Well, let see. Barack Obama tells me that this costs $1 million.
A slimy realtor talking to the slimier Guardian tells me it costs nowhere near that much.
This is a no-brainer.
I believe the slimy realtor talking to the slimier Guardian.
Posted on 05/04/2011 2:53:41 PM PDT by Qbert
Osama Bin Laden’s house, described by the US government as a $1 million mansion, has been priced by property experts in Pakistan at no more $250,000, The Guardian reports.
Two property professionals in Abbottabad, the town where Bin Laden was killed last Sunday, said that much of the US government’s description was exaggerated.
The house was built in 2005 and based on the size of the plot and recent property sales, they estimated that it would fetch no more than the equivalent of $250,000 in the current market. After Sunday’s raid by US Navy SEALs which led to the killing of the Al-Qaeda leader, a senior Obama administration official had described the property as an “extraordinarily unique compound” in an “affluent suburb” and valued it at $1 million.
It later proved that Abbottabad is a quiet, military-dominated town, according to the property experts.
“This is not a posh area. We call it a middling area,” property dealer Muhammad Anwar, a 22-year-old veteran of the local market, told The Guardian.
But when reporters reached Abbottabad to see Bin Laden’s hideout, a number of oddities were noticed.
The compound’s thick, 15-feet-high walls were topped with three tiers of barbed wire, which set the compound apart from the rest of the neighborhood.
The courtyard surrounding the house was considerably large. Reports indicate that only a handful of people lived inside the compound and so it is unclear what the large space was needed for.
Meanwhile, census takers had seemingly not visited Bin Laden’s property. Painted on the entrance gate to most homes in the neighborhood was a note in Urdu saying that census enumerators had visited over the past two months. But Bin Laden’s house had no note.
The households that participate in the census have to give details about everyone who lives there.
The area Bin Laden lived in was built after the devastating earthquake that hit Pakistan in 2005 and killed more than 73,000 people.
Now we know why they buried him underwater!
Poor Bin Laden maybe was upside down in his mortgage.
“Two property professionals in Abbottabad”
Two others said that the Guardian is fishing for a story. Anyway, go and make $250K in Pakistan in an honest way.
If you’re in Pakistan, does having an international Muslim terrorist living next door increase your property values or hurt them?? And can you get homeowner coverage against Daisy Cutter bombings at Mutual of Islamabad?
“Well, now it’s a tourist attraction...”
Interesting you mentioned that. The administration said they had to bury OBL at sea to avoid having a “shrine”... yet the place where he was killed is still standing. Seems like a place extremists would still visit.
The bastard is dead.
FMCDH(BITS)
HUT: House Used by Terrorist
No Kidding! We have better looking outhouses here in California.
Well, let see. Barack Obama tells me that this costs $1 million.
A slimy realtor talking to the slimier Guardian tells me it costs nowhere near that much.
This is a no-brainer.
I believe the slimy realtor talking to the slimier Guardian.
With inflation running the way it is going, it’ll be a million dollar mansion by the end of the year.
They mixed up US dollars with Paki ruppees...
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Currency Converter:
1,000,000 Pakistan Rupee = $11,991.60 US Dollar
So you’re right $11,991.60 is top dollar for a crack house.
Not to mention that the carpets are downright filthy.....
It’s going to be extremely interesting what turns up on all those computers and HDs found there in OBLs place. “Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi....Welll welll welll Just what ARE your names doing there?”
There are three websites selling real estate in Abbottabad that have English language sections. Search out for Bilal Town neighborhood.
That compound isn’t worth anywhere near US$500,000, compared to the local market... a house that size would have to be right between the 4 colleges and the Paki Military Academy in the trendy section about a half mile from the OBL compound, to be worth even US$400k.
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