Going for a Haircut

Shooting the breeze with my barber once a month while he attends to business, I get a fresh perspective on the state of the economy and local real estate activity. These days I guess he seems to be more of a psychiatrist then a barber. “Everyone is depressed,...

HOPE is a four letter word

The Hope Now Alliance is a Hail Mary being thrown out by desperate government officials to stem the expected rising tide of home foreclosures nationally. In a continuing scandal that is sure to send ripples into far-reaching corners of the economy, the subprime...

No sweat

Home sweet home. They used to call it “sweat equity” when you used your personal labor to improve the condition, and thus the value, of your property. Nowadays, with home values falling, it seems that it is more difficult to accomplish this desired result....