October 2011
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Scouting Report, the Morning After | Redfin... →
A good idea done badly. Will be interesting to see how everything shakes out.
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May 2011
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Paradise Hills Vineyard, Wallingford CT · Opening...
via paradisehillsvineyard.com As wine lovers, we have been anticipating this day for many months. May 1st saw the opening of Paradise Hills Vineyards in Wallingford, but we were unable to attend. We are planning to visit the newest Connecticut winery soon, so be on the lookout for our review on our blog, Wallingford Wired! Posted via email from UnReal Estate | Comment »
Osama bin Laden killed in shootout, Obama says
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April 2011
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Anyone need some sunshine??
Too bad it’s so windy today… Posted via email from UnReal Estate | Comment »
The End of Winter
Maybe this means Spring is really here? Posted via email from UnReal Estate | Comment »
October 2010
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Amber Ridge Condo for Sale The Arbors Summerlin
New Amber Ridge Condo Listing: The Arbors Village of Summerlin! by Renee Burrows on October 13, 2010 Written by: Renee Burrows 5tweetsretweet Scroll Down below to view IDX listing and map Amber Ridge Condo (Summerlin, Las Vegas) PRISTINE – Not Short, Not REO – $157,000 Bedrooms: 2 Bathrooms: 2 Parking...
September 2010
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10 Tips for Secure WordPress Hosting
Hosting your website on a safe and trustworthy hosting company is essential. You need a hosting provider that offers excellent reliability, security and support. But who can you trust with your self-hosted WordPress blog? There’s been a lot of discussion regarding recent hacker attacks and hosting providers. And many people ask me what I look for in a hosting company, so I thought...
10 Tips for Secure WordPress Hosting
Hosting your website on a safe and trustworthy hosting company is essential. You need a hosting provider that offers excellent reliability, security and support. But who can you trust with your self-hosted WordPress blog? There’s been a lot of discussion regarding recent hacker attacks and hosting providers. And many people ask me what I look for in a hosting company, so I thought...
August 2010
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Gmail Priority Inbox Launches: Your E-mail Will...
via mashable.com Looks like a cool tool for GMail users! Posted via email from UnReal Estate | Comment »
Unsuck It
Check out this website I found at unsuck-it.com Man, I wish I had this back in my corporate drone days…this is better than playing Buzzword Bingo! Posted via email from UnReal Estate | Comment »
Peep.ly puts your social graph to work | 1000Watt...
You go to a real estate website. You click “Find an agent.” On the “Find an agent” page, you login using your Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google or Foursquare account. You are then presented with a list of agents in the company with whom you share a connection, an interest, a shared experience, employer, hometown or other commonality. You can see, for example, that agent Mary Jones...
Obama’s Christmas in August? Really? | Notorious...
James Pethokoukis writes on Reuters today (h/t: Instapundit) that the Obama Administration may be planning to eliminate many/most/all underwater mortgages in a single swoop: Rumors are running wild from Washington to Wall Street that the Obama administration is about to order government-controlled lenders Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to forgive a portion of the mortgage debt of millions...
July 2010
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Unsuspecting Fan Gets Truckload of Wheat Thins
via youtube.com So, are you monitoring YOUR brand on Twitter like Wheat Thins is?? Maybe you should… Posted via email from UnReal Estate | Comment »
June 2010
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East Coast Wineries: Paradise Hills Vineyard...
Paradise Hills Vineyard President’s Reserve in Wallingford, CT So, while I was at Wineries Unlimited, I tasted a wonderful Connecticut wine, President’s Reserve from Paradise Hills Vineyard & Winery, located at 15 Windswept Hill Road, in Wallingford, CT. They are on the Washington Trail, on which the General marched scrounging up recruits and...
What your email address says about your computer...
via theoatmeal.com Oh yeah, this is good… Posted via web from UnReal Estate | Comment »
May 2010
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New Realtor.com to launch in beta | Inman News
New Realtor.com to launch in beta Move initiates dialogue with NAR on operating agreement By Matt Carter, Friday, May 7, 2010. Inman News Screenshot of current version of Realtor.com. Berkowitz said the beta version of Realtor.com will soon be available on an “opt in” basis for a period of two to three months, with all...
21 Creative Ways To Increase Your Facebook Fanbase...
21 Creative Ways To Increase Your Facebook Fanbase By Mari Smith Published April 27, 2010 If you build a Facebook Page, will fans come? This is the great hope for many businesses. However, fans do not magically appear from the Facebook mist. People must be lured to your fan page. And there are some good and bad ways to go about doing this. In this article, I’ll share a big myth and 21 ways...
