistic. Did anyone else see this house?

Re: Open Forum (2/9-2/15)

Anon — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 17:54:12 -0000

If they are priced in that price range then they are clueless. Will not likely sell....But a sucker is born every minute so I'll refrain from saying it will never sell at that price.

Re: Open Forum (2/9-2/15)

Anon — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 22:22:53 -0000

That was pretty cool reading the responses off one. They made sense in a weird sort of way. As an "out of the closet" atheist, I am obviously against religious school. But whatever floats your boat.

Re: Strand Living Gets Cheaper

Anon — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 00:12:15 -0000

And why is that case? As long as you're not in el porto section I don't understand the lower price. How is that being justified? Is it simply the proximity to the refinery?

Re: A Long, Strange Listing

Anon — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 10:48:54 -0000

Man, redfin is showing lots of new listing and price chops.

Re: Strand Living Gets Cheaper

Anon — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 18:17:44 -0000

I think commenter just means that if you buy a house that a builder already put on the lot it will be more than if you buy the lot and build it yourself (even with the same builder). The builder is boosting the price to offset his risk.

Re: Recent Action

Anon — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 11:11:11 -0000

It seems that houses that are more reasonably priced to the actual market are seeing some action and will move. In my opinion there seems to be some huge discrepancies between where certain houses have sold, and other listings that continue to sit on the market and follow prices down. Great article MBCon, thanks for the info.

Re: Recent Action

Anon — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 22:35:48 -0000

Cash.....

Re: Recent Action

Anon — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 22:36:14 -0000

Cash

Re: First Hill Newbie to Go Short

Anon — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 11:14:27 -0000

Has anyone else noticed the lack of quality finishing on many of these new construction homes that have hit the market in the last 6 months? It makes me wonder about the overall quality of these houses if the builders are cutting every corner possible to save money, it seems these new house priced 1.7 and higher should be finished to a higher standard. MBCon, the modern newbie on Poinsettia dropped off Redfin, did they get some action after that big cut, or did they just pull the listing?

Re: First Hill Newbie to Go Short

Anon — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 12:12:35 -0000

Builders have gotten fat and lazy during the boom years when all they cared about were features and not quality. They pretty much turn everything over to the contractors.

Re: Open Forum (2/9-2/15)

Anon — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 22:47:18 -0000

Forget the boat, you're going to need an asbestos suit.

Re: Open Forum (2/9-2/15)

Anon — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 23:55:00 -0000

Somehow I doubt it. At least I can enjoy my sundays a lot more.

Re: That Was Quick

Anon — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 11:01:56 -0000

Heck, I think the median home price will be 1.3-M for this month. Who knows what the rest of the year brings!

Re: Sunday Opens (2/15)

Anon — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 12:54:59 -0000

aah the power of positive thinking. Ain't it great !!!!

Re: Sunday Opens (2/15)

Anon — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 14:32:21 -0000

And your name is?

Re: Open Forum (2/16-2/22)

Anon — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 12:04:15 -0000

What was up with the handwritten yellow "Foreclosure" signs all over? Led to a place on Ruhland. Anybody know the story?

Re: Open Forum (2/16-2/22)

Anon — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 12:30:50 -0000

But we are! There should be no question.

Re: Open Forum (2/16-2/22)

Anon — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 12:36:01 -0000

I saw them and would also like to know the answer.

Re: Open Forum (2/16-2/22)

Anon — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 13:34:47 -0000

Just curious , are there a lot of foreclosures in MB? I know of a few default notices, but that is not a foreclosure from what I understand.

Re: Open Forum (2/16-2/22)

Anon — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 19:56:50 -0000

"fhuggly", that's a good one

Re: Open Forum (2/16-2/22)

Anon — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 20:15:54 -0000

Hey dude, selling houses is not like selling burger like you do everyday. I'm sure Huggy is doing just fine.

Re: Open Forum (2/16-2/22)

Anon — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 20:18:55 -0000

I do dude. Huggy is the only thing good about this blog.

Re: Open Forum (2/16-2/22)

Anon — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 20:48:55 -0000

Hmm, who is on the rag? Seems like the comments above hit home.

Re: Not Worth Their '05 Prices?

Anon — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 15:02:36 -0000

So it seems like we are right around 2005 prices now, with the poor locations selling below '05 due to the sparsity of buyers and oversupply of houses, while the prime locations are at or slightly above 2005? Is this a fair characterization? Would be good to get examples of homes that recently sold above their 2005 prices. I also believe there are a couple other homes currently on the market, not mentioned here, that last traded in 2005.

Re: Not Worth Their '05 Prices?

Anon — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 23:03:31 -0000

Why is the truth humiliating? If the house you are selling isn't worth what it use to be, is that MBC's fault? The answer is "no"! Grow up.

Re: Not Worth Their '05 Prices?

Anon — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 23:26:10 -0000

So the guy that runs this thing potentially goes to dinner parties at friend's houses and then anonymously slams their homes? Nice guy. wow. Seems more like LA than MB.

Re: Not Worth Their '05 Prices?

Anon — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 00:40:28 -0000

Prettty much none. It does reinforce the view of a lot of people that were sidelined by the bubble that the MB real estate establishement (ie, all the fat middle aged MB realtors) are a bunch of lying arrogant idiots. And it scares the crap out of the realtors to hear people doub their nonsense. And call them out on their bullshit idiocy that they've managed to get away with for a decade because of the funny money economy. It'll be tough for the realtors having to remember how to work for a living again. Have to work off the wine gut, and all that. As huggy likes to put it, this blog is "therapy". Ironically, he says it with no irony. Since this blog is a bunch of bitter realtors main outlet to vent.

Re: Not Worth Their '05 Prices?

Anon — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 01:47:12 -0000

Agree that this blog likely has little impact on market prices. That being said, there probably are few people out there, other than those who don't already live in the South Bay, who are in the market for a house WOS that do not at least use the information and links contained in this blog as a resource.

Re: Not Worth Their '05 Prices?

Anon — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 15:29:26 -0000

Sounds like MBW's outing will be a result of the lawsuit.

Re: Not Worth Their '05 Prices?

Anon — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 18:14:57 -0000

I would say zero. Infact my house was mentioned in one of the articles. I didn't like what I read, but ultimately it was true. Despite the advise from my realtor I priced my house out of the market, so I had to take it off the market.

Re: Low on the Hill

Anon — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 11:37:33 -0000

While I'm not sure things will get that bad on the S&P, I do agree about the prices of homes. Those sellers that make the aggressive moves will get deals done, and the rest of inventory will slowly follow the mkt down and continue sit unsold.

Re: Not Worth Their '05 Prices?

Anon — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 17:49:24 -0000

So you are predicting MB will another 75% to a median of about $375k?

Re: Low on the Hill

Anon — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 19:10:11 -0000

Southern California home prices fall to 2002 levels <a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/la-fi-homesales20-200..." target="_blank">http://www.latimes.com/news/la-fi-homesales20-200...

Re: Not Worth Their '05 Prices?

Anon — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 20:55:28 -0000

I agree with your general statement about early 90's pricing, but I think it is off by about a factor of 2 in that I think prices will fall to inflation adjusted levels. That would mean you would need to double you numbers.

Re: Not Worth Their '05 Prices?

Anon — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 21:20:25 -0000

Inflation is about 50% per decade. It only doubles according to realtors. Salary is the other factor. Salaries are down the last decade when adjusted for inflation, so housing may underperform as well. In that other expenses have gone up, housing should do a bit worse. I'm in for 90's bottom + 50%. If shit gets worse, I'll take 1978 pricing plus inflation.

Re: Not Worth Their '05 Prices?

Anon — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 21:34:17 -0000

I agree with your amount per decade, but it has been closer to two decades since the early/mid 90's. Also, I happen to have some anecdotal evidence in that I know that starting salaries in a few different companies in my industry have approximately doubled since the early to mid 1990's.

Re: Not Worth Their '05 Prices?

Anon — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 23:28:39 -0000

I think MB bottomed 95-96. SInce this is very beginning of '09, that is closer to one decade than two. It'l be another 1-2 years until it bottoms, so call it ~15 years. Maybe previous bottom + 70%. However, since we are having a multi-year recession, with negative inflation, that is most likely on the high side. I also think the next two years will show massive drops in MB income. Looks like financials, realtors, brokers, lawyers, and executives are all going to take a major dump. It may well be that S. Bay in 2015 looks kind of like it did in 1985. Pretty much nothing left but aeospace engineers. Those cheap bastards will enjoy getting all the stainless steel appliances and granite countertops for next to nothing.

Re: Not Worth Their '05 Prices?

Anon — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 08:09:36 -0000

vous êtes le perdant

Re: Low on the Hill

Anon — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 10:56:25 -0000

Something must be wrong with this house -- who knows where the market is today, but $1.4mm in 2002 seems low.

Re: Sunday Opens (2/22)

Anon — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 12:11:44 -0000

MBC you may want to check the lot aquisition price of 229 24th Street. I believe the $3.6m was for a double lot, split by the developer who is also building the two new townhomes just to the east.

Re: Sunday Opens (2/22)

Anon — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 12:51:06 -0000

2509 Palm was being marketed yesterday on the Open House signs as a short sale. Seems a little misleading if that was actually the case. But then again, thats what agents do best.

Re: Sunday Opens (2/22)

Anon — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 13:47:40 -0000

Wow, MBC it's a good thing you liked some of the stuff this builder has done because I'd hate to see what you write if you didn't. Don't you look up things like that before you write them?

Re: Sunday Opens (2/22)

Anon — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 13:52:17 -0000

That's simply not true. You do need good credit, but you can get it done with 25% to 35% down depending on lender. Jumbo rates are in the mid to high 6's for good credit (high 5's if you're willing to take a 5yr arm).

Re: Sunday Opens (2/22)

Anon — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 22:10:42 -0000

Did anyone go see the townhomes on John? There is A LOT more value in buying a home like 1813 Pacific for 1.5 than spending 1.3 - 1.7 for one of these townhomes. Also, the finishes on these were nothing of note; quite simple. Not sure if this "European concept", as it was described to me by the realtor, is going to fly in MB.

Re: Sunday Opens (2/22)

Anon — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 11:38:20 -0000

I hear the same thing and find it insulting. Do agents think all homebuyers are complete idiots? You don't have to live under a rock to know this financial crisis is beyond huge. I immediately walk out the door when I hear those responses. Don't even try to play me.

Re: MBB THs Dropping

Anon — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 10:12:02 -0000

Man, these things are a rip off. Pretty easy to compare them to apartments since they are condos. Each of these would probably rent for between 3000-4000. Mortgage would be anywhere from 10,000-14,000. Depending on mortgage rate and downpayment. And then you've got to put 500-600 HOA on top of it. It's probably tougher to get a loan on a condo now than a house to boot. What a joke. Cut them to 450-K and be done with it. Whoops, they have to much money in them.....I think these will be the next set of bank owned in MB.

Re: Sunday Opens (2/22)

Anon — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 11:15:54 -0000

offer them a million then, they may take it

Re: MBB THs Dropping

Anon — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 12:48:07 -0000

What do you think the monthly rent is? Take that and subtract out the HOA, which is pretty hefty. Take the result and multiply it by 100 if you are a cheap bastard type of landlord, or 200 if you like to give your money away. That gives you are range of what each of those places are worth. Multiply by 150 if you want a happy median value. Lets take the smallest one and assume it rents for 3000. You can find older 2 bedrooms for half of that. Minus 500 for HOA leaves 2500. Times 150 gives you 375,000. And keep in mind that I am assuming that your are renting ofr a premium because it is "new". The newness tends to wear off and your premium disappears. How much overpriced is the list price? 67% Only a fool would get near these things at these prices.

Re: Another Newbie Way Down

Anon — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 21:01:14 -0000

I wonder if all the knuckleheads who have their homes priced at over $1,000. per square foot are finally getting a clue. Drop your price by close to 1/2 and you might just sell your home.

Re: Open Forum (2/24-3/2)

Anon — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 23:12:12 -0000

Great story Clueless Realtor. Thanks for the chuckles.

Re: MBB THs Dropping

Anon — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 00:35:58 -0000

You guys don't get it. Their "talent" has nothing to do with customer service. It has everything to do with being able to monopolize the local markets, and keep the marketplace from functioning properly.

Re: MBB THs Dropping

Anon — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 00:39:57 -0000

Contract lawyer costs a few hundred dollars an hour. Shouldn't take more than 8 hours to prepare the contract and do the follow up paper work. That is a few thousand dollars. Total realtors commission on a million dollar house is 60,000 dollars. Which sounds cheaper? In the UK, realtors don't work on a percentage basis. They get a flat fee of a few thousand dollars. Given what they do, doesn't that sound a bit more reasonable than 10's of thousands of dollars? If that were the case, you'd see all the housewives leave, and you would have a significantly lower level of hardcore professionals left. They'd probably make decent income. Just all the housewives would have to go back to tupperware and avon.

