Recent Entries in housing
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Doors and windows followup
March 17, 2010 2:17 PM
A few days ago, I wrote about the ground fog and condensation that strikes during the months of February and March in Southeast China. To see what we could do about it, our contractor came by for a look. First...
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North/south wind season and the cost of crappy windows
March 15, 2010 1:38 PM
Living in China has been a nice change in my previously life but like any place in this world, it is not perfect. There are some rather irritating parts of the lifestyle here and number 2 on my hate list...
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Housing in China
February 6, 2010 11:19 PM
House Hunting After arriving in China, we spent the first week holed up in my brother-in-law's condo. A lot of time was spent sleeping trying to adjust to the jet lag and time zone differences. In addition, the Chinese people...
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Housing is cheap...er...
January 26, 2010 6:00 PM
The following story says the trailing 15 year premium-to-buy for the San Francisco metro area is 296% but it was down to 233% in 3rd quarter 2009.http://www.forbes.com/2010/01/21/buying-versus-renting-lifestyle-real-estate-homes.htmlThe local news stories are quoting and declaring it's time to buy, buy, buy!...
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Random follow-ups
January 25, 2010 12:44 AM
Follow-ups to some of my previous posts: Website Changes The web user interface is now consistent across all screens. In addition, some previously missing functionality has been restored. Copied style from Home (last 10 entries) to Category Archives and Search...
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Reality check on housing
September 9, 2009 3:42 PM
I was browsing the internet and came across this article http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32756481/ns/business-real_estate. The meat of the article, I don't really care about. We all already know why we're in this mess It's the secondary headline that caught my attention.Official says a...