April 2010
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More plugins for securing your WordPress install «...
I wrote previously on securing a fresh WordPress install. Today, I’ll cover several WordPress plugins that can be used with fresh or existing WordPress installations to enhance security. I’m not going to cover recovering a hacked site, or exploit scanning tools like Exploit Scanner or WordPress Antivirus in this tutorial. As before, I’ll emphasize a few things: 1. Your WordPress...
Sony to stop manufacturing Floppy discs after 30...
Remember Floppy discs? In case you haven’t noticed (like I didn’t), Sony is actually still making and selling those discs. But soon it’s time to say goodbye, as the company now said [JP] it will stop production in March next year. Sony rolled out the world’s first 3.5-inch floppy disc back in 1981. And believe it or not, even in 2008, the company could still sell 8.5 million units in...
Copy and Paste For New Web Traffic | Mr. Internet...
I get asked all the time about how to prevent people from copying content off their Websites and blogs. Now there is a service that will have you hoping they will! Copy Me —Please! Tynt is a new free service that will track what is being copied off your Web and blog sites and help you drive traffic back to those sites as a result. After you set up your free account you are given a short...
Leap Leads to Internet Sensation | NBC Connecticut
via nbcconnecticut.com Connecticut Baseball Player Goes Airborne…Don’t Try This At Home! Posted via web from UnReal Estate | Comment »
Ning’s Bubble Bursts: No More Free Networks, Cuts...
One month after long-time Ning CEO Gina Bianchini was replaced by COO Jason Rosenthal, the company is making some major changes: It has just announced that it is killing off its free product, forcing existing free networks to either make the change to premium accounts or migrate their networks elsewhere. Rosenthal has also just announced that the company has cut nearly 70 people — over 40% of...
Ning’s Bubble Bursts: No More Free Networks, Cuts...
One month after long-time Ning CEO Gina Bianchini was replaced by COO Jason Rosenthal, the company is making some major changes: It has just announced that it is killing off its free product, forcing existing free networks to either make the change to premium accounts or migrate their networks elsewhere. Rosenthal has also just announced that the company has cut nearly 70 people — over 40% of...
Magazine for Ecommerce & Web Marketing...
via websitemagazine.com Get a free subscription to Website Magazine (4 issues a year), or spring for the pro subscription which gets you 12 issues for $44.95 a year. Posted via web from UnReal Estate | Comment »
AltUse - Discover Alternative Uses for Everyday...
via altuse.com Did you know there’s over 1,400 alternatives uses for vinegar? Over 900 uses for olive oil (no, not Popeye’s girlfriend, she’s pretty much useless)? Over 500 uses for baking soda? Take a look at this site, maybe you’ll find an alternative use for some that stuff cluttering up your house. And maybe save some $$$ or help the environment in the process… ...
Drag and drop attachments onto messages - Official...
via gmailblog.blogspot.com Here’s some news for GMail users that should make using the already easy to use service a little easier to use… Posted via web from UnReal Estate | Comment »
Site Speed, A ranking factor that's easily managed...
Just wanted to jot down a quick blog post with my thoughts about two blog posts about speed. Matt Cutts has been writing both on his own blog and on the official Google Webmaster Central Blog to tell everyone what we knew was coming: site speed is now an official ranking factor. Now I want to remind you that I’ve been writing about site speed for quite a while. I wrote about WordPress...
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DocuHome Home Inventory: Free Software Trial,...
via docuhome.com With all the natural disasters in the news lately - floods, fires, earthquakes, tsunami, etc - it only seems like good sense to know what’s in your house in case you need to file an insurance claim. This service seems like a good choice, although its $59 annual fee might lessen its appeal. Plus, I’m not sure that a paid service would be better than a free one,...
Outrage: Woman Could Lose Title of Home Over $68...
Capri Ramos has never missed a mortgage payment on her Salt Lake City home, but after a lengthy court battle she could lose the house anyway, thanks to a $68 dentist bill. Ramos, 43, was a young mom when she took her 4-year-old to a dentist for swollen gums more than 15 years ago. Uninsured, she made a partial payment and expected to be billed for the rest. But she never...
Unvarnished: Website For Coworkers to Trash You |...
Unvarnished: Website For Coworkers to Trash You By Steve Tobak April 5th, 2010 @ 6:27 pm 10 Comments | Permalink Email Share My BNET Twitter del.icio.us Google StumbleUpon Newsvine Facebook LinkedIn Digg My Yahoo Technorati Reddit ...