Re: MBB THs Dropping

Anon — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 00:41:10 -0000

No much advantage in an exteme sellers market. It is all the advantage in an extreme buyers market.

Re: Open Forum (2/24-3/2)

Anon — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 10:41:01 -0000

There's a horrible smoky chemical smell this morning on the bike path. I'm still smelling on my clothes and in my nostrils. Anyone have an idea what this might be?

Re: 2 Years and $1.3m Later...

Anon — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 22:34:47 -0000

Dude, provide a link. That'll be a fun read. On another not, I believe the the RIC (real estate industrial complex) that post on this blog have now passed denial, and are now strongly in the "anger" stage. Next stage is acceptance. It's a bitch until you give up. bwa hahahahaha

Re: Open Forum (2/24-3/2)

Anon — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 00:50:23 -0000

Laugh as you may, but libel is libel whether it appears in the LA Times, The Beach Reporter, KTLA-TV or on the internet on MBC.

Re: February to Date

Anon — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 12:52:37 -0000

Anybody see Obama's new tax plan? Itemized deductions get fazed out for the "big earners". Which is probably everyone in MB, including the renters. Doh.

Re: February to Date

Anon — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 13:39:36 -0000

Most eastern states have property taxes and income taxes. Only the N.Eastern ones have income tax and 3% property tax. For instance, VA has ~1% property tax rate and lower income tax rate than CA. And there budget is in better shape than CA by far. CA is one of the few to have the truly bizarre prop 13, which caps the property tax increase to well below the inflation rate. I guess it just depends on whether you want your state to slowly go bankrupt or not. The people have spoken, apparently. "Yes, we do".

Re: February to Date

Anon — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 22:22:16 -0000

Huggy, for once you are correct. I have stated several times that an overpriced house fails all, unfortunately in this market the appropriate price is a bit shocking.

Re: Tax Time

Anon — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 23:33:42 -0000

How many of the higher end purchases (>$3mm) have been all cash deals? These people clearly don't care about the mortgage interest deduction, and if they fix AMT, then at least their property taxes will be deductible.

Re: Open Forum (2/24-3/2)

Anon — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 23:42:48 -0000

As Manhattan Beach goes, so does Manhattan. <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/26/realestate/26co..." target="_blank">http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/26/realestate/26co... February 26, 2009 And Do I Hear $2 Million? No? $1 Million? Sold! By TERI KARUSH ROGERS As housing prices around the country began to tumble about three years ago, the New York market kept rising, and only in the last year did it begin to show some weakness. But now sales in the city have slowed so significantly that worried developers are planning to auction off some luxury condos in the spring for around half of what they were asking just a year ago. Developers who are awash in unsold inventory see auctions as a tactic to jolt a paralyzed public to life. A two-bedroom on the Upper East Side, for example, could be marked down to $1.1 million from $2.2 million. ...

Re: 2 Years and $1.3m Later...

Anon — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 00:11:09 -0000

Especially if you've seen inside this house...it needs a lot of work.

Re: Losing Our Bounce

Anon — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 11:25:59 -0000

I believe the two recent town house listings on Marine in the Sand Section are also below there recent acquisition prices. We're headed considerably lower, just look at the stock market, who wants to jump into a house purchase with all assets going lower and taxes going higher, not the best combo.

Re: Losing Our Bounce

Anon — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 20:02:56 -0000

Huggy, you are a complete moron. You just wasted your breath painting a picture of ensuing bidding wars for multiple homes, in an article about 4 homes that are underwater. Your data may be correct, but the picture you paint is all smoke and mirrors. The near future is grim. Open your eyes, LOSER. Pull your head out of the sand.

Re: Weekend Opens (2/28-3/1)

Anon — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 19:12:44 -0000

Who is Marshall Applewhite?

Re: Weekend Opens (2/28-3/1)

Anon — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 21:24:39 -0000

Then why are you on this blog? What an idiot you are.... so a person does not agree with you that makes them your enemy. hahahahaa...

Re: Weekend Opens (2/28-3/1)

Anon — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 11:56:51 -0000

Wow, the owners of 2407 Manhattan Ave. are really delusional. Good luck with that.

Re: Weekend Opens (2/28-3/1)

Anon — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 15:14:46 -0000

EMB Realtor, Finally....we have an agent I would actually want to work with. While I know you all need to sell homes any way you can, you sound like a honest person. kudos. This is the kind of feedback I appreciate from a listing agent as well. Last thing in the world a home buyer wants is to get surprised after moving in. It is a life changing event to have a new home and to live there and not be happy would be very painful.....

Re: Open Forum (2/24-3/2)

Anon — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 17:03:51 -0000

Blakes actually got an interesting post on his blog. <a href="http://www.blakeanddiana.com/2009/02/a-short-sale..." target="_blank">http://www.blakeanddiana.com/2009/02/a-short-sale...

Re: Weekend Opens (2/28-3/1)

Anon — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 20:59:54 -0000

Hey Mookie: What do you think is happening in the markets now? Are the financial types fearful, or do they think they will pull through? I think the markets look poised for another dump. gonna be a bad year.

Re: Weekend Opens (2/28-3/1)

Anon — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 21:38:55 -0000

I just noticed that the short sale lowered it's price another 100k, I think these two houses are going to set a low price per sq foot.

Re: Open Forum (2/24-3/2)

Anon — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 01:55:28 -0000

So serious! Get a clue. You must be a very delusional/angry seller.

Re: A Couple Good Changes

Anon — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 16:03:35 -0000

Don't hate.

Re: Weekend Opens (2/28-3/1)

Anon — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 16:13:00 -0000

Pra4surf... you must be the real estate agents. I know they are monitoring this site as I overhead them discussing MBW during one of their opens this weekend. They are not a fan. Go figure. Most Realtors aren't. Except Huggly.

Re: A Couple Good Changes

Anon — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 23:43:08 -0000

Essentially, you are accusing the previous realtor and the current realtor of fraud and conspiracy. If your facts, are correct, I say to you excellent reporting and thank you. If they are not, you're guilty of libel.

Re: Open Forum (3/3-3/9)

Anon — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 17:33:10 -0000

It's that change we can believe in. It is only going to get worse until Americans wake up. I personally believe it's to late. Maybe in four years people will become smarter and elect someone who can tell the truth. Doubtful, but possible.

Re: Open Forum (3/3-3/9)

Anon — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 18:17:03 -0000

You said it. Should be interesting.

Re: Open Forum (3/3-3/9)

Anon — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 20:08:17 -0000

You make some excellent points-I've always thought tree section was way over-valued!

Re: Open Forum (3/3-3/9)

Anon — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 20:35:23 -0000

Please don't pretend that it has only been the past 8 years that got us into the trouble. I'd challenge you to go to the real source of the problem, the repeal of G/S under Clinton in the mid 90s and the effort of Clinton and other Dems to put every American (especially minorities) into a house. That being said, most people are to blame, regardless of political party. Easy money in all areas of the economy was the real devil. Obama has it made... It's no different than Clinton getting all the credit of turning the economy around after the original bush admin cut rates aggresively to turn the tide in the early 90s. You'll see the same from Obama. He has absolutely nothing to lose and everything to gain. His strategy was to talk the economy down his first two months to make sure all know who is to blame. Now he's turning positive, to make sure all know who is the savior once the economy turns.

Re: Open Forum (3/3-3/9)

Anon — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 21:56:25 -0000

I am right. I hope you didn't HELOC the heck out of it, 'cause it would suck to be underwater on a house you bought 25 years ago.

Re: Open Forum (3/3-3/9)

Anon — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 22:05:59 -0000

Maybe-but certainly not worth the 1.5-2.5 million.

Re: Open Forum (3/3-3/9)

Anon — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 12:35:16 -0000

Spot on my friend. Obama is a disaster for America.

Re: Flat Walkstreet Chops

Anon — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 13:48:41 -0000

I think it's time for the agent to have a come to jesus talk with these sellers.

Re: Flat Walkstreet Chops

Anon — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 18:33:51 -0000

Yep Its A Conspiracy = Bitter Broker or Agent.

Re: Flat Walkstreet Chops

Anon — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 01:22:41 -0000

They won't. It classic human nature.......ride that market down!

Re: MB Market Update for 2/28/09

Anon — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 10:30:33 -0000

Any officially announced Northrop layoffs yet?

Re: The Strand for a Mil, or 10

Anon — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 10:51:30 -0000

Is that For Rent sign for 4305 Strand? I wonder how much they want.

Re: King & Queen Open Up

Anon — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 10:15:20 -0000

I've been in the queen. Lots of stairs and walkways. Don't care for this.

Re: King & Queen Open Up

Anon — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 12:09:41 -0000

I agree, I don't see how that brand new construction on 35th St , west of Highland, in the Sand goes for under $4 mil and these are starting for the same price, IMO I don't think these are going to move at current levels.

Re: Weekend Opens (3/7-3/8)

Anon — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 12:33:04 -0000

Hard to say about 2003-2005. I would say that yes, leveraging up between 2006-2008 was a major mistake. The depths of the mistake will be clear in a couple of years. Did you see the report that came out the other week that showed how little money baby boomers have saved up? The reported predicted that at the bottom of the housing bubble, boomers would be effectively on the level of 1st time buyers since they have no savings and no equity. Let's think about how bad the coming decades can be. The majority of boomers have little or no retirement savings. So they'll be on social security, which last time I checked is not enough to live the high life. As a nation, that means massively reduced consumption, and massively reduced demand for assetts.

Re: Weekend Opens (3/7-3/8)

Anon — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 12:35:25 -0000

Naw, that's just a bitter realtor that thinks the facts should be spun her way. They hate it when the real data is out there.

Re: Weekend Opens (3/7-3/8)

Anon — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 19:01:56 -0000

I think the real jerks are the New York Times. How dare they write such articles as <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/08/business/08shif..." target="_blank">http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/08/business/08shif... . Why are they airing the woes of the Hill Section's residents? What next NYT, are you going to tell me that Facebook is not the business juggernaut we all think it is?

Re: Weekend Opens (3/7-3/8)

Anon — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 19:53:32 -0000

They're creepy and they're kooky They all just rent like Mookie Whose bathroom smells of dookie The M-B-W Their rental's a museum Open houses they go see-em and when they sell they scream The M-B-W

Re: Weekend Opens (3/7-3/8)

Anon — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 20:55:52 -0000

At least they have a degree. And a set hourly fee. How many hours do realtors actually work for their commission?

Re: Weekend Opens (3/7-3/8)

Anon — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 22:59:54 -0000

If I recall, that Larsson house was sporting both "for sale" and "for rent" signs last year when I walked by it last summer. Looks like they are dipping their toes into the market again. Probably would have got 20% more last summer. This summer.....not as much.

Re: Weekend Opens (3/7-3/8)

Anon — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 23:04:27 -0000

Huggy sighting! Whast the matter? You don't like it when I suggest that realtor's should get an hourly wage? I'm not sure how you'd keep track. But c'mon. Lawyers, doctor's, engineers (all professionals) charge by the hour. But realtor's are supposed to get a percentage cut of the entire house value? come on. Flat fee is OK. I vote for 2-K, which is what they get in the UK. Seems reasonable for someone in the service industry.

Re: Weekend Opens (3/7-3/8)

Anon — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 10:44:46 -0000

more importantly, for a six figure fee, why cant these people figure out how to work a digital camera? its embarrassing.

Re: Weekend Opens (3/7-3/8)

Anon — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 12:35:04 -0000

I think tax reutrns should be public information.

Re: Weekend Opens (3/7-3/8)

Anon — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 12:46:26 -0000

No, that is not included. But the playhouse on the walkstreet is.

Re: Weekend Opens (3/7-3/8)

Anon — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 14:00:25 -0000

The other irony here is that it is clear that Huggy views the seller as the client, and makes no reference to the buyer's agent fiduciary duty. Although theoretically, he reps the buyer. I guess Huggy figures since the payout comes from the seller, the seller is the customer. The irony is that the money, of course comes from the buyer. Definately a screwed up system.

Re: Weekend Opens (3/7-3/8)

Anon — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 15:57:07 -0000

Saw 201 Larsson over the weekend. Quite a bachelor pad. Newer that the 80/90 updates suggested by the post. Great views. Not so great for families. Would be very surprised if it sold for $2.265M--more like high $2M or even $3M IMO. Also saw 2404 Palm. Those 80's were a trip weren't they?!! Finally, saw 2103 Elm. Home seemed a bit compressed. One bathroom door opened out. My guess it will sell for $1.8MM but only because there aren't too many new homes on the market now.

