Slowly, slowly, slowly said the sloth

With apologies to Eric Carle

Declines in Santa Monica and Pacific Palisades are happening, but there are some significant holdouts who still think it is 2005. You'd think after 170+ days on the market the message would be clear. We've stopped actively looking for a house, but I have alerts set up for my favorite areas so I can watch the shenanigans. My new favorite house is 11124 Sunset Blvd- just down the street from the highly overpriced and still not selling 11150 Sunset Blvd. One is billed as "move-in ready" the other is a "developer dream". When it hits $1.2 million, call me

The exchange student leaves in July, so the bedroom situation won't be so crowded soon. My mother-in-law is coming, but I'm tempted to stuff her under the swingset of doom.

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Anonymous said…
Give us an update on your search MAria!!!!
August 3, 2008 at 9:32 PM
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