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Kevin Hickey — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 13:39:12 +0000

Good and Educated Information on Housing.

Kevin Hickey — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 19:08:58 +0000

“Warren Buffett on CNBC: I'd Buy Up 'A Couple Hundred Thousand' Single-Family Homes If I Could” The wizard of Wall Street is very bullish on home ownership, it’s worth reading his argument, and many more comments on the economy in general. Click here

Kevin Hickey — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:39:47 +0000

Some interesting Links:

Housing Demand Defies Fundamentals; CNBC

The Latest On Mortgage Rates: Still Low; WSJ Developments

Cool Site of the day:

A site called Pinterest a great place to share your taste, interests and hobbies, with others. Currently it’s invite only but if you ask for an invite you usually get it in a couple of days.

Oh, by the way, through Coldwell Banker and the Cartus network I can help you, friends and family buy and sell anywhere in the world. I love referrals!

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Kevin Hickey — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 17:23:13 +0000

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Mobile app of the day.

Kevin Hickey — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 13:36:56 +0000

OK.. cool app of the day for smart phones...
http://www.Tunein.com . I Downloaded it on my phone and my Roku at home... plays tons of radio stations through the phone or Roku... If you like your NPR portable this is the best conception of this idea yet...

Newtown Area Market Statistics

Kevin Hickey — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 20:01:50 +0000

Market Stats for the Newtown Area...

These are year over year.

While the average sales price is down in Newtown the unit sales are virtually the same as last year making it one of the more robust markets in this comparison.

Bethel's condo numbers are mostly driven by the new construction projects which push the average sales price well above the resales in the market.

Market Stats for the Newtown Area... These are year over year. While the average sales price is down in Newtown the unit sales are virtually the same as last year making it one of the more robust markets in this comparison.Bethel's condo numbers are mostly driven by the new construction projects which push the average sales price well above the resales in the market.

Making a New Case for Home Buying

Kevin Hickey — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 15:34:58 +0000

Great Wall Street Journal Article on how to weigh the cost versus benefits for Homebuying instead of Renting.

The intrinsic benefit which isn't talked about is the ability to control your own destiny, and not be subjected to somebody elses plans for a property.

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Need a quick bite in Newtown?

Kevin Hickey — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 20:59:14 +0000

There a two great places I frequent in Newtown for a quick inexpensive bite...

The Newtown General Store and Mistyvale Deli

http://newtown.patch.com/articles/review-newtown-general-store

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Newtown-General-Store/105133509547419?sk=wall

http://www.yelp.com/biz/newtown-general-store-newtown

They are both awesome places to eat, I can get in and out of Mistyvale in less than 5 minutes and less than 3 dollars with a Bacon, Egg and Cheese Sandwich and a Coffee... What's not to like?

Newtown High School Students can create a bottleneck at Mistyvale in the Morning, and the lunch crowd can make parking difficult at the General Store, both are worth the wait.

http://www.yelp.com/biz/misty-vale-deli-and-general-store-sandy-hook

The Hedge Fund Policy of Real Estate?

Kevin Hickey — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 18:42:19 +0000

This may be hard to explain, and i have no statistical data to back it up. But over the years I have noticed a trend, that when the mainline media finely get's all over a story about a business cycle or trend, it's about to move in a different direction.

Example: Everybody agrees that stocks are a bad place to be, the advice columnists are counseling bonds, the news reports are all about stock market failures, etc... That to me seem to be the day to jump in.

All news by it's very nature is historical reporting, they are reporting the past, I've also noticed large news does not notice small trends, so in Real Estate, we have been consistently 6 months or more into a changed market before anybody is reporting it.

Why is this important? Well it seems to me that the news reporting is pretty dismal for real estate and my office is busy!

For those of you waiting for an indication "there's your sign".

Flamingos and Adirondack Chair

Kevin Hickey — Thu, 12 May 2011 14:49:20 +0000