By The Tim on March 31, 2009
[Special Announcement] On Monday April 27th at 1:00pm, Robert Shiller (the Shiller in Case-Shiller) will be giving a lecture at Seattle Pacific University. The event is free and open to the public. More information on the SPU website. For those unable to attend, I will be taking notes and will most likely make a post [...]
Posted in Statistics | Tagged behind the cycle, California, Case-Shiller, graphs, Statistics
By The Tim on March 30, 2009
[Note: I apologize again for the tardiness of this regularly-scheduled set of charts. Same story as this month's Around the Sound update—working on a cool new feature that wasn't quite ready this month.] Here’s your look at February’s “Months of Supply” for the 30 NWMLS areas in King County. For an explanation of what months [...]
Posted in Neighborhoods, Statistics | Tagged graphs, months of supply, Neighborhoods, NWMLS, Statistics
By The Tim on March 30, 2009
The last few days have seen a handful of articles in the local press on the subject of the strength (or lack thereof, as it turns out) of local banks. Here’s a brief summary. First-up is a relatively in-depth look at the status of dozens of banks based in Washington State: Washington’s banks under stress [...]
Posted in News | Tagged Amazon, banks, Boone, Cleveland, DeSilver, James, link_roundup, Local Economy, Olympian, Ramirez, Seattle_PI, Seattle_Times, WaMu
By The Tim on March 30, 2009
Just a quick comment on one aspect of Obama’s just-announced plan to “see the auto industry through these difficult times.” I’ll keep this brief since it has little to do with either real estate or the Seattle area. Here’s a portion of the president’s speech: …the IRS is today launching a campaign to alert consumers [...]
Posted in News | Tagged bailout, cars, government_meddling, Obama
By The Tim on March 30, 2009
Here is your open thread for Monday March 30th, 2009. You may post random links and off-topic discussions here. Also, if you have an idea or a topic you’d like to see covered in an article, please make it known. Be sure to also check out the forums, and get your word in the user-driven [...]
Posted in Open Thread | Tagged open_thread
By The Tim on March 29, 2009
Please vote in this poll using the sidebar. This poll will be active and displayed on the sidebar through 04.04.2009.
Posted in Polls | Tagged Interest Rates, mortgages, Polls
