- Talton on the economy: "The US appears to be in a technical recovery, but the relief for many seems slight." http://is.gd/9pEl6 #
- University of Texas: Zillow "Zestimates" are pretty worthless. Zillow: Nu-uh! http://is.gd/9uje3 #
- Intriguing reader idea: sharing buyers' inspections. http://is.gd/9vsA6 #
- It's expansion month for Seattle RE tech firms! Estately in DC http://is.gd/9xswc and Redfin in Oregon http://is.gd/9xsAU #
- via @Crosscut – Local economy is still looking for any sustained growth http://is.gd/9Cfo4 #
- Still _more_ on the ongoing Mastro fiasco via @SeattleTimes DOJ files suit to keep Mastro from leaving bankruptcy http://is.gd/9EETC #
- via @KirstenGrind – The bank vs. credit union battle http://tinyurl.com/yhykmwx #
- RT @calculatedrisk: The Very Expensive Home Buyer Tax Credit http://bit.ly/bEaryk #
- RT @KirstenGrind: The #PSBJ is now tracking Washington's troubled banks. Check our new interactive list: http://bit.ly/cG3ETN #
- PSBJ:Seattle hotels’ 2010 outlook flat http://is.gd/9NRgF #
- Join the Seattle Bubble Flickr pool! http://www.flickr.com/groups/seattlebubble/ #
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I stopped using commercial banks in the late 90s. I now have two credit union accounts, one with Seattle Metropolitan and one with First Technology in Portland. Both of these institutions participate in shared branching and have many, many free ATMs available all over. Just about every 7-11 has an ATM where you can even make deposits into your various accounts.
Don’t put your money into a bank where the executives help themselves to profits by giving themselves multi-millions dollar bonuses for their “hard work and value”. Are these the same fools whom nearly lost their shirts around 2 years ago? Now that we backed them up with billions of tax payer dollars they’re seeing success again, and that’s all their doing. They deserve every penny they pilfer, HA!
By the way, have you seen the ads for Key Bank’s free $150 bonus for opening an account. It seems fraught with pitfalls so they’ll never have to pay you.
First, Tim, I know the Times used the terminology, but what the lawsuit is seeking is to deny Mastro a discharge of his debts, not to deny his right to leave bankruptcy. That other terminology doesn’t even make any sense. Maybe they think it’s like where you can be discharged from the army. But the discharge in this case is actually an injunction against creditors pursuing the debt.
As to Zillow, perhaps I need the second cup of coffee, but I don’t get it. The study found that 60% of Zillow’s listings are within 10%, while Zillow’s own numbers for an area of Texas only indicates 40%. Why is Zillow fighting? Also, when did Zillow drop Seattle from the accuracy figures? http://www.zillow.com/howto/DataCoverageZestimateAccuracy.htm
RE: Kary L. Krismer @ 2 – Thanks for clearing up the Mastro thing. Obviously I’m no lawyer.
RE: The Tim @ 3 – Neither are the Times’ reporters, but that doesn’t stop them from reporting on legal matters. ;-)