Re: Weekend Opens (3/7-3/8)

Anon — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 16:11:52 -0000

I didn't see the cancer comment, although I looked. His point seems pretty commonplace, and not very controversial.....I've seen many times worse posted by realtor's on this site. Of course they are taking jabs at purpported "bitter renters". In my book, these massive equity withdrawals are pretty shocking, and a telling indicator for what is causing the market to fail. Try growing a bit thicker skin.

Re: Open Forum (3/9-3-15)

Anon — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 22:37:15 -0000

You wish. I reckon the median MB homeowner is now losing ~100-K/month in virtual equity. At the end of the day, I think you spell "loser" as "MB McMansion Owner". Some of us are sheep. Some of us are wolves. You are "baahing" the same old bullshit that got us into this mess, so you are just meat.

Re: Open Forum (3/9-3-15)

Anon — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 00:22:24 -0000

oh thank you

Re: Weekend Opens (3/7-3/8)

Anon — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 10:51:23 -0000

429 31st doesn't surprise me at all. Those sellers were def making a move and the $/sq foot was very cheap for the Sand. I would def think that this house is going to set some new comps for the whole area to the downside.

Re: Can't Fight the Future No More

Anon — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 14:07:44 -0000

thanks tyler durden. thats just the way the development deal is played...the industry operates at 99% leverage and gets wiped out every time there is a downturn.

Re: Can't Fight the Future No More

Anon — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 14:08:47 -0000

the destruction of the spec developer market is going to have a major impact on old homes and scrapers. there is nobody now willing to pay 1.2 for a north Pacific scraper lot. As that drops, so will the prices on all of these homes. 500 - 750 is where we are headed for dirt.

Re: Spring Rally Casualty

Anon — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 15:02:04 -0000

amen to that

Re: 2 Classy Hillies Down $2m

Anon — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 10:56:16 -0000

It also seems like there is a ton of new construction due to come on the market in the near future. Not the best sign for all the new construction on the hill.

Re: Open Forum (3/9-3-15)

Anon — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 13:32:30 -0000

"... Rising unemployment also is making it harder for homeowners to keep up with payments. The U.S. jobless rate rose to 8.1 percent in February, the highest in more than 25 years, according to the Labor Department. Wait and See Some of the top U.S. lenders own as many as 700,000 foreclosed homes they have yet to offer for sale, said Rick Sharga, executive vice president for marketing for RealtyTrac. The banks may be waiting to see how U.S. government plans develop before selling the properties, Sharga said. The lenders and government-owned Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the two biggest U.S. mortgage financing companies, have already extended temporary foreclosure moratoriums...." <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&a..." target="_blank">http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&a... We have not yet even seen the worst part of this housing crisis. scary but true.

Re: 2 Classy Hillies Down $2m

Anon — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 14:44:26 -0000

I agree 100%, esp with 429 31St. That was a really nice home in a great part of town for a price/sq ft in the $550 range, so it doesn't surprise me that this house got a deal done. The question is going to be who else in the Sand is willing to bring their offers down to a similar price range to get a deal done.

Re: 2 Classy Hillies Down $2m

Anon — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 17:17:29 -0000

why dont i want recovery? because i want the overleveraged to be punished. i saved, you didnt. worked for a long time, now it doesnt. i hope you all get slaughtered.

Re: 2 Classy Hillies Down $2m

Anon — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 17:18:27 -0000

hilarious. huggy is grasping at straws, and he will continue to due so. the value of all leveraged assets is dropping. carry on.

Re: 2 Classy Hillies Down $2m

Anon — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 19:06:55 -0000

Don't believe everything you hear in the news. The citi report that they had profits was an "internally leaked memo" which did not state any assumption about the return to profibility.....like what "onetime" losses they have excluded. So it is not a real statement.____Why would such a report be "leaked"? Simply to try and sway public away from putting them into receivership. There were reports that morning about new steps the federal government was taking towards that effect.____In short, it is a scam by the banks to extend their existence.____The real report comes out on the fifteenth, I believe. See what happens that day.____

Re: 2 Classy Hillies Down $2m

Anon — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 19:13:03 -0000

you are a pitiful un-american waste of oxygen

Re: 2 Classy Hillies Down $2m

Anon — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 22:18:36 -0000

Why oh why did you delete the posts that outed huggy? (and, the fact that they were deleted is pretty much all I needed to know.) I have read past posts where you let him name names (esp. about I think rb dude, but not sure, he has even called him by name here).

Re: Back Again on 35th

Anon — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 14:15:38 -0000

I remember that poll and I am pretty sure I voted for won't sell. Homeowners have a big disinclination to take a loss (don't we all!). I figured they would not drop to market because it would cut into their d/p presumably. Now I would think it does sell near 2.2, just my opinion.

Re: 2 Classy Hillies Down $2m

Anon — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 14:18:18 -0000

Spot on Huggy. Excellent response as usual.

Re: Open Forum (3/9-3-15)

Anon — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 14:24:17 -0000

Where are all these unemployed people? I"ve been around a long time and know a lot of people. I don't know a single person that has lost their job, not one.

Re: Back Again on 35th

Anon — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 12:53:14 -0000

Slim margins, high volume, (excellent customer service) sounds like a decent business plan. I have run a business of that model, and can think of more like any grocery store, Walmart, Target, Zappos, etc. I have heard from the entitled and entrenched South Bay agents that Catalist is going under for years, going on decades now, from the day they opened their doors. It must be a chant at the Thursday morning sales meetings, it really sounds the same. Now eveyone with me... "Catalist going under, Catalist going under..."

Re: Back Again on 35th

Anon — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 12:57:44 -0000

is this an all-cash venture, and frankly, why wouldn't anyone want their cash tied up in a deflationary environment for 12 months or longer? 'cause good luck getting financing.

Re: Back Again on 35th

Anon — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 13:02:35 -0000

Let's talk redfin's total volume. Unlike you losers, their universe does not revolve around 267 houses in Manhattan Beach...

Re: Back Again on 35th

Anon — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 13:11:27 -0000

I never said I had realtor friends. I was their potential Client. And as I am not in the industry I don't know or care how long Catalist has been around. I just know what I've heard from you ad nauseum for years. You know you've hit a nerve when the personal insults start flying.

Re: Open Forum (3/9-3-15)

Anon — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 13:23:25 -0000

But I do. The people I know in these industries are still employed. I know two people that had to take salary cuts.

Re: 2 Classy Hillies Down $2m

Anon — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 13:30:48 -0000

Exactly !!!!!!!

Re: Open Forum (3/9-3-15)

Anon — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 13:44:29 -0000

I was talking to some friends at a party last night about our new President. 5 voted for Obama (including myself) 2 voted for McCain. Those of us that voted for Obama with the hope for real change in our government are very disappointed and feel we were lied to. One still had confidence that Obama would be able to turn things around within the next 6 to 8 months. As for me, I'm feeling like I made a big mistake. My wife on the other hand disagrees with me. Now we just have to hope for the best.

Re: Back Again on 35th

Anon — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 14:13:35 -0000

The 3 stages of Huggy's desperation: 1. Pompously rolling out the numbers in a dubious attempt at 'insider industry knowledge' 2. Moving on the personal insults 3. Discrediting: Now, they're just lying! Next time I invite you to my kitchen table for your dog and pony show, you can tell me all about Catalist. K?

Re: Back Again on 35th

Anon — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 16:10:06 -0000

Just too stupid to respond to. Now Right On knows what off-the-MLS sales and transfers are happening in every attorney's office and escrow company in the entire world! Stick to pushing your 277 MLS-listed MB homes, please.

Re: Open Forum (3/9-3-15)

Anon — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 12:41:50 -0000

I think we thought there should have been more of what we heard in the campaign. He claimed there would be noticable change in his administration. All he did was to seek out never were's and has beens from the Clinton administration. One or two errors in his selections would have been possibly understandable. I've lost count on how many have had to step aside. Obama sid the American people would have the opportunity to read the bills to be considered before he signed them. The congress didn't even read the bill before they passed it. So much for his transparency idea. There is so much more. I'm willing to give him a chance but I fear America has made a mistake in it's selection of a leader.

Re: Back Again on 35th

Anon — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 00:23:39 -0000

RB, just so we understand you clearly. Are you saying that you are in "Fantasy Austin." As in you "own a house in MB," or actual Austin as in, you own nothing, but bombard this blog with posts?

Re: Open Forum (3/9-3-15)

Anon — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 13:29:24 -0000

Yes I'm serious! The notion that the previous administration left a mess is simply not the truth. I fell into the hype of this guy and I now feel it was a mistake. Your statement about taxes and Palin and McCain I'm totally unaware of. I don"t recall anything about them relating to not paying taxes. Yes, it's his fault that congress didn"t read the bill before they signed it. He pushed and pushed them with fear of a disater. He simply lied when he said bills such as this would be published on the web site for all to see and read for a minimum of 5 days before signing. This financial mess can be laid at the feet of democrats like Barney Frank, Maxine Waters Chris Dodd and others for the the failure of the housing industry. Some of these people will end up in jail if there is any real justice left in this country.The country has made a big mistake in the election of a socialist leader. I hope we wake up and are able to do something about it before it's to late. More and more moderate democrats are seeing this and will hopefully bring us back to an even keel. If not, we are in big trouble as a nation.

Re: Close the Books on 220 35th

Anon — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 13:35:27 -0000

If you want photos <a href="http://www.mydigitalpublication.com/publication/?..." target="_blank">http://www.mydigitalpublication.com/publication/?... Luxury Life and Style Magazine. Pg 96-97

Re: Close the Books on 220 35th

Anon — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 14:26:45 -0000

Not that I could dream of buying a house like this, but other Sand Section homes that are listed $5 mil and higher how do they possibly compare or believe there is that much more of a premium, even with the slightly challenged locations of 34th and 35th St these homes seem to set the price for that mkt.

Re: Close the Books on 220 35th

Anon — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 22:53:08 -0000

That house has already started to fall apart and will be garbage in 2 years. Good luck with that one.

Re: Open Forum (3/16-3/22)

Anon — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 01:35:01 -0000

Keep up the great work.

Re: Sunday Opens (3/15)

Anon — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 14:14:26 -0000

At the risk of having folks on this board accuse me of being Huggy or just someone trying to pump up the market in MB, it appeared to me there were a lot of people looking at the open houses over the weekend, I don"t know if they were serious buyers or not. Does anyone know if offers were made on any of these homes over the weekend?

Re: A 2nd Try at 2nd

Anon — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 15:09:41 -0000

The sales history chart for this home is proof of how insane this market had become. The current owners really think they deserve a million profit in just 4 years? Good luck with that.

Re: Quick Picks

Anon — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 09:23:53 -0000

People who are buying sand section properties are looking to hold them for a long time which is why the activity is better there even in this market. if someone finds a house & location they like and can afford, the market condition becomes secondary. When you get down to it there aren't that many really nice houses in really good locations in a given pricepoint. The ones that are sell. It doesn't matter if its $1.2 or $10.2 the same applies.

Re: Quick Picks

Anon — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 10:58:18 -0000

MBC - I keep hearing that so many homes are falling out of escrow. Can you do a follow up to this story showing how many actually closed?

Re: Open Forum (3/16-3/22)

Anon — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 14:31:52 -0000

Personally, I would prefer more Huggy and less of you.

Re: Quick Picks

Anon — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 20:53:39 -0000

Why does anyone bother to even comment about what Huggy says anymore? We all see the writing on the wall, including Huggy, he just will never admit it.

Re: Quick Picks

Anon — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 21:07:58 -0000

Lots of baboons screeching tonight.

Re: MB Market Update for 3/15/09, Hills

Anon — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 11:59:37 -0000

I have been aware that the hill section was flooding but thanks for the numbers

Re: MB Market Update for 3/15/09, Hills

Anon — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 18:54:00 -0000

denial or in no rush to sell. Its gotta suck sitting in the sidelines in your rental apt wishing that the so called greedy fools lower their prices so you can one day afford to live in manhattan beach.

Re: Quick Picks

Anon — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 19:05:05 -0000

Very well put and spot on. Great response to the post !

Re: MB Market Update for 3/15/09, Hills

Anon — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 19:21:31 -0000

Exactly !!

Re: A 2nd Try at 2nd

Anon — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 19:26:20 -0000

Pure capitalism is the only thing that does work dude. If you doubt that, you're a Moron.

Re: Quick Picks

Anon — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 19:30:41 -0000

You see the writing on the wall because you live in Lawndale.

Re: MB Market Update for 3/15/09, Hills

Anon — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 02:31:46 -0000

1901 Walnut closed at $2,150,000.

Re: Still Slow on Poinsettia

Anon — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 19:50:50 -0000

Note to architects/general contractors/homeowners that are remodelling - let's just say we ban the turret-like structure - K? And I totally agree with Nostra's price prediction on this one.

