by Susanne Dwyer | Mar 11, 2013 | For Your Clients |
(MCT)—QUESTION: We live in a community governed by a homeowner’s association. Our board is gradually ignoring more and more of our bylaws, causing the quality and appearance of the community to decline. What can I do? —Don ANSWER: Whether a co-op, condo or a...
by Susanne Dwyer | Mar 10, 2013 | For Your Clients, News |
Tavern Island: Connecticut’s Secluded Sanctuary There is perhaps no greater space than one’s own private island retreat. Listed in October 2012 for $12.9 million by Doug Werner, William Pitt Sotheby’s International Realty, Darien, Conn., Tavern Island in Rowayton,...
by Susanne Dwyer | Mar 10, 2013 | For Your Clients |
(MCT)—How do you follow the purchase of an island in Hawaii? If you’re Oracle Chief Executive Larry Ellison, you buy an airline that flies to your tropical paradise. Ellison has been on a shopping spree lately, buying 98 percent of the island of Lanai in June from Los...
by Susanne Dwyer | Mar 9, 2013 | For Your Clients, News |
The American Securitization Forum has detailed possible ways regulators could merge mortgage-backed securities offered by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in order to close the pricing gap between the two. The market discounts Freddie securities on the belief these bonds...
by Susanne Dwyer | Mar 9, 2013 | For Your Clients |
(MCT)—While most travelers know to visit the Musee d’Orsay while in Paris or the Guggenheim Museum when in New York City, there are hundreds of buildings that get overlooked, either because of their location or simply the number of sites in the city deemed worth...
by Susanne Dwyer | Mar 7, 2013 | Best Practices, For Your Clients |
(MCT)—I was engaging in a bit of therapy the other day, viciously attacking a wallpaper border that had fouled my powder room for far too long. Die, hideous border, I thought as I peeled and scraped and scrubbed. Die. It put up a good fight, but I prevailed. My...