Seattle Bubble

with Crystal, the pretty pink pony
Editor’s Note from The Tim: I’m pleased to introduce Crystal, the pretty pink pony; mascot of Seattle real estate. She’ll occasionally pop in (especially over the next few weeks) to share some of her thoughts about the Seattle real estate. She has a… unique perspective that I hope [...]

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The October data from from Case-Shiller has been released, showing that Seattle remained one of only three markets to have positive year over year returns (in addition to Portland and Charlotte), while posting it’s third straight month of declining real estate values:
- Down 0.94% between September and October.
- Up 3.30% YOY.
We now have seen a [...]

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Just a short post during this holiday week to give a little nod to some neighbors to our south down in Portland. If you’re one of the many people out there these days trying to sell your home, or if—against the better advice of this blog—you’re in the market to buy a home; I [...]

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Merry Christmas everybody. You’ve probably all already seen this video, but it’s cool and it’s Christmas (and it’s even a house!), so I’m going to post it here anyway. Enjoy!

And just as a sadistic bonus, here’s the worst Christmas song you’ll ever hear. Don’t say I didn’t warn you.

Merry Christmas!

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Now that the real estate market in Seattle is finally showing undeniable signs of reversing direction (read: declining median prices), it’s interesting how the tone of some real estate professionals’ comments regarding this site (and others like it) are changing.
Seattle Bubble was started in August 2005, during a time when the “common knowledge” among those [...]

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