Re: Weekend Open (3/21-3/22)

Anon — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 19:02:30 -0000

I don't see any anti-homeowner sentiment huggy, I see anti-realtor sentiment. And he's not the only one. As the representative on this blog of your chosen vocation, and please note that I deliberately did not use the word profession, you make realtors look like terrible, cheating, conniving, lying, snakes.

Re: Weekend Open (3/21-3/22)

Anon — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 00:36:10 -0000

comment heard at open house today. couple leaving a nice entry level new build "i love it, if you drop the price about 400k we are interested!". sign o the times.

Re: Weekend Open (3/21-3/22)

Anon — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 15:14:47 -0000

Would you not live on the Strand because of a "shabby" house next door? Welcome to the beach! This is not a master planned community in Orange County.

Re: Craigslist Craziness

Anon — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 03:28:44 -0000

Wow. That was hard to follow. First thing I checked was the name of the Listing Agent, bc although all of the above may not be illegal, I find it slightly unethical. Then there is the title passing through different LLCs. Mostly though, it is ugly, from the pictures posted on Redfin. Good post (and detective work) on this one, MBC.

Re: MB Market Update for 3/15/09, Sand

Anon — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 10:52:12 -0000

MBCon, love the site, but I think in the Sand Section there is a huge % of inventory that are town homes and condos, do you know what the inventory looks like with these homes included, as these homes definitely help set price in this part of town? I know this isn't your cup of tea exactly, but thanks for the help.

Re: Weekend Open (3/21-3/22)

Anon — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 11:59:00 -0000

The link above isn't working! The cartoon is @: <a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wFWqWIH-WFU/ScHRy9OzB7I..." target="_blank">http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wFWqWIH-WFU/ScHRy9OzB7I... The tinyurl link is corrupted on some browsers Still, try <a href="http://tinyurl.com/cnx4cj" target="_blank">http://tinyurl.com/cnx4cj

Re: MB Market Update for 3/15/09, Trees

Anon — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 13:29:44 -0000

People who are "waiting for prices to go back up" are just not very bright. As nice houses said when prices fall in Manhattan Beach to a reasonable level sales will rise. However, you can be certain there are people reading this right now who are thinking "not in Manhattan Beach"!

Re: MB Market Update for 3/15/09, Trees

Anon — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 17:53:18 -0000

I know several people who would buy if they only had a brain.

Re: Open Forum (3/16-3/22)

Anon — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 18:03:48 -0000

MBW, I've been away for nearly 3 months now. i really like the new format but what appears your strict rules for posting make the site boring. I liked the lively debates in the past. Sometimes insults and or offensive language are appropriate in my humble opinion. Oh well your the boss man. I plan to continue to check out the site from time to time but not like before. Like I said before, it has gotten a bit stuffy and boring.

Re: Craigslist Craziness

Anon — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 18:06:21 -0000

anyone who would predict such nonsense simply doesn't understand MB real estate.

Re: Craigslist Craziness

Anon — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 12:34:30 -0000

my wife and I own 3 condos in MB. We bought the first one in 1997 and it has been rented to the same person since. The next one we purchased in 2001 and are now on the second tenent occupant. The last one was puchased in 2004 is also rented to our initial tenant. The rents are reasonable and we have a positive cash flow. The values obviously go up and down. we have no plans to sell so it doesn't matter.

Re: Flipping for Rosecrans?

Anon — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 14:30:33 -0000

I've got to get some of whatever you're smoking dude. Maybe it's just your age. You've only been right about 20% of the time over the centuries.

Re: Flipping for Rosecrans?

Anon — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 18:11:05 -0000

I'll put money on before then, No, I'm not kidding,

Re: Flipping for Rosecrans?

Anon — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 20:15:17 -0000

Interesting - revised square footage on 620 9th - now only 3600 vs 4500

Re: Hill Bits

Anon — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 08:51:21 -0000

Whoa, that's a substantial reduction in square footage for 620 9th Street! How in the world did that happen? I heard there may be some mold issues there - does anyone know the story?

Re: Hill Bits

Anon — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 13:08:05 -0000

Sounds like somebody is desperate to sell and even willing to lie to move this place.

Re: Craigslist Craziness

Anon — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 13:34:57 -0000

That is crazy! I call myself comfortable, not wealthy. Our single family home is also in MB and is paid for. I see no reason that we will not be able to maintain reliable tenants. The tenants we have I've talked to and they seem very comfortable in their employment. One owns is own business and he is doing fine. We owe very little on the condo units so we are not concerned.

Re: Weekend Open (3/21-3/22)

Anon — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 13:37:31 -0000

I believe Huggy nearly all the time dude.Maybe you should start.

Re: Flipping for Rosecrans?

Anon — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 13:41:32 -0000

The sound of drums and gun fire every now and then would be my guess.

Re: Flipping for Rosecrans?

Anon — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 13:57:22 -0000

Good post. Thanks Red, oh excuse me, I mean Clem.

Re: Hill Bits

Anon — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 23:04:55 -0000

I am curious as to how one takes care of a second story patio with grass, you know, like how do you cut the lawn, take out the clippings and such?

Re: Hill Bits

Anon — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 01:03:27 -0000

"Ignore the headlines and TV "news" meant to entertain versus inform. Do your own research and you will find housing continues to unravel, now at the high end." Anyone who went through the 90s knows this. As a potential buyer, time is on your side, years and years and years of time... especially this time around.

Re: Hill Bits

Anon — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 12:24:10 -0000

But Jose, I don't want you to tromp through my house to get to the 'yard'. Is there an outside staricase?

Re: Hill Bits

Anon — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 14:51:57 -0000

I can't to see what Nostradamus says it will go for and when.

Re: Hill Bits

Anon — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 14:55:45 -0000

A new way of spelling fool......Fauxtalian Palass

Re: Hill Bits

Anon — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 18:54:09 -0000

Woo hoo! Ticked off the old home team by telling it like it is. $, your title says it all.

Re: MB Market Update for 3/15/09, Trees

Anon — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 20:17:05 -0000

COTC....I understand you're a real estate agent and need to make some $ off some more suckers out there. I suggest working part time as a used car salesmen...maybe you can get some more suckers to believe your hype. Haha...

Re: Hill Bits

Anon — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 21:01:31 -0000

It is pointless to debate the tons of desperate real estate agents trying to talk up the housing market on this site. I can't blame them...they need to find more suckers to buy Manhattan Beach homes now at inflated prices in order to pay their bills. Deep down, they are simply used car salesmen...sad individuals.

Re: Hill Bits

Anon — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 21:16:22 -0000

Anti-realtor, yes. Anti-homeowner - only if they're delusional, then the overpriced POS they're trying to unload gets slammed on this site. Hence, their feelings get hurt. Poor babies...

Re: Hill Bits

Anon — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 21:39:03 -0000

I love it! Trotting out the entire SW sales team to rail against MBC and the meanies on this blog by calling them all 'clueless' and 'poor.' I guess they really don't have much else to do these days.

Re: Hill Bits

Anon — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 21:52:00 -0000

As opposed to the knuckle draggers that post on here all day long?

Re: Deals or No Deals?

Anon — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 16:55:29 -0000

A year from now we'll look back on this poll and laugh at the fact that any of these homes were considered a deal.

Re: Deals or No Deals?

Anon — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 17:58:51 -0000

....guess a realtor can dream.

Re: Deals or No Deals?

Anon — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 23:42:54 -0000

According to hugtard, all of these are screaming buys.

Re: Deals or No Deals?

Anon — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 00:29:16 -0000

seems like 2600 poinsettia that i saw at under $500 a foot looks like the buy compared to these

Re: Deals or No Deals?

Anon — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 11:03:02 -0000

I agree with the other posts. While each has merits, for the Pacific and Poinsettia houses to be a "deal" or worth considering, these would need to be around $500/sq foot, as some of the new and newer homes have recently sold for in the trees. I haven't seen Ardmore, but it seems like more of a deal based on the age of the home and the price; although, the location is not ideal. The Oak location is not desirable either, and in my opinion, will need to come down quite a bit.

Re: Deals or No Deals?

Anon — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 11:46:06 -0000

If things keep going like this, you are right.

Re: Sunday Opens in the Trees (3/29)

Anon — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 17:23:38 -0000

Relax. Horrible no, annoying yes. The MB City Council has better things to do. Don't you think?

Re: Sunday Opens in the Trees (3/29)

Anon — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 19:23:31 -0000

You must be a great neighbor.

Re: Deals or No Deals?

Anon — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 23:12:20 -0000

Really not sure what your point is. Every one knows that homes in Manhattan Beach are still selling and will continue to sell each month. The difference between you and others is that you still feel the local realestate market is strong, while others see prices go down each month. Whatever sells today will have a value 20 to 30 percent lower 1 year from now. Take that to the bank.

Re: East MB Bucket (8)

Anon — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 11:34:40 -0000

I think they should put a wall through the middle of Ed K's house, and sell it as two 4,000 sq ft condo's for 3.25-M each. Maybe that's still too steep for E.MB. Maybe turn it into 4 2,000 sq ft apartments for 1.6-M each. That still sounds kind of steep. Maybe 8 1,000 sq ft apartments for 800-K each? That still sounds steep compared to the condos a few blocks away on MB Blvd. Here's an idea. Maybe cut it to 3.25 M starting price. He paid peak bubble prices for lot and construction......probably worth a few million less than what he paid already. I hear one of the features they left off the redfin listing is that the faucets actually run kool-aid instead of water.

Re: President to Regulate Real Estate, Set Prices

Anon — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 14:17:54 -0000

Good one!!!

Re: President to Regulate Real Estate, Set Prices

Anon — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 16:44:18 -0000

The biggest April Fools of them all are Obama and his adminisration. They will end up sending us all into bankruptsy. I still can't believe Americans voted this guy into office. One good thing is he will be a one term president.

Re: East MB Bucket (8)

Anon — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 22:21:21 -0000

Between this home on 9th, Candy Spelling's new listing, and more, my mind is becoming boggled over the thought of the property tax bill alone. The photos of home theaters and wine rooms are blending into each other. Manhattan Beach seems overbuilt today. I think we may have been better off when there were lots of little original beach bungalows with varying crappy sq. ft. additions. Just my opinion.

Re: When We Say Walkstreet...

Anon — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 12:18:12 -0000

Sorry, but this little shack with no access (and for just under a mil(!)) is and would be one of the worst investments I have ever seen. No. Never. Not ever.

Re: President to Regulate Real Estate, Set Prices

Anon — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 12:21:45 -0000

Yep.

Re: When We Say Walkstreet...

Anon — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 12:25:26 -0000

They'll be lucky if they get what they paid for it, I just don't see buyers in today's market will to reward a flipper esp with over 20% appreciation.

Re: When We Say Walkstreet...

Anon — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 12:48:47 -0000

the neighbors apparently had no interest in Jan 08

Re: When We Say Walkstreet...

Anon — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 12:51:22 -0000

I bet this flipper is going to take it in the shorts! Never gonna sell at this price or anywhere near it.

Re: President to Regulate Real Estate, Set Prices

Anon — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 13:44:35 -0000

beyond screwd unfortunately.

Re: President to Regulate Real Estate, Set Prices

Anon — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 13:46:05 -0000

Best April fools joke I've ever read.

Re: Deals or No Deals?

Anon — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 13:48:50 -0000

Amen to that !

Re: East MB Bucket (8)

Anon — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 15:17:02 -0000

uh huh

Re: When We Say Walkstreet...

Anon — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 00:26:38 -0000

sclause My link to this article isn't working. Can you send it again?

Re: Poll Results: Deals or No Deals?

Anon — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 08:29:41 -0000

Good Idea. In fact, how does Rock N Fish get away with charging $14.00 for a burger? I predict they'll be lucky to get $8.00 this time next year. Now that everybodies equity lines have dried up, I think only the places like Jack in the Box will survive!

Re: Poll Results: Deals or No Deals?

Anon — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 11:37:41 -0000

No Commish -- bullseye.

Re: When We Say Walkstreet...

Anon — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 14:35:14 -0000

sclause Since we can't read the full article, did it say when this wave was coming?

Re: When We Say Walkstreet...

Anon — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 15:34:24 -0000

He didn't name himself that as I understand it.

Re: When We Say Walkstreet...

Anon — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 13:36:48 -0000

that would be you, don't you know?

Re: Poll Results: Deals or No Deals?

Anon — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 13:41:18 -0000

sounds like a stopping problem to me.

Re: When We Say Walkstreet...

Anon — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 13:45:21 -0000

MB Watcher, please advise this pant load how Huggy got his handle.

Re: When We Say Walkstreet...

Anon — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 13:50:10 -0000

mb watcher, if you insist on censoring posts, at least be consistant and fair. Is that asking to much?

