jym626

None. I studied it in High School. Our teacher won the national teacher of the year award a year or so after we graduated. He was incredible. Great guy.

menloparkmom

jym, next time you come out to Calif we can go by the mansion and try out your Russki!

jym626

Da!!!

DS was out there this weekend!

menloparkmom

He brought some glorious Indian summer weather with him!

dstark

Artloversplus....I don't know that area....

Pretty nice house....a little more than I can afford...and I don't need a place quite that big. Lol

jym626

menlo-
He sent a gorgeous photo from Angel Island State Park

jym626

oops, mistype above-- to your health! Na zdarovyeh! (Hope that attempt at translation sorta works)

jym626

Well, the oil tank test had to be postponed because.. the tank was too full!! They have to get some sort of pressure reading and the company just filled it a few weeks ago. Well, IMO, if its full then there must be no leaks, right??

Here's a weird coincidence. The prospective buyers (husband/wife) have the same initials as my brother and I. That is karma.....

BunsenBurner

Karma, definitely karma!!! I just knocked on every leg of my kitchen table for you, jym (the tabletop is granite, so no help from knocking on it).

artloversplus

jym, by the time you sell the house, all the doors and table legs will be knocked out aound the usa... and much karma will be left on the table...

mini

Business & Technology | Puzzling plunge: 15% year-over-year drop in county home prices | Seattle Times Newspaper

Where we live, "sales" are down, but "pending sales" are up (figure that one out), and home prices continue to drop.

Montegut

There's a lot of "sale pending" signs up in our neighborhood. Sometimes they disappear, and the whole "for sale" sign disappears. Then magically, the "for sale" sign reappears again. What's up with that? Meanwhile, still an empty house next door, and the price has been lowered 25 percent from original asking price, which was dirt cheap to start with. Too much work to be done on the outside, though only some on the inside. The house down the block, priced the highest, but was move in ready, is the only one that has sold, out of the ten for sale in the three blocks of our street, in the last year.

barrons

I think the appeal of the big house has waned and more people are just happy to buy what they need rather than a showplace.

artloversplus

Financing is the problem, banks are scared to death to finance a house and later on holding the bag when the home value decrease further. You will find the down payment is up, regardless they advertise 20% or whatever. In today's market, you will need a house move in ready, in good area and have a price so low that will attract all cash buyers, that is probably 20% lower than the market.

Although it does not apply to some hot markets, such as the area vball is looking.

dadx

In an environment where people are cautious about buying things that they don't really need (even if they want them), houses are undoubtedly the most scrutinized potential purchase.