Notes on the market, the regions, and the houses we like.

Notes on the market, the regions, and the houses we like.

Notes on the market, the regions, and the houses we like.

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Buying

Aug 28

An empty, well lit sitting room with the shutters open

What off-market actually means, and what it does not

Buying

Aug 28

An empty, well lit sitting room with the shutters open

What off-market actually means, and what it does not

Buying

Aug 14

A notebook, pen and coffee on a wooden table

The questions worth asking before you see a single house

Buying

Aug 14

A notebook, pen and coffee on a wooden table

The questions worth asking before you see a single house

The Regions

Jul 30

A white stucco house with a red tile roof behind a garden wall

Montecito, and the quiet economics of an oak-shaded lane

The Regions

Jul 30

A white stucco house with a red tile roof behind a garden wall

Montecito, and the quiet economics of an oak-shaded lane

The Regions

Jul 16

A country road and a red barn under autumn trees

Litchfield County: what two hours from Manhattan really buys

The Regions

Jul 16

A country road and a red barn under autumn trees

Litchfield County: what two hours from Manhattan really buys

Buying

Jul 2

A phone filming a room during a viewing

Why we film every house before you travel

Buying

Jul 2

A phone filming a room during a viewing

Why we film every house before you travel

Buying

Jun 18

A prewar living room with a bay window and original mouldings

Reading a prewar co-op board, and preparing for it

Buying

Jun 18

A prewar living room with a bay window and original mouldings

Reading a prewar co-op board, and preparing for it

Belvedere

Jun 4

A quiet desk with papers and a plant

The register, and why it stays short

Belvedere

Jun 4

A quiet desk with papers and a plant

The register, and why it stays short

The Regions

May 21

Houses among golden aspens below the mountains

Aspen in spring: when the good houses move

The Regions

May 21

Houses among golden aspens below the mountains

Aspen in spring: when the good houses move

Buying

May 7

Old roof timbers and tiles seen from inside

What a survey will not tell you about an old house

Buying

May 7

Old roof timbers and tiles seen from inside

What a survey will not tell you about an old house

Market

Apr 23

Warm light falling across a staircase

A year of quiet sales: how 2026 has looked so far

Market

Apr 23

Warm light falling across a staircase

A year of quiet sales: how 2026 has looked so far

The Regions

Apr 9

Houses and palms along the Malibu shoreline

Malibu after the rebuild years

The Regions

Apr 9

Houses and palms along the Malibu shoreline

Malibu after the rebuild years

Belvedere

Mar 26

Two people being greeted at the door of a house

On staying with one advisor from first call to keys

Belvedere

Mar 26

Two people being greeted at the door of a house

On staying with one advisor from first call to keys

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