Re: Weekend Reading (4/4-4/5)

Anon — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 15:05:48 -0000

Anon 7: What is your point? Do you hate Leo in particular? Real Estate vultures in general? Opportunists? Or is it business people that 'prey' on the affluent? I don't know and can't understand from your post. I do agree that with your prediction of 2012, and well beyond, where we may see any kind of stabilization (not a recovery of 2005 prices.) Of course, as a famous blogger on this site says, "All bets are off" pending more government interference with market principles.

Re: Weekend Reading (4/4-4/5)

Anon — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 18:51:24 -0000

So here's an excerpt from a WSJ article I found: "I looked at Case-Shiller's index back to 1987 and compared it to federal data on average earnings. The result, rebased to 100 in January 1987, can be seen here. And it's alarming. By this (admittedly very simple) measure, today's home prices are actually more expensive, in relation to average earnings, than at the peak of the 1989 property bubble. Equally noteworthy is that when the last property bubble burst, it took about eight years before the market showed really strong signs of revival. This bubble was far, far bigger." Check out the rest of the article here.... <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB12385385774957544..." target="_blank">http://online.wsj.com/article/SB12385385774957544... CNN also published a recent RE forecast: <a href="http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_..." target="_blank">http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_... Forecast Price change : (from peak to bottom) -57.4% When they'll hit bottom: 2010:Q3 At bottom, prices will drop to levels last seen in: 2001:Q4

Re: Weekend Reading (4/4-4/5)

Anon — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 20:13:54 -0000

You have piqued my curiosity about 717 Poinsettia, as they don't have any interior photos on Redfin, the exterior looks quite stunning. Your story reminds me of a Hill Section home my husband and I were looking at many years ago (I'm thinking 1994 or so) that was vacant, but within minutes we had to run out into the street to brush the fleas off of our legs. We were literally standing in the middle of the street doing that odd dance you do when trying to get bugs off. Not saying this one is anything like that, but it is perplexing to not straighten up for an open. Oh well.

Re: Weekend Reading (4/4-4/5)

Anon — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 21:13:26 -0000

Many of us have experienced how, caught in a So Cal real estate down cycle, it can difficult at best to have a home on the market for a protracted period of time. Especially with young children and pets. I wish them a quick(er) sale, but of course, the market may be telling them to lower the asking price. It looks like a wonderful, peaceful-looking home for a family, although I have not seen the inside. Redfin shows a 1986 build, but MBC says a 'very classy newer home..' Is the Redfin date wrong?

Re: Weekend Reading (4/4-4/5)

Anon — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 21:20:28 -0000

""The foreclosure business goes in waves..." I personally love that quote from a local, mellow surfer dude that has built a successful business. I wish I had it, or could bottle and sell that surfer outlook on life.

Re: When We Say Walkstreet...

Anon — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 21:45:09 -0000

I try to at least leave one every day

Re: Weekend Reading (4/4-4/5)

Anon — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 13:02:47 -0000

It's kinda addicting too

Re: Weekend Reading (4/4-4/5)

Anon — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 23:51:08 -0000

Mookie, why do you have to report factual data. Of course, my house hasn't gone down that much in value, it could only be my next door neighbor that has suffered. Now we know why Huggy refused to post, it does not help his always good time to buy scenario.

Re: MB Market Update for 3/31/09, Overview

Anon — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 10:29:58 -0000

Actually, 5 condos and 1 apartment building were in the 41

Re: MB Market Update for 3/31/09, Overview

Anon — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 10:41:43 -0000

Waiting to Buy a Burger - Get a life

Re: MB Market Update for 3/31/09, Overview

Anon — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 12:16:36 -0000

redfin.com

Re: MB Market Update for 3/31/09, Overview

Anon — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 14:56:15 -0000

Huggy I can see why you never posted the sales numbers that others had asked you to. Perhaps it was because you were too busy selling homes. Or not.

Re: MB Market Update for 3/31/09, Overview

Anon — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 21:39:39 -0000

517 21st did sell, supposedly for under $2.2.

Re: MB Market Update for 3/31/09, Overview

Anon — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 21:45:23 -0000

Quick Answer. The price on this house is too high for the market; if this house was priced 20% lower, it'd see some action (like most of the current listings in MB). It's simple. A house will sell if it's priced correctly. Since most buyers now realize that the market will likely fall another 20%, 25% or 30% this year, they are reluctant to buy something that will be worth hundreds of thousands less in a few months.

Re: MB Market Update for 3/31/09, Overview

Anon — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 01:05:27 -0000

<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/06/us/06convene.ht..." target="_blank">http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/06/us/06convene.ht... April 6, 2009 Homeowners’ Hard Times Are Good for the Foreclosure Business By ERIC LIPTON PALM DESERT, Calif. — The celebration started early Saturday, with poolside music and drinks, as partygoers passed around business cards and compared notes on successful techniques for evicting residents who try to stay in bank-owned property, a process they call “cash for keys.” One woman in a T-shirt walked around with a hand-written sign that read “Bank Property” affixed prominently to her chest. Welcome to the spring 2009 Reomac conference, which has attracted nearly 3,000 real estate agents and property managers to this lush desert resort. The crowd brimmed with a gusto that is hard to find in this recessionary era. The hotel bar did more business on Saturday night than it did on New Year’s Eve. Small wonder: These are the people cashing in on the boom in foreclosed properties. R.E.O. is industry lingo for “Real Estate Owned,” the term that bankers assign to homes they have taken in a foreclosure. Reomac is the industry group that serves the mortgage default trade, specializing in selling the busted-up American dream. “Things are going tremendously,” said Darren Johnson, an R.E.O. agent from the Detroit area, who has handled about 180 bank property sales in the last year. “It has never been this good.” The conference this year is centered on the “R.E.O. tsunami,” referring not to any natural disaster but to the one caused by the flood of as many as 700,000 bank properties now on the market nationwide. There were just 100,000 in 2006. The tsunami has leveled off a bit in recent months, because of foreclosure moratoriums imposed by major banks and the Obama administration. But the real estate agents here were told not to worry — the flood will continue for several more years, and probably has not peaked yet. In February, nearly 45 percent of the home sales nationwide were R.E.O. or so-called short sales, in which homeowners, under duress, sell a property for less than their mortgage, according to the National Association of Realtors. The sales have intensified a nationwide decline in home values. R.E.O. homes typically sell at a 20 percent discount. The convention at the Desert Springs J. W. Marriott formally began on Sunday, with a golf tournament, featuring a “19th hole” bash cosponsored by Coldwell Banker, the giant real estate firm. Other convention-goers were at the resort spa, getting top-priced treatments, like the protein-rich caviar scrub for $185. “What we have seen so far is just a hint of what is coming down the pike in the next three years,” Marty Higgins, a San Francisco real estate broker who specializes in apartment buildings, said as he stepped off his golf cart, smoking a cigar.

Re: Open Forum (4/7-4/13)

Anon — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 11:48:52 -0000

Here's a topic. How about the 2nd attempted kidnapping that happened in hermosa beach the other day - the first was in redondo beach in january. And before that the rash of robberies that happened in manhattan beach. Does anyone else feel as if crime in the south bay has suddenly increased. all of a sudden people don't feel safe in their own neighborhoods.

Re: Open Forum (4/7-4/13)

Anon — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 12:26:21 -0000

You think it's bad now, just wait to see what happens as Obama ,Pelosi and others continue to socialize our country. Yes, this really change we can believe in.

Re: Open Forum (4/7-4/13)

Anon — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 12:26:27 -0000

MBC, you forgot this relevant info, former Mira Costa High running back Mookie, who scored one touchdown in 1977 is renting and his toilet is still broken.

Re: Open Forum (4/7-4/13)

Anon — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 13:42:55 -0000

I can't speak for folks like you living in more marginal neighborhoods, but MB is still very safe.

Re: Open Forum (4/7-4/13)

Anon — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 14:04:00 -0000

If you have direct contact with the Pope or Cardinal or can donate a substantial amount of money to the church you may have a shot. it is easier to get into Harvard than AM. It is an ok school. It is not the school it once was however. What do you mean by rents? Do you mean tuition? it is expensive I can assure you of that.

Re: Open Forum (4/7-4/13)

Anon — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 14:30:23 -0000

Pretty much like getting admitted to any private school worth their salt. You do have to work for it.

Re: Open Forum (4/7-4/13)

Anon — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 11:55:03 -0000

You mean like you've lived your life so far?

Re: Open Forum (4/7-4/13)

Anon — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 11:58:50 -0000

Acceptance goes to the highest bidders. End of story.

Re: Open Forum (4/7-4/13)

Anon — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 12:03:32 -0000

If your name is Ozzie or Harriet, you're in.

Re: Open Forum (4/7-4/13)

Anon — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 12:10:30 -0000

Amen to that brother/sister

Re: Open Forum (4/7-4/13)

Anon — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 16:17:45 -0000

In a city of this size, it is impossible to take crime down to zero. There are a few incidents every year in MB, but it is still one of the safest areas in the Los Angeles area. if you lived here, you might realize that.

Re: Open Forum (4/7-4/13)

Anon — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 16:19:13 -0000

MBW, I propose a new poll of how many people are cowering under their beds due to the "crime wave" we are experiencing.

Re: More MBB Surprises

Anon — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 16:43:48 -0000

There are plenty of two or three on a lot townhomes in the area (perhaps more in HB and RB) and they are typically priced approximately in this range.

Re: More MBB Surprises

Anon — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 20:18:23 -0000

These are just plain stupid. They will never sell for anywhere near this price. I bet they go for close to dirt value.

Re: Open Forum (4/7-4/13)

Anon — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 21:12:06 -0000

Zzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Re: More MBB Surprises

Anon — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 21:44:50 -0000

For a comparable to these places on John, does anyone know if any of the new townhomes on Artesia have sold? I think they are priced at ~900k (around $420/sq ft) and are arguably an even worse location.

Re: More MBB Surprises

Anon — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 00:36:46 -0000

If only more sellers would concede that they are way off on their asking prices, things might actually start to sell again.

Re: Open Forum (4/7-4/13)

Anon — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 11:31:11 -0000

When paranoid white people like Fight On see a person of color they immediately hallucinate that a crime is being committed. Fight On is obviously some white power lunatic looking to stir up animosity.

Re: Some Recent Closings

Anon — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 12:04:33 -0000

Wow 480 psf in the hills. The comps just took a big hit!

Re: Open Forum (4/7-4/13)

Anon — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 12:32:08 -0000

MBW, Have you read Mark's Blog? He's got some great stats there. <a href="http://www.fieldcheckgroup.com/2009/04/07/4-7-ca-..." target="_blank">http://www.fieldcheckgroup.com/2009/04/07/4-7-ca-...

Re: Open Forum (4/7-4/13)

Anon — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 16:27:09 -0000

As goes Manhattan, so does MB. <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/09/realestate/manh..." target="_blank">http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/09/realestate/manh... April 9, 2009 As Some U.S. Markets Level Off, Housing Slump Hits Manhattan By JOSH BARBANEL While sales have picked up a bit in some suffering housing markets in the West, creating a glimmer of hope that home prices nationwide may be approaching a bottom, the Manhattan real estate market has just begun a steep slide. It parallels the decline in New York’s financial services industry, and housing analysts say it may continue long after other markets heal. Apartment prices have once more become the talk of the town in Manhattan, but this time the talk is of uncertainty and falling numbers. While brokers say they are seeing more activity lately, especially from first-time buyers taking advantage of lower interest rates, housing analysts are predicting a prolonged slump in prices and sales that could last as long as four or five years. In this year’s first quarter, sales of co-ops and condominiums in Manhattan plunged nearly 60 percent from the first quarter of 2008. Average co-op prices fell as much as 24 percent in the same period, according to various market reports released last week. Condo prices have held up so far, but only because buyers who went into contract long before the downturn were closing on newly completed condominium buildings. But now few new contracts are being signed on unfinished condominiums, and some buyers have been renegotiating contracts or are trying to back out of them. Co-ops and condos make up 98 percent of the residential properties for sale in Manhattan. The stress is most severe at the high end of the market. There are 350 apartments and town houses for sale in Manhattan with asking prices of more than $10 million, and inventory has been growing. It would take about six years at the current sales rate to absorb all those listings. “For the last three years, it was the bigger the better,” said Dolly Lenz, a broker at Prudential Douglas Elliman. “Now the key words are smaller, livable and affordable. Before no one asked what the maintenance was. Now everyone wants to know.” Manhattan was spared some of the housing problems the rest of the country faced during this downturn. The mortgage foreclosure rate in Manhattan remains low even today. While thousands of condos were built here, most were bought by homeowners, not speculators, as was common in Miami and other oversaturated markets. But Manhattan housing prices were driven higher by record earnings and bonuses on Wall Street, and they fell hard when the music stopped last fall. The quick fall in prices is shown in the experience of Abigail Disney, a philanthropist and documentary filmmaker, who a year ago put her sprawling 17-room co-op on West End Avenue on the market for $13.5 million. With trophy homes commanding ever higher prices from the titans of finance, Ms. Disney priced the apartment at 20 percent more than she had paid for it only a few months earlier. Harry Belafonte, the singer and actor, had created the huge space many years earlier by breaking through the walls of two smaller apartments. After a series of price cuts, Ms. Disney has finally found buyers for the property, for just under $7.5 million, a 46 percent discount from her initial asking price. But to make a deal she agreed to restore the walls and convert it back into two apartments and sell it to two buyers. Despite government efforts to ease credit around the country, the market in New York is being starved by a limited availability of credit, especially for jumbo mortgages, which are loans of more than $729,750. More than half of all apartment sales in Manhattan are above even the expanded limits of conventional mortgages, which carry lower interest rates. Jonathan J. Miller, an appraiser who prepares quarterly reports on Manhattan, said the market could continue to fall through this year and next, especially if credit remained tight for most buyers. After that, he said, it could take several more years to work through the excess inventory. The housing recovery will also depend on the state of the economy, which many forecasters say will take a disproportionate toll on New York City before the recession ends. In New York, the financial industry accounts for more than 30 percent of all wages, and at least some of the wages of half of all very high income households, according to the New York City comptroller’s office. While employment fell nationwide last year, the number of jobs actually grew in New York City until September. Since then, the city lost nearly 85,000 jobs through January, and the comptroller’s office has forecast a loss of 121,000 jobs in 2009 and another 83,000 in 2010. Condominiums under construction have been hit particularly hard, especially because new mortgage rules have made it difficult for buyers to get conventional loans unless 70 percent of the apartments in a building are in contract. This has left many developers scrambling to convert condominium projects to rentals or provide alternative financing...

