By The Tim on March 31, 2008
You’ve probably heard about the foreclosure tours that are becoming common in places like Las Vegas and Sacramento. Well it looks like they have finally arrived in the Northwest. Thurston County foreclosure notices have increased more than 50 percent in the first quarter of 2008 compared with the same period last year, prompting one real [...]
Posted in News | Tagged Boone, foreclosures, Olympian
By The Tim on March 30, 2008
Please vote in this poll using the sidebar. This poll will be active and displayed on the sidebar through 04.05.2008.
Posted in Polls | Tagged affordability, doom and gloom, Polls
By The Tim on March 28, 2008
I’d like to take a moment to announce a fun new gimmick that I’ve created for donating to Seattle Bubble: Bulls, Bears, and Ponies. A lot of people have given some money to Seattle Bubble, and your donations are greatly appreciated. However, until now there has been no way to get a little recognition for [...]
Posted in Administrative | Tagged administrative, begging, pink ponies
By The Tim on March 28, 2008
We’ve been focusing more on original content here lately, which means that as articles crop up in other local news sources, we haven’t been posting every single one. Of course, there are some interesting things being said about the local housing market in other news sources, so it’s good to touch base with them once [...]
Posted in News | Tagged Brewster, Cohen, Crosscut, doom and gloom, Everett_Herald, link_roundup, Seattle_PI, Smith
By The Tim on March 27, 2008
Over at the P-I earlier this week, Bill Virgin chimed in on the housing mess again with yet another well-reasoned column: Homes are good investments, not slot machines or ATMs. In the great American sport of finger pointing and blame shifting, a new villain has emerged to explain the mortgage-finance crisis. The fault, it turns [...]
Posted in Opinion | Tagged affordability, Economy, Financing, Virgin
By S-Crow on March 26, 2008
Sorry no stats or graphs from me, just in the trenches reporting. Snohomish Co. Update: My wife is off providing sterling service tonight in Issaquah for clients who are buying/selling a home, (yes, we do business all over) so I’ve got some free time to do a bit of blogging and research. There are a [...]
Posted in News, Opinion | Tagged affordability, Financing, Legacy Escrow, markets
