By The Tim on March 19, 2010
For anyone who is interested in listening to some straight audio from yesterday’s PNWHS event and one session from today’s REBarCamp event, I present the pencasts below.
Lennox Scott’s rousing main talk begins on page three of session 2. Float over the number in the lower-right of a pencast to jump between pages, then click [...]
Posted in Local, News | Tagged appraisal, industry insiders, Local Economy, NAR, PNWHS, predictions, Scott, Zillow
By The Tim on March 19, 2010
Rather than editorializing on everything I heard at the Pacific Northwest Housing Summit today, I thought you all might just enjoy some unfiltered quotes from the industry professionals.
Bret Bertolin
Senior Analyst, Washington State Economic and Revenue Forecast Council
On the broad economy…
We believe that the economy has turned the corner, and it pick up steam by mid-year.
On [...]
Posted in Local, News | Tagged appraisal, industry insiders, Local Economy, NAR, PNWHS, predictions, Scott, Zillow
By The Tim on March 18, 2010
I’ll be spending all day today and tomorrow attending a pair of local real estate events. Today is the Pacific Northwest Housing Summit, at which a distinguished panel of industry insiders will be discussing the current market, the future of the market, and probably a bunch of sales tactics for sellers of various real [...]
Posted in Local, News | Tagged industry insiders, PNWHS, REBarCamp
By The Tim on March 12, 2010
Here’s one of my favorite pre-bursting-bubble gems. It’s an opinion piece that was published in the Seattle P-I on October 20, 2006, penned by guest columnist Sarah McCormic (her website even still features the article as a noteworthy sample of her work).
photo by Flickr user jurvetson
With friends who have also been lucky enough to [...]
Posted in Local, News | Tagged flashback
By The Tim on March 5, 2010
Here’s an episode of the HGTV show “House Hunters” that aired on July 17, 2008, but was probably filmed around September 2007 (based on the closing date of the featured buyer).
Here are some choice quotes for those of you who can’t watch the video:
Host: “Because of the abundance of new construction, it’s a great time [...]
Posted in Local, News | Tagged 2008, flashback
By The Tim on March 5, 2010
Time for the monthly reporting roundup, where I read all the local paper rehashes of the NWMLS press release so you don’t have to.
Here’s a link to this month’s NWMLS press release: Northwest MLS brokers say housing market in Washington State indicates recovery
Northwest Multiple Listing Service members reported strong gains in home sales during February, [...]
Posted in Local, News | Tagged Beeson, Benbow, Boone, bottom-calling, Crellin, Everett_Herald, JohnLScott, Kearsley, Olympian, Pryne, reporting_roundup, Scott, Seattle_PI, Seattle_Times, Spratt, Tacoma_Tribune, tax credit
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