Re: Some Recent Closings

Anon — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 22:24:08 -0000

NotTheNext dude, 300 per doesn't seem that far fetched to me, but I'll give (or take) 100 pps as an added measure. As MBC noted in a previous post, there are 38 sfrs currently on the market in the Hill Section -- even as a layman (that means not a realtor for your lexicon) that's a lot of multi-million dollar buyers to compete with all other affluent zips in LA county. Good luck with that.

Re: Some Recent Closings

Anon — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 23:53:25 -0000

Someone is a little bitter. Could it be you own, are trying to sell or will soon need to sell in the hill section? What ever the case, relax being a jerk won't change reality.

Re: Lovely Vistas

Anon — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 05:04:27 -0000

Very funny post regarding the Vista listing, MBC. It's a lovely looking home according to the interior pics on Redfin. Not sure about the location though. I am curious as to all the listing and price change dates, has this place ever sold since being newly built in 2007 (build date according to Redfin)?

Re: Some Recent Closings

Anon — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 12:16:50 -0000

As sure as the sun will rise, seller's in MB will try hold on to '07 perceived values with all their considerable might, all the way down. And someday in the future, lenders will again meet qualified buyers with products that will get them in their dream home, just like they did with the adjustable rate mortgage (not around in my parent's generation), then the interest-only, the heart-palpitating pick-a-payment option arm, or 40-year mortgage. When lending does come back many years from now, real estate prices will be much lower than today.

Re: Lovely Vistas

Anon — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 12:35:50 -0000

I would have paid $2.2M if it was right behind El Gringo, but not El Tarasco.

Re: Lovely Vistas

Anon — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 13:00:56 -0000

Is Boundary an awful alley street like the dreadful Loma in HB?

Re: Open Forum (4/7-4/13)

Anon — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 13:30:42 -0000

How is that change we can believe in thing working out for Y'all?

Re: Lovely Vistas

Anon — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 13:36:02 -0000

You clearly have no taste

Re: Lovely Vistas

Anon — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 13:37:09 -0000

true.

Re: Open Forum (4/7-4/13)

Anon — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 18:40:15 -0000

Once summer is over and we are approaching the holidays, the homes which have not sold are really going to get hammered! Drop your price and get out now.

Re: Lovely Vistas

Anon — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 12:06:00 -0000

You are the reason people don't like realtors. Keep on cheerleading.

Re: Lovely Vistas

Anon — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 12:13:27 -0000

there are also a -plethora- of unsold listings on the market.

Re: Lovely Vistas

Anon — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 12:38:01 -0000

try an online dictionary

Re: Lovely Vistas

Anon — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 12:42:00 -0000

Excitable, are you saying that the post: "there are also a -plethora- of unsold listings on the market." is an "absolutely ballistic" response, or are you describing your response to the above?

Re: Lovely Vistas

Anon — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 13:20:00 -0000

yes, the "Three Amigos" is so highbrow, no wonder it's over the heads of the COTC.

Re: A Few Sat. Opens (4/11)

Anon — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 14:10:59 -0000

The house isn't for sale, but I found this story gave an interesting glimpse into a big hill section home: <a href="http://www.latimes.com/features/home/la-hm-homeir..." target="_blank">http://www.latimes.com/features/home/la-hm-homeir...

Re: A Few Sat. Opens (4/11)

Anon — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 17:47:17 -0000

oy vey

Re: A Few Sat. Opens (4/11)

Anon — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 17:52:00 -0000

of course you do dear

Re: A Few Sat. Opens (4/11)

Anon — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 20:48:34 -0000

I find it interesting that people rant about "cookie-cutter" homes, but then don't know what to do if they see something more unique.

Re: A Few Sat. Opens (4/11)

Anon — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 21:42:14 -0000

You might want to read the previous article on this site before posting something so idiotic.

Re: A Few Sat. Opens (4/11)

Anon — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 22:41:28 -0000

I would pay a thousand bucks to see 20 pictures off your house as the next feature on this blog and then let you see what it feels like to have people judge your miserable shack. Find something better to do with your life or shoot yourself, soon.

Re: Some Recent Closings

Anon — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 22:59:07 -0000

480 per square foot in the Hill Section? OH MY GOSH!!! INCREDIBLE!!! I guess we an all buy homes in the Hill Section. Oh wait -- that house was on the wrong side of 11th, and backed up to an alley lined with apartment buildings and commercial properties. If every house in the Hill Section were similarly situated, then yes, $480 per square foot would be norm. But alas, that's not quite the case. Perhaps next folks will start quoting prices on the east side of Oak or along Rosecrans as the benchmark for all Tree Section sales...

Re: A Few Sat. Opens (4/11)

Anon — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 00:16:48 -0000

Okay Muddled, thanks for the data. But you don't have to scream at us.

Re: Lovely Vistas

Anon — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 13:28:27 -0000

Just a guess here but maybe they are USC grads and are realizing what a mistake they made going there.

Re: How Many Listings This Week?

Anon — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 14:49:37 -0000

They will be renting for a looooooooong time!

Re: How Many Listings This Week?

Anon — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 16:05:36 -0000

What would possibly make a seller think that they will get more next year? There are alot of people who just don't get it.

Re: How Many Listings This Week?

Anon — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 16:21:41 -0000

But you get it don't you. I bet you have a $1.87 to your name.

Re: How Many Listings This Week?

Anon — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 16:55:58 -0000

Does this mean you think that strategy is going to work? If so, give us a few reasons why home prices might increase if a seller waited a year to sell.

Re: How Many Listings This Week?

Anon — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 17:37:21 -0000

It's means you and no one has any idea what is going to happen, that is, except for Mookie and Nostradumba**. They know everything.

Re: How Many Listings This Week?

Anon — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 17:50:24 -0000

they are buddying up, trust me. went to an open house about a month ago and was nearly mugged by the listing realtors (all of whom were there when i showed up). seemed like a good group of folks, truth be told, but their aggressiveness leads me to believe things are actually pretty bad out there. it seems like the non-scraper low end is moving reasonably well, but nothing else is except some places that have a great location, great price, or something else to make buyers snap it up. the 2.2mm tree section house is just sitting there, and it will continue to do so for the near future. the 1.2 - 1.8m livable house seems to be of interest, but bailing out someone at a profit to their 05 purchase price doesnt seem that interesting for most folks. i too would be interested to know what catalyst could drive prices higher in the coming year or two.

Re: How Many Listings This Week?

Anon — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 17:58:26 -0000

Is that crickets I hear?

Re: How Many Listings This Week?

Anon — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 18:16:01 -0000

No, that would be those incessant voices in your head.

Re: How Many Listings This Week?

Anon — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 20:02:29 -0000

Write your comment here...

Re: How Many Listings This Week?

Anon — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 20:03:46 -0000

in all honesty, the realtors in manhattan beach have already made their money the past 10 years. They don't need your validation or your snide remarks bcv it doesn't affect them. they are already rich. and no i am NOT a realtor and have nothing to do with real estate

Re: How Many Listings This Week?

Anon — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 23:27:08 -0000

So you're saying the median income in MB is 500K?

Re: How Many Listings This Week?

Anon — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 00:07:35 -0000

Smuggly, how are those median prices treating you? Haven't seen any posts from you on this, or since they don't meet your fancy are you choosing to ignore?

Re: Craigslist Craziness - Update

Anon — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 15:16:24 -0000

Would this situation make anyone else nervous if you were a potential buyer? I mean who is handling this listing, what a joke?

Re: Craigslist Craziness - Update

Anon — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 16:47:06 -0000

One day huggy will simply stop posting and we'll all wonder what happened.

Re: Craigslist Craziness - Update

Anon — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 17:20:17 -0000

You mean like the time Timmy gave us his classic goodbye cruel blog post and then popped up a few months later like a wayward Moonie?

Re: Craigslist Craziness - Update

Anon — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 18:23:34 -0000

And your rent will have tripled.

Re: Craigslist Craziness - Update

Anon — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 18:54:25 -0000

Just shows what a complete dilettante you are. Here's a remedial Econ 101 tutorial for you: When people can no longer buy, they rent and as rental inventory diminishes, rents rise. It's called supply and demand. Are you really this confused or are you just trolling? And thank you for outing yourself as a renter, you bring majesty to your station in life.

Re: Craigslist Craziness - Update

Anon — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 20:52:01 -0000

It's pretty clear what corner of hell you rent it. Econ from a good school? You wasted the University's time and your money as you were obviously toking up on your bong as you still continue to do. Keep up your rant, perhaps you'll day convince yourself that your station in life is superior.

Re: Craigslist Craziness - Update

Anon — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 21:00:37 -0000

No dear, you're under bong water.

Re: How Many Listings This Week?

Anon — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 22:36:18 -0000

Funny, I was thinking the exact same about RB Dude and Nostradummy.

Re: How Many Listings This Week?

Anon — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 23:30:24 -0000

thats your value add...? its not worth 3% to hear about mediocre deals like that. if there were deals at actual discounts (more than 3% that is), then maybe. even then, i would only hire one to find me off market deals and wouldnt pay one for anything thats actually listed. got anything else on this mysterious black art you practice known as 'real estate'? you could learn all you need to know about the residential real estate 'business' in 2 hours on wikipedia. what a joke of a profession.

Re: How Many Listings This Week?

Anon — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 23:32:01 -0000

get the kickback, net net its all the same. that 3% is in the price, broker or not. rather spend the $ on some upgrades and furniture than paying for some d-bag's bmw lease.

Re: How Many Listings This Week?

Anon — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 06:20:32 -0000

Yes, that genious bought in the best location in MB, the corner of Ardmore and MB Blvd. Surely he knows something about that location that everyone else must not. He must have made so much money in the market that he was able to splurge on an $850k home. Real man of genious.

Re: Open Forum (4/15-)

Anon — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 10:57:09 -0000

So you're stealing from the WSJ? I'm not clicking on that.

Re: How Many Listings This Week?

Anon — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 14:00:09 -0000

He's just bitter because others know way more about the market than he does...guess his career is over.

Re: Open Forum (4/15-)

Anon — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 22:23:13 -0000

Our tax system is why many of us are nearly broke and in the poor house. The Fair Tax is the only real answer. Americans are to dumb to understand that so it will never happen.

Re: Craigslist Craziness - Update

Anon — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 22:25:31 -0000

Amen to that. The guy is a dummy alright.

Re: Open Forum (4/15-)

Anon — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 22:33:55 -0000

In some areas of the country this will be the case. It will not be that way in most coastal communities in California.

Re: Nary a Trickle

Anon — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 12:26:14 -0000

C.T., What do you feel the break even point might be? Here's a rough guess. Let me know what numbers you might change: Lot cost $1.8M Build Cost: $1.7M (about $400/sq ft) Carrying costs/commission/taxes: $1M Total: $4.5 M Assuming that, there is about an 8% profit margin if it sells for the asking price. Not much room to move.

Re: Nary a Trickle

Anon — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 12:43:14 -0000

did not!

Re: Open Forum (4/15-)

Anon — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 15:59:48 -0000

I just saw a SOLD sign on the house at 35th and Pacific. Anyone know details?

