Tuesday links 12-19-2006
Housing Starts up (national news) K Hovnavian sees high cancellations (national with a local impact) Design by fire truck Suburbs versus fiber rollout EcoMod gets some good press (local) PMI will be tax deductible next year!
Marketing integrity
Does marketing with the word "integrity" really cause consumers to believe that that particular agent has more integrity than the ones who don't market with the word "integrity"?
Carnival of RE is up
At Seattle PI. It's been so long since I last submitted to the Carnival, I forgot that not all posts get selected. So, thank you very much! I particularly like the comedy section!
DNS issues
I have apparently been having DNS issues with my main site, jduncanrealestate, for about 36 hours now. This is extraordinarily frustrating, as I just switched my mail to go through Google and now this. My transition to my other site, provided by the excellent Ubertor…
What do you tell those who bought six months ago?
A new construction development in Albemarle just reduced prices on a few remaining townhomes in increments of $25k and ~$40k. The same models sold six months ago for significantly more than new models are currently being sold for* - in some cases $20-$40k more than…
Charlottesville now has EVDO
Sprint has had it for some time, but their service is notoriously bad. Thanks to Alltel. Why does this matter? To me, not that much, other than I can now tell my citi-fied clients coming from larger cities that we have it. What is it?…
Toy Lift needs help
The Toy Lift is desperately behind. So far, they have collected only $700, compared with this time last year when they had collected thousands. Call to make donations - 434-973-7448, use credit cards to donate, drop books or toys by the Toy Lift at Fashion…