By The Tim on October 30, 2009
Here is your open thread for the weekend beginning Friday October 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 [...]
Posted in Open Thread | Tagged open_thread
By Charlie Walsh on October 29, 2009
Note from The Tim: The following is a guest post from Charlie Walsh, the Founder and CEO of ValueAppeal, a new startup based in Seattle. ValueAppeal is a simple online tool that homeowners can use to help them appeal their property tax assessments. King County Property Tax Appeal Deadline Is Soon! Each year counties around [...]
Posted in Features | Tagged assessments, guest-post, King_County, Property Taxes, Reducing taxes, Walsh
By The Tim on October 29, 2009
Let’s check in again on our regular monthly neighborhood update to Seasonally-Adjusted Active Supply (SAAS). For an explanation of what seasonally-adjusted active supply is, please refer to this post. Also, you may view a map of the areas discussed in this post. As usual, the sweet interactive data visualizations (new and improved!) in today’s post [...]
Posted in Neighborhoods, Statistics | Tagged graphs, Neighborhoods, NWMLS, SAAS, Statistics, Tableau
By The Tim on October 28, 2009
Quick note on the potential impact of a long-term departure of Boeing from the Puget Sound. The Seattle-area economy is definitely more diverse than it was in the ’70s, but Boeing still dominates the employment base by the numbers. A 2003 table from the Greater Seattle Chamber of Commerce shows Boeing employing more people than [...]
Posted in News | Tagged Amazon, Boeing, Jobs, Microsoft
