Comments on: What’s Special About Seattle? http://seattlebubble.com/blog/2005/09/09/whats-special-about-seattle/ local real estate news, statistics, and commentary without the sales spin. Sat, 20 Mar 2010 22:52:15 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: In_The_Biz_98101http://seattlebubble.com/blog/2005/09/09/whats-special-about-seattle/#comment-77 In_The_Biz_98101 Sat, 17 Sep 2005 17:35:55 +0000 http://seattlebubble.com/blog/?p=44#comment-77 Seattle is special, in the current real estate bubble context, for two reasons -- it is relatively affordable compared to other west coast markets (e.g. San Diego, Los Angeles, SF), and it has higher forecasted job and population growth than those areas as well. As the first poster noted, there continues to be an influx of California residents who will likely continue to support pricing here, to some extent. That doesn't mean Seattle is immune to a price correction, but whatever happens here on the downside should be muted, in comparison to other markets.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('77','In_The_Biz_98101',''); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('77','In_The_Biz_98101','Seattle is special, in the current real estate bubble context, for two reasons -- it is relatively affordable compared to other west coast markets (e.g. San Diego, Los Angeles, SF), and it has higher forecasted job and population growth than those areas as well. As the first poster noted, there continues to be an influx of California residents who will likely continue to support pricing here, to some extent. That doesn\'t mean Seattle is immune to a price correction, but whatever happens here on the downside should be muted, in comparison to other markets.',''); return false;">Quote</a></div> Seattle is special, in the current real estate bubble context, for two reasons — it is relatively affordable compared to other west coast markets (e.g. San Diego, Los Angeles, SF), and it has higher forecasted job and population growth than those areas as well. As the first poster noted, there continues to be an influx of California residents who will likely continue to support pricing here, to some extent. That doesn’t mean Seattle is immune to a price correction, but whatever happens here on the downside should be muted, in comparison to other markets.
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]]> By: blueskittenhttp://seattlebubble.com/blog/2005/09/09/whats-special-about-seattle/#comment-68 blueskitten Fri, 09 Sep 2005 23:23:12 +0000 http://seattlebubble.com/blog/?p=44#comment-68 The hell? tj beat me to the punch by four minutes. Grr.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('68','blueskitten',''); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('68','blueskitten','The hell? tj beat me to the punch by four minutes. Grr.',''); return false;">Quote</a></div> The hell? tj beat me to the punch by four minutes. Grr.
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]]> By: blueskittenhttp://seattlebubble.com/blog/2005/09/09/whats-special-about-seattle/#comment-67 blueskitten Fri, 09 Sep 2005 23:22:22 +0000 http://seattlebubble.com/blog/?p=44#comment-67 I'm going for the "state the obvious" award. Seattle is within an hour of water, mountains, and all the attractions of a major city. So you can have all the benefits of a city with easy access to the outdoors. Very few places exist in this country where you have a 14,000 ft mountain on one side, a major body of water on the other, and still more mountains across the water. It's beautiful as well as great for the lifestyle.<br/><br/>Also, the climate. We don't get the extreme weather that much of the continent does, with subzero temperatures in winter and multiple hundred-degree days in summer. And it rains a lot (some of us like it that way).<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('67','blueskitten',''); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('67','blueskitten','I\'m going for the \"state the obvious\" award. Seattle is within an hour of water, mountains, and all the attractions of a major city. So you can have all the benefits of a city with easy access to the outdoors. Very few places exist in this country where you have a 14,000 ft mountain on one side, a major body of water on the other, and still more mountains across the water. It\'s beautiful as well as great for the lifestyle.<br\/><br\/>Also, the climate. We don\'t get the extreme weather that much of the continent does, with subzero temperatures in winter and multiple hundred-degree days in summer. And it rains a lot (some of us like it that way).',''); return false;">Quote</a></div> I’m going for the “state the obvious” award. Seattle is within an hour of water, mountains, and all the attractions of a major city. So you can have all the benefits of a city with easy access to the outdoors. Very few places exist in this country where you have a 14,000 ft mountain on one side, a major body of water on the other, and still more mountains across the water. It’s beautiful as well as great for the lifestyle.

Also, the climate. We don’t get the extreme weather that much of the continent does, with subzero temperatures in winter and multiple hundred-degree days in summer. And it rains a lot (some of us like it that way).

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]]> By: TJhttp://seattlebubble.com/blog/2005/09/09/whats-special-about-seattle/#comment-66 TJ Fri, 09 Sep 2005 23:18:04 +0000 http://seattlebubble.com/blog/?p=44#comment-66 Seriously though, Seattle has moderate temperature year round, a unique geography with the Puget sound and Lake Washington making it cozy.<br/><br/>The water views are spectacular.<br/><br/>And some(including me) like rainy overcast days vs hot sunny days. I guess it makes being in a house enjoyable without having the guilt of wasting a clear day.<br/><br/>I can't wait for next week.<br/><br/>http://globethistle.blogspot.com/<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('66','TJ',''); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('66','TJ','Seriously though, Seattle has moderate temperature year round, a unique geography with the Puget sound and Lake Washington making it cozy.<br\/><br\/>The water views are spectacular.<br\/><br\/>And some(including me) like rainy overcast days vs hot sunny days. I guess it makes being in a house enjoyable without having the guilt of wasting a clear day.<br\/><br\/>I can\'t wait for next week.<br\/><br\/>http:\/\/globethistle.blogspot.com\/',''); return false;">Quote</a></div> Seriously though, Seattle has moderate temperature year round, a unique geography with the Puget sound and Lake Washington making it cozy.

The water views are spectacular.

And some(including me) like rainy overcast days vs hot sunny days. I guess it makes being in a house enjoyable without having the guilt of wasting a clear day.

I can’t wait for next week.

http://globethistle.blogspot.com/

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]]> By: TJhttp://seattlebubble.com/blog/2005/09/09/whats-special-about-seattle/#comment-65 TJ Fri, 09 Sep 2005 23:12:19 +0000 http://seattlebubble.com/blog/?p=44#comment-65 Seattle used to be special - before all the californians moved there : )<br/><br/>globethistle.blogspot.com<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('65','TJ',''); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('65','TJ','Seattle used to be special - before all the californians moved there : )<br\/><br\/>globethistle.blogspot.com',''); return false;">Quote</a></div> Seattle used to be special – before all the californians moved there : )

globethistle.blogspot.com

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