By The Tim on April 29, 2013
It’s time for another installment of Real Actual Listing Photos. Once a month (or so) I round up some of the most bizarre listing photos from around the Seattle area and post them here, with brief excerpts from the real actual listing description, and probably a bit of snarky commentary. Don’t forget to check out [...]
Posted in Features | Tagged bad-photos, detrimental-listing-photos, MS Paint, photos, real-actual-listing-photos
By The Tim on April 23, 2013
I was going through my public “To-Do List” when I came across this user submission: Talk about the upside of the bubble in terms of neighbor quality I really enjoyed one aspect of Seattle’s bubble. I loved the “rising tide” effect that seemed to be transforming my neighborhood. Hard to quantify. More of a qualitative [...]
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By The Tim on April 19, 2013
Six months after home prices in the Seattle area began declining from their July 2007 peak, the annual report from the NWMLS led to a series of amusingly rosy stories in the local press in early 2008. Here’s a typical example from the Seattle Times: ’07 home prices not so bad after all With all [...]
Posted in Features | Tagged 2008, Friday Flashback
By The Tim on April 12, 2013
It’s already time for another new round of “Guess the Price.” Here’s how the game works. I’ll describe a home that’s currently on the market, giving you as many pros and cons as I can, and you guess what the final sale price will be when/if it sells. Be sure to enter your real email [...]
Posted in Features | Tagged appraisal, contest, game, guess-the-price
By The Tim on April 8, 2013
Just barely over a month ago we launched our latest price-guessing contest: Guess the Price Round 5: 101 Years Old in Phinney Ridge. After round 4 dragged on for seven months, I tried to pick a home that was likely to sell a little quicker. Of course, I didn’t expect it to go pending the [...]
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By The Tim on April 3, 2013
Let’s check in again on the cheapest homes around Seattle proper. Here’s our methodology: I search the listings for the cheapest homes currently on the market, excluding short sales, in the city of Seattle proper. Any properties that are in obvious states of extreme disrepair based on listing photos and descriptions will be excluded. This [...]
Posted in Features | Tagged cheapest-homes