Re: Open Forum (4/15-)

Anon — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 19:35:36 -0000

wheels (rb dude?), the cult of the cluless realtors is headed by huggy. Haven't you read the fable of the frog and the scorpion? huggy is just being true to his nature. Who in their right mind would trust a realtor anyway?

Re: Nary a Trickle

Anon — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 01:23:13 -0000

Hey everyone...it's a great time to buy in MB! I'm a realtor. You can trust me.

Re: Another Flopped Flip

Anon — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 09:28:16 -0000

This house is a POS.

Re: Another Flopped Flip

Anon — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 12:37:42 -0000

So MBW, with your comment on 437 1st, are you saying that homes that were purchased in June 2008 are already down close to 15% today? In 10 months? That is an interesting statement. Do you have data to back that up? Obviously things are worth less, but from $1.61 to $1.4? Please give us your rationale / backup for that statement. Thanks.

Re: Another Flopped Flip

Anon — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 14:57:00 -0000

I-D-I-O-T

Re: Another Flopped Flip

Anon — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 18:47:13 -0000

wtf, your point simply proves that most people in MB don't need to sell. This fact continually mystifies and astounds the likes of Mookie, Waiting to Buy, Nostradummy and that rapscallion of schizophrenia, RB Dude.

Re: Another Flopped Flip

Anon — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 18:51:54 -0000

Here is your official sell signal. We'd like you to beat the rush for the exits also, and I think I speak for most of Manhattan Beach. Don't let the door hit you on the way out.

Re: Another Flopped Flip

Anon — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 23:40:15 -0000

Sellers have probably decided to wait it out. What they haven't figured out yet is that housing prices will not move upward for years to come. If they really need to sell, they are only hurting themselves by waiting. Housing is heading downward not upward, slowly and painfully this will become clear.

Re: Weekend Opens (4/18-4/19)

Anon — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 11:05:21 -0000

509 Dianthus appears to be in escrow, looking for backup offers. Ozzy, good link.

Re: Nary a Trickle

Anon — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 13:40:35 -0000

I'm absolutely shocked that Nostradummy thinks it's the calm before the storm.

Re: Weekend Opens (4/18-4/19)

Anon — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 18:15:57 -0000

huh

Re: Weekend Opens (4/18-4/19)

Anon — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 01:26:30 -0000

You've been right since you've been here? You mean how make fun of your clients when they lose money? I guess anyone who follows this blog was suppose to forget this fact. Mookie, your glee at this homeowner's trouble is truly sick. I sincerely hope one of your clients that you've misguided teaches you a well needed lesson. The only thing more disgusting than your twisted mind is the thought of you being able to buy here. To be sure, Huggy is piece of work, but you're a bad guy. And bad guys like Madoff and yourself always get it in the end.

Re: Weekend Opens (4/18-4/19)

Anon — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 13:26:39 -0000

Oh but it will boom again dude. The bottom of the market is at hand. No later than the end of June 2009.

Re: Weekend Opens (4/18-4/19)

Anon — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 13:30:12 -0000

The People's Republic of Santa Monica. That say's it all.

Re: Weekend Opens (4/18-4/19)

Anon — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 13:37:19 -0000

You also made a sarcastic reference to a female client of yours that lost $10 million. A bit of pattern there, I'd say. As for you hoping the real estate market craters, such an event would have a devastating effect on the overall economy. Some "financial adviser" you are, but alas in your mind you'll be the last man standing. A virtual island. This explains why you're perpetually in a position of having to sell a home once you've bought it. Personally, I don't have time to raise money for people in financial straits. I can only wish them the best, but you can at least try and stop losing your clients money by putting them in something more secure like Munis and T-Bills. If you can't, maybe you can find it in that enormous heart of yours to at least stop making fun of people after you've lost them their life savings.

Re: Inventory Recedes a Bit

Anon — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 10:51:02 -0000

MBCon, I know this isn't exactly your cup of tea, but I was wondering where you would find the best info on townhouse sales in MB?

Re: Weekend Opens (4/18-4/19)

Anon — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 11:35:50 -0000

somewhere there's a village missing it's Idiot.

Re: Inventory Recedes a Bit

Anon — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 16:51:50 -0000

That's a great idea. I too am looking to buy and have to laugh at how anyone who didn't participate in the real estate madness of the past 7 years is a bitter renter or a loser.

Re: Inventory Recedes a Bit

Anon — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 16:58:14 -0000

So you've been renting here for the last seven years? Uh huh. Right,

Re: Inventory Recedes a Bit

Anon — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 17:19:59 -0000

Typical. Don't you have anything constructive to say?

Re: Inventory Recedes a Bit

Anon — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 17:32:29 -0000

Unlike your derogatory statement about anyone who bought during the last seven years? Oh that's right, homeowners are evil liars who have it coming to them.

Re: Double Deal

Anon — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 22:44:46 -0000

Anyone who thinks this is a bad deal is a fool. I'd buy it in a heart beat if I could afford it right now. I'll bet it's gone in a week or so.

Re: Double Deal

Anon — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 22:46:14 -0000

A fool speaks.

Re: Double Deal

Anon — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 09:46:51 -0000

thats a nice deal. i agree that the house must have been borderline condemned, since no pics were ever shown. i have been wondering for a while just how much total demand there is for property of 1.5m - 2m, and this is the answer. very little.

Re: Double Deal

Anon — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 11:34:14 -0000

The typical neurosis on this blog is talk down a property that you'll never be able to afford no matter what happens in this market or the economy. I prefer Nostradummy to Nostradumba**. The latter implies there might be some brain activity whereas Nostradummy likens you to crash test dummy, which is obviously what you are.

Re: Inventory Recedes a Bit

Anon — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 11:48:08 -0000

Three or three and half years is an extraordinary amount of time to look for a house, especially if you have decided on one city like Manhattan Beach, which is relatively small. Sorry it to say, but the length of your search puts you in the category of not serious. We looked for nine months before we bought and it was excruciating.

Re: Double Deal

Anon — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 11:56:54 -0000

That the price on this home gets people's attention on this site is entertaining (and confirms why we had this RE bubble in the first place.) Although it looks like a decent house (?) and decent location, this one has to be very carefully pencilled out, and my guess is it really won't. Current home: a 1.7 money pit (or sweat equity, just what every 1.7 buyer wants!) New construction: fuggedaboutit. Entirely too risky for spec, and if it's for your dream home, there are many other opportunities out there. Buy-and-hold-to-build-later: possibly, but let's face it, 5-10 years from now, priorities change.

Re: Double Deal

Anon — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 12:06:48 -0000

I think 1.2 may be a decent price for this home. Maybe lower.

Re: Double Deal

Anon — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 12:20:20 -0000

In three years Nostradamus and his opinions will be worth the same as he is now, nothing. What a fool !

Re: Weekend Opens (4/18-4/19)

Anon — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 15:41:56 -0000

Yep..... and here they are. Real data as of today. Should make for an interesting summer. NODs become NOSs NOSs become REOs ForeclosureTypeCity EstimatedValueZip -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Notice-of-DefaultMANHATTAN BEACH$2,599,90390266 Notice-of-DefaultMANHATTAN BEACH$2,149,80190266 Notice-of-DefaultMANHATTAN BEACH$1,899,70290266 Notice-of-DefaultMANHATTAN BEACH$1,795,08990266 Notice-of-DefaultMANHATTAN BEACH$1,626,59190266 Notice-of-DefaultMANHATTAN BEACH$1,620,20490266 Notice-of-DefaultMANHATTAN BEACH$1,483,47190266 Notice-of-DefaultMANHATTAN BEACH$1,308,40190266 Notice-of-DefaultMANHATTAN BEACH$1,252,32390266 Notice-of-DefaultMANHATTAN BEACH$1,242,51190266 Notice-of-DefaultMANHATTAN BEACH$1,228,05190266 Notice-of-DefaultMANHATTAN BEACH$1,193,70290266 Notice-of-DefaultMANHATTAN BEACH$1,064,00490266 Notice-of-DefaultMANHATTAN BEACH$1,062,47290266 Notice-of-DefaultMANHATTAN BEACH$1,026,16890266 Notice-of-DefaultMANHATTAN BEACH$1,017,99490266 Notice-of-DefaultMANHATTAN BEACH$981,51690266 Notice-of-DefaultMANHATTAN BEACH$961,58090266 Notice-of-DefaultMANHATTAN BEACH$958,79490266 Notice-of-DefaultMANHATTAN BEACH$946,72590266 Notice-of-DefaultMANHATTAN BEACH$940,15090266 Notice-of-DefaultMANHATTAN BEACH$938,96390266 Notice-of-DefaultMANHATTAN BEACH$927,49190266 Notice-of-DefaultMANHATTAN BEACH$800,02190266 Notice-of-DefaultMANHATTAN BEACH$718,14190266 Notice-of-DefaultMANHATTAN BEACH$714,41890266 Notice-of-DefaultMANHATTAN BEACH$713,61390266 Notice-of-DefaultMANHATTAN BEACH$636,32690266 Notice-of-DefaultMANHATTAN BEACH$560,77690266 Notice-of-Trustee SaleMANHATTAN BEACH$3,290,99890266 Notice-of-Trustee SaleMANHATTAN BEACH$2,129,19690266 Notice-of-Trustee SaleMANHATTAN BEACH$1,955,31190266 Notice-of-Trustee SaleMANHATTAN BEACH$1,708,27290266 Notice-of-Trustee SaleMANHATTAN BEACH$1,400,07090266 Notice-of-Trustee SaleMANHATTAN BEACH$1,384,14090266 Notice-of-Trustee SaleMANHATTAN BEACH$1,227,14490266 Notice-of-Trustee SaleMANHATTAN BEACH$1,135,53890266 Notice-of-Trustee SaleMANHATTAN BEACH$1,052,16990266 Notice-of-Trustee SaleMANHATTAN BEACH$1,025,16090266 Notice-of-Trustee SaleMANHATTAN BEACH$1,023,76790266 Notice-of-Trustee SaleMANHATTAN BEACH$938,28190266 Notice-of-Trustee SaleMANHATTAN BEACH$851,02390266 Notice-of-Trustee SaleMANHATTAN BEACH$827,02190266 Notice-of-Trustee SaleMANHATTAN BEACH$820,24890266 Notice-of-Trustee SaleMANHATTAN BEACH$819,32290266 Notice-of-Trustee SaleMANHATTAN BEACH$718,14190266 REO - Bank OwnedMANHATTAN BEACH$2,137,89990266 REO - Bank OwnedMANHATTAN BEACH$1,874,44390266 REO - Bank OwnedMANHATTAN BEACH$970,87990266 REO - Bank OwnedMANHATTAN BEACH$642,04490266

Re: Weekend Opens (4/18-4/19)

Anon — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 15:43:35 -0000

wtb, I just posted the data for you. Look up.

Re: Double Deal

Anon — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 15:45:50 -0000

wha...?

Re: Another Strand Titan

Anon — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 17:55:11 -0000

Nostradunderheard, must've been fired because he seems to have all the time in the world to comment.

Re: Double Deal

Anon — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 18:17:24 -0000

In three years you'll be even more broke than you are now. Talk about "to stupid," it's clear you've cornered that market.

Re: Another Strand Titan

Anon — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 19:01:07 -0000

huggy fawns, c.t. fumes

Re: Another Strand Titan

Anon — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 19:37:05 -0000

I'm not sure I buy the "best street" business, but there's no question it's a premo location. The inside looks pretty spankin' too. Sounds like it might come down a mil or 2 though before moving...

Re: Another Strand Titan

Anon — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 20:02:45 -0000

seconded

Re: Another Strand Titan

Anon — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 21:47:04 -0000

mb strand has a separate path for bikes and pedestrians. are you talking about hermosa?

Re: Inventory Recedes a Bit

Anon — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 21:53:37 -0000

what example can you give here that is specifically libelous, NTP?

Re: Another Strand Titan

Anon — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 00:22:28 -0000

i meant more the beach cruisers and occasional walkers/standers, in both mb and hermosa, being nearly clipped by the tools with sponsored spandex and a 50 lb gut. lets just break it down: you paid someone significant $ for a shirt with a corporate sponsorship on your ass...that makes you a loser. and no, we dont believe you are actually team discovery and got that crap for free.

Re: Another Strand Titan

Anon — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 03:26:19 -0000

Please just go away.

Re: Double Deal

Anon — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 11:37:03 -0000

Not a chance in the world dufus.

Re: Bits from the Week

Anon — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 11:37:33 -0000

whats the story with 636 29th? the place could use a spruce, but wouldnt need to be scraped or anything like that. its in a pretty sweet part of the trees as well, and nothing in that size/age/area is near that price. i keep waiting for it to go, but it just sits...whats the story? if it were 1.5 i would be a buyer, but thats a long way away.

