Each week, I read over the new listings, pendings, and solds, in an effort to keep up with the twists and turns of this market.
This week, one home in the sold column caught my attention. It was a big, bold, late 1970s contemporary style home at the top of Mt. Washington. It sold for a little over 1 million dollars.
It broke my heart to see that sale. You see, I knew the woman that lived there in the early 1990s. She was a gifted artist. Brilliant, creative, out-spoken, a free spirit. She had some financial set-backs, borrowed some money against the house, ended up giving the lender a Deed-in-Lieu-of Foreclosure, and walking away from the house.
The amount of money she'd borrowed? Less than $200,000. Chump change in today's market. I think of her, and others like her, and my heart breaks.
Believe me, I am not a religious person, but all the same, I thought of a little prayer for her:
Divine Love, guide The Artist on the path to her highest good. Bless her with peace, happiness, and joy in a measure that far exceeds the loss she took on that freakin' miserable piece of property. Amen and AMEN.