'2012' Trailer HD...See This Movie!
via youtube.com (Test post from Posterous) Just watched “2012” on Comcast On Demand; if you haven’t seen this movie, see it NOW. It’s probably one of the best disaster movies of all time. And two of the songs from the soundtrack, “Time For Miracles” by Adam Lambert, and “Fades Like a Photograph” by Filter are outstanding. Posted via web ...
November 2008
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Wallingford Wired Has a New Home →
After 8 months on Blogger, we’ve decided to take the plunge and move this blog to a new home over on Wordpress.org. It was a decision we agonized over for more than a…
October 2008
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Mortgage Rate Update 10/24/08 →
Mortgage rates fell a bit across the board this week on reduced concerns about inflation; the 30 year conforming loan fell a quarter point, while the 30 year FHA rate fell an eighth. CHFA rates fell…
Wallingford Electric Gives Winter Rate Decrease →
Back in May, we reported here about the increase in electric rates that Wallingford Electric put in place to offset the higher cost of power during the heavy usage months of summer. But,…
Rustic Meriden Raised Ranch →
This home has rustic appeal on the outside, and a contemporary feel inside. Large sunken living room with cathedral ceilings and skylights. Open floor plan. Atrium style four season porch plus a…
Mortgage Rate Update 10/17/08 →
With the financial markets still in turmoil and the government bailout plan causing banks to borrow more and more money, the rates on 30 year conforming and jumbo loans rose a quarter point this…
Ghoulishly Good Times in Wallingford →
If you’re looking for something to scare the bejeezus out of you this Halloween (other than the economy and the Presidential elections), look no further than the renowned Trail of Terror in
Better Pass on the Dessert... →
From the “This Didn’t Really Happen, Did It?” files, West Hartford home owner Nancy Glass has been charged with second degree assault, second degree reckless endangerment and tampering with…
Mortgage Rate Update 10/10/08 →
The good news is that rates didn’t go up any; the bad news is they didn’t go down any, either. They’re unchanged from last week and the week before (except for CHFA rates); we’ll see if they change…
Wallingford Market Update: Sep 2008 →
The Wallingford housing market declined a bit further last month as uncertainty over the effectiveness of the $700 billion bailout plan begins to take hold. More homes and condos were listed, fewer…
Mortgage Rate Update 10/3/08 →
Thirty-year fixed rate holding steady (so far), but CHFA rates up half a point. How far will they go? In theory, if the “Rescue” plan works and helps repair the credit markets, rates should go…
September 2008
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Wallingford Market Update →
Image via Wikipedia Over the past three months, the Wallingford housing inventory has grown substantially, doubling from 104 single family homes in June to 207 in August; condos have…
Mortgage Rate Update 9/26/08 →
With all the historic happenings on Wall Street, the interest rates nudged up a bit this week: Friday, September 26th, 2008 All rate quotes are for a 60-day lock with 0 points Conforming limits…
Wallingford Condo Owners Stunned by Buyout Plans →
Move over, Eminent Domain. There’s a new sheriff in town making its own waves in the real estate market. It’s name is the Common Interest Ownership Act, and it left has the owners of some…
Mortgage Rate Update 9/12/08 →
Well, this is the first rate update since the Feds took over Fannie Mae (FNMA) and Freddie Mac (FHLMC). We were hoping for a little bigger cut in the rates, but suppose this will have to do! A …
Let the Good Times Start Here! →
Wallingford expanded split level with contemporary flair situated on corner lot. Family room has cathedral ceilings, first floor office and bedroom, remodeled kitchen, finished room in lower level…
Mortgage Rate Update →
Friday, September 5th, 2008 All rate quotes are for a 60-day lock with 0 points Conforming limits are up to a $417,000 loan limit* 30 yr conforming fixed: rate = 6.250% APR = 6.459% 15 yr…
August 2008
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Remodeled Middletown 3BR Cape →
Mortgage Rate Update →
Sunday, August 24th, 2008 All rate quotes are for a 60-day lock with 0 points Conforming limits are up to a $417,000 loan limit* 30 yr conforming fixed: rate = 6.375% APR = 6.562% 15 yr…
Wallingford Enacts Hybrid/High Mileage Vehicle... →
In a much anticipated move sure to please hybrid car owners, Wallingford has recently approved a tax exemption in the amount of $5,000 for hybrid and high mileage passenger vehicles. The…