Radiators for sale


Two radiators. $50 for both OBO. Remove from our Clinton Hill back garden. Very heavy.

Tall radiator:
about 14” wide
about 36″ high
about 9″ deep
5 columns

Short radiator:
about 25″ wide
about 20″ high
about 10 1/2 ” deep
9 columns

Categories: Radiators
By VHR | 05/07/2011 12:28 PM | Comment

Closing Date/Rate Lock


We have been in contract since October to buy a townhouse in Clinton Hill. The house is empty as it is an estate. The proper doucments have been with the Surrogate’s Court since October. We can’t close until the documents go through court. So we do not have a closing date yet. Last week the court told the trustees that the documents will likely be stamped in the second half of December. All parties want to close this month and are ready to close as soon as the doucments get through court. In the meantime we have been watching the mortgage rates. Today the rate is at 4.875% with 1 point. This is the lowest we have seen. We’d love to lock in at that rate but the rate would expire on 12/31/09. Is this too risky considering we don’t have a closing date yet?
Thanks!

Categories: Mortgage
By VHR | 12/01/2009 10:48 AM | Comment

How to buy a house?


We have put 5 offers on 5 different houses since 2/09. Two of those offers were accepted and we got the contract only to be told that the sellers got a better offer and sent a contract to someone else. This second time it was on a house that was for sale for one year. We don’t know how to get to the point of actually signing a contract without another buyer coming in. What is the deal? The first accepted offer was over asking price and the second one was near asking price. There was a ton of opportunity for the buyer on the most recent house to make an offer before we did, especially if he was going to offer nearly asking price anyway. If it’s this hard in this market to buy, I can’t imagine what is was like in 07.

Categories: Real Estate
By VHR | 08/27/2009 3:37 PM | Comment