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Month: August 2008
Desperate Home “Owners” Overwhelm Local Counselors
Wait a minute… I thought only California had lots of people that took out dangerous loans, and are now at risk of foreclosure. Counselors overwhelmed with calls from desperate homeowners Housing advocates and lending counselors say they’re being overwhelmed with calls for help from desperate Seattle-area homeowners, many on the brink of foreclosure. … As…
Local Economy in for a “Long Slog”
Jon Talton wrote a great article for the Times a few days ago that goes deeper than the usual “Boeing! Microsoft! Pink Ponies!” type articles and explores all the ways the Seattle region is exposed to the slowing economy: For local economy, it’ll be a long slog. …the national slowdown is finally hitting the Puget…
Case-Shiller Tiers: A Flat Spring Bounce
Let’s check out the three price tiers for the Seattle area, as measured by Case-Shiller. Remember, Case-Shiller’s “Seattle” data is based on single-family home repeat sales in King, Pierce, and Snohomish counties. First up is the straight graph of the index from January 2000 through June 2008. Click to enlarge You can see that all…
Wait, what kind of condos?
It’s got unnecessarily crude language and site design that’s still pretty rough around the edges, but Cheap$#!& Condos is still pretty funny. I hope whoever is behind it keeps updating. Hat tips: Marlow Harris @ 360Digest & Matt Goyer @ Urbnlivn.