Re: Another Strand Titan

Anon — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 11:39:20 -0000

Thirded

Re: Another Strand Titan

Anon — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 11:54:40 -0000

C.T., If I had you as a realtor telling me that RE had many 'nuances,' I would turn around and walk away laughing. You are not worth the time this is taking me to type, you pompous ass.

Re: Bits from the Week

Anon — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 15:03:37 -0000

most of the units for rent are in the sand section, not the tree or hill section. a check of craigslist confirms this. there are some in EMB as well. more townhomes, proximity to beach/bars etc makes it more attractive for young folk. walk the tree section on a sunday afternoon and its quiet (except birthdays) vs sand section where it can be pretty lively with bbqs, parties, walk street beer busts etc. the owners dont really hate the renters, and vice versa. however, there are about 5 bitter and twisted people here who think they are in the middle of a class war. i suspect they are actually angry realtors with little to do and people who like to watch the world burn. sweet.

Re: Bits from the Week

Anon — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 15:40:40 -0000

Another renter here. I've been in Manhattan Beach for 2 years and three months. Owned a house before that. Moved here because I took a job in the area. It was immedately obvious that house prices were out of whack with reality. I rent for the price of my previous mortgage.......and that was on a house that cost one third of the median price here. I rent a 2,400 square foot house. One or two more years, and house payments will be back in line with rents. No big deal. I would say that most of the "bitterness" is on the side if the belligerent, name-calling realtors that post here. They hate to have their bubble popped. Might cause them to feel guilty for all the bad advice they've given over the years, too. Who knows. It is hard to have ones belief system challenged by reality.

Re: Inventory Recedes a Bit

Anon — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 17:09:08 -0000

Oh he is policing. He is not being fair, but believe me, he is policing. This post will never pass muster.

Re: Bits from the Week

Anon — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 17:50:14 -0000

ive assumed that those would be met with a sour look and a brush off, but after seeing that double lot scraper drop from 2 to 1.75 overnight, maybe not a bad idea. considering that foreclosures are up in CA by 80% last month, and prime delinquencies have recently doubled, it still seems early in the cycle to get a great deal.

Re: Bits from the Week

Anon — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 17:54:14 -0000

you are far too logical in your analysis. prepare to be flame-bombed by huggy. i do the same math and to me it seems simple. i want a house that runs about 2m today, which means at least 400k down and a large monthly. how many people can afford that right now AND want to live in the trees. apparently not as many as there used to be. when it goes down to match prevailing wage and total income levels, it will clear. not before. my guess is we see stuff thats 1.75-2m right now going for 1.2-1.5 in the next year or two. we have already gone from 2.2-2.5 to 1.75-2 in the last 12 to 18 mos.

Re: Bits from the Week

Anon — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 18:06:41 -0000

2504 Pine is rented. I live nearby and there are two cars in the driveway now and I saw them move in. The agent told me a few weeks ago that they are paying $7500 a month.

Re: Bits from the Week

Anon — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 18:10:54 -0000

Where are your median statistics? I guess those facts are getting in the way of reality again. You did not have a problem writing them one year ago when they showed a minor decline in prices. Now that they are down 30 percent i suppose you are afraid to be proven wrong. I consider myself lucky for not having you as an agent.

Re: Bits from the Week

Anon — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 20:26:50 -0000

I must be a cheap bastard. I live in a pretty nice place (50's vintage, but square footage doubled in the 90's), and pay 3,800./month. Talked'em down 20% from what they were asking (that's the benefit of good credit and money in the bank). And I am thinking about trying for another 20% due to the stagnant rental inventory in the neighborhood. I'm really not sure why anyone would want to be a landlord. Certainly does not pay very well for the amount of money invested. I guess it is better than owning GM stock.

Re: Bits from the Week

Anon — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 20:46:51 -0000

i dont know about closed prices, but i know the asking prices are down significantly. new starter homes in the trees (3200 - 3600 sq feet, 1990-2008 construction, 4/5 beds etc) have dropped significantly. i know because ive been watching and waiting. homes listed for 2.2 - 2.5 or even 2.7mm (palm foreclosure, 'twins', house with funny driveway, etc) are now down to a much lower range. funny driveway house is 1.9m and no deal, palm foreclosure went for 1.5, and there are a couple that have been sitting for a while at 2. the clearing price today for these is probably 1.8, maybe slightly less. might not sound like much, but if you bought it for 2.5 in 2007, it sure is...bye bye 700k in equity. not here to gloat just telling it how i see it...the trend is firmly down, with not much to suggest pricing firmness or a rise in the near term.

Re: Another Strand Titan

Anon — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 23:21:12 -0000

C.T., Huggy -- continue with the insults - the MB homeowners that read this blog are really seeing what goes on behind the curtain of your local real estate offices, and you're not doing yourselves any favors.

Re: Open Forum (4/23- )

Anon — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 09:28:43 -0000

wont happen here. thanks

Re: Bits from the Week

Anon — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 09:32:20 -0000

it aint 30%, but it also is far worse than you predicted it would ever get. odds favor the decline hitting here, just later than the low price areas. meaning....buying right now is the dumbest possible move, because you know whats going to happen in advance, and the trend is FIRMLY down. if you buy right now and eat a quick 15% loss, its your fault. hold out for prices to match incomes. thanks huggz, maybe xmas '10 bonus is more likely for you.

Re: Bits from the Week

Anon — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 09:33:28 -0000

does anyone really know who he is? i am looking to buy a house soon, and every time i meet a realtor, i wonder if he is huggy. it would give me great pleasure to not hire him.

Re: Open Forum (4/23- )

Anon — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 13:38:13 -0000

No big fat checks here either. MBUSD can cry all the way to the back of the unemployment line for all I care. How they accomplish their federally-mandated education commitments is not my problem. What is Hersman's salary? Can it be cut, or the position eliminated entirely? To the poster above, if this is your first year in MB Unified (kindergarten), I say, give yourself a few or 10 more years in the district and get back to us. I have already paid dues, taxes, and plenty of both.

Re: Open Forum (4/23- )

Anon — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 13:56:39 -0000

No one was holding a gun to your head to buy an overpriced home here. You may be the crazy one.

Re: Open Forum (4/23- )

Anon — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 14:14:58 -0000

I sent my kids through the MB school system. I pay my taxes and I'm not in fear of foreclosure. The poblem is the system. The Union is killing every school district in the state. Break the Union and Tenure. Without the Union they can hire good teachers and pay them well. I can see the possibility of more smaller private schools starting up. I would like to see a voucher system so people can send their child to whatever school they wish.

Re: Open Forum (4/23- )

Anon — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 14:19:21 -0000

Well it will happen soon. Remember Mr. Obama wants to spread the wealth around.

Re: Double Deal

Anon — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 14:28:30 -0000

None, my home is paid for and has been for 7 years. My rental properties (2) are doing just fine thank you. Not wealth, just comfortable.Yes, you're a dufus.

Re: Open Forum (4/23- )

Anon — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 14:35:34 -0000

Zero. That is how it will remain.

Re: Open Forum (4/23- )

Anon — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 16:48:45 -0000

Hi Barbara, first, these people are not "professionals". That title is reserved for, well, professionals. It takes a professional degree and certification. Some examples of professionals are Doctors, Lawyers, Accountants, Engineers. Realtors are sales people, and sales is NOT a profession! It is an "occupation". Barrier to entry is low, you don't even need a GED. I guess you do have to pay 300$ and take a test to be a realtor. So it's kind of on the level of getting a driver's license. In general, I view sales people suspiciously since their paycheck depends on extracting money from my wallet.

Re: Open Forum (4/23- )

Anon — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 19:15:18 -0000

dont worry, when your house falls 50%, you can go to the assessor and get a discount. then you will only pay 2x your neighbor. lolz you tool.

Re: Open Forum (4/23- )

Anon — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 19:16:23 -0000

gotta love the anti obama crowd. rioting and having tea parties BEFORE taxes are actually raised. if your taxes get raised, its to pay for the sins of the son. get over yourself

Re: Open Forum (4/23- )

Anon — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 19:17:31 -0000

seriously, another reason to rent, like we need one besides the 50% reduction in cost. also, when the state bumps the property tax, which they will, prices will get annihalated.

Re: Open Forum (4/23- )

Anon — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 19:26:06 -0000

then how come you're not doing it????

Re: Open Forum (4/23- )

Anon — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 19:28:29 -0000

Dufus you are not smart enough to know they have been raised. Wise up to what is happening.

Re: Open Forum (4/23- )

Anon — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 19:31:10 -0000

The democrats live in fear of losing their victims crowd. Yes, the are about Unions and the Teachers Union is one of the biggest.

Re: Open Forum (4/23- )

Anon — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 19:34:43 -0000

Yeah, I guess just becasue I'm right doesn't play with the liberal types. Get a life loser.

Re: Open Forum (4/23- )

Anon — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 19:36:43 -0000

Followed very closely by the Teachers Union.

Re: Bits from the Week

Anon — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 01:13:51 -0000

Why don't you just report what Mooke is asking. This is a blog that talks about homes on the west side of Sepulveda. Give him the data and shut his fraudulent mouth up. Or does the information run counter to your position. Facts are facts, put them on the table for all to decide.

Re: Open Forum (4/23- )

Anon — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 11:19:48 -0000

Typical liberal democrat. What riot Dufus? It is well documented that the tea parties were represented by all parties.

Re: Open Forum (4/23- )

Anon — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 11:37:56 -0000

You are 100% correct. The problem is, the only way to stop him is at the ballot box. We can slow him down in 2010 and toss him out in 2012. This is possible only if he doesn't get us all killed first.

Re: Open Forum (4/23- )

Anon — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 11:39:34 -0000

Exactly !!!

Re: Double Deal

Anon — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 11:54:49 -0000

I could not agree more with your comment. Sorry that you and others won't see it since it with most likely be deleted. oh well, i tried. it's the world we live in.

Re: Newest Below '06 Prices

Anon — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 12:03:08 -0000

its a good start. now if only they could sell....

Re: Newest Below '06 Prices

Anon — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 12:22:27 -0000

Good start.....but still not enough.

Re: Newest Below '06 Prices

Anon — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 12:25:56 -0000

After doing a quick scan of Redfin, it seems like this was the week of new inventory coming to market, MBC too bad your survey was a little earlier. Also saw a bunch of homes that have recently reduced prices. Only the sellers that take a reasonable stance and price their homes accordingly will actually sell, I still think it comes down to if people "need" to sell, or "want" to sell to where this market is going to end up. IMO we've still got a ways to the downside.

Re: Newest Below '06 Prices

Anon — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 12:43:20 -0000

511 Pacific didn't get memo. Off MLS @ $5.995m, re-list $6.699m Vineyard Bank (VNBC) de-listed from NASDAQ-trading 14c/share

Re: Newest Below '06 Prices

Anon — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 12:48:24 -0000

1.75 and below sells, above that doesnt sell. the low end is moving. bought for 2.2 and selling for 2.5? sorry, you didnt get the memo. the pool of buyers is also drastically smaller than in recent years, so those that move down aggressively will capture one of the buyers, those that hold firm wont. simple economics 101.

Re: Newest Below '06 Prices

Anon — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 13:54:10 -0000

These listings, and those price ranges, have to be dead in the water right now. I don't know how Mookie navigates Property Shark to get current loan amounts (is it a paid subscription?) but it seems like just a matter of time before many of these homes (not saying the ones featured) start attempting short sales.

Re: Newest Below '06 Prices

Anon — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 17:07:42 -0000

Your village called and believe it or not they want you back. They said we really miss our Idiot.

Re: Newest Below '06 Prices

Anon — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 17:08:45 -0000

No, but thanks so much for the opportunity.

Re: Newest Below '06 Prices

Anon — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 17:23:00 -0000

there are plenty of households that would have earned that $ in 2006 and 07, and maybe even 08. those same households are not making that much in 09, and probably feel more uncertain about the next 30 years than they did back then.

Re: Newest Below '06 Prices

Anon — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 18:34:43 -0000

hilarious. i wonder why people hire realtors sometimes.

Re: Newest Below '06 Prices

Anon — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 18:44:18 -0000

jesus christ you people are pathetic! i have a real question. how much does it cost to remove and replace the 'facade' of a house. so if the house is a 2 story stucco-sided cheerio box, how much to take off the 'craftsman' front and slap on the new 'cape cod' front. prices for removal and the new one would be helpful. back to your picture show.

Re: Newest Below '06 Prices

Anon — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 19:03:41 -0000

No.

Re: Newest Below '06 Prices

Anon — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 19:41:57 -0000

MBC aka the Jerry Springer show

Re: Newest Below '06 Prices

Anon — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 20:16:42 -0000

I thought someone knocked your teeth?

Re: Newest Below '06 Prices

Anon — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 23:01:24 -0000

MBC -- please ban this poster above. I believe he may have too much to drink and starts posting violent messages (on other blogs too before you delete them), or maybe he is just chillingly violent without substances. He is very creepy.