By The Tim on November 2, 2011
An instant classic: This video brings up a number of questions: Who is this nebulous evil entity that is “threatening the dream of home ownership”? How does a moving van across the street mean that my grandkid won’t be able to buy a home? Wouldn’t it put many NAR members out of business if everyone [...]
Posted in Audio & Video, Humor | Tagged advertising, NAR, propaganda, video
By The Tim on September 5, 2011
My brother-in-law pointed me toward this segment of The Colbert Report that aired back on August 3rd. I hadn’t seen it yet, and since I got a laugh out of it I thought was worth sharing here: *Video: colbert report – new monopoly You can watch the entire segment on the Colbert Nation site, but [...]
Posted in Audio & Video, Humor | Tagged Colbert, video
By The Tim on August 28, 2011
So I’ve spent most of this weekend attending the Penny Arcade Expo (PAX) at the Washington State Convention Center downtown. Yesterday there was a sight on Pike street that was just too good not to share with you: The pink pony has returned to Seattle! I swear I had nothing to do with this. Turns [...]
Posted in Audio & Video, Features | Tagged pink ponies, video
By The Tim on August 12, 2011
Here’s a little montage of commercials from the National Association of REALTORs® over the last few years. My favorite is the one with the family literally sitting on a fence. The last one isn’t technically a “flashback” since it’s currently airing, but the message that anyone who doesn’t buy a house must hate America and [...]
Posted in Audio & Video, Features | Tagged Friday Flashback, NAR, propaganda, video
By The Tim on July 8, 2011
[Note: This is part of an ongoing series on Tim's personal homebuying experience.] I thought I would continue the Knife-Catcher series by focusing a little more on our specific home selection process. Here are the basic steps we went through when looking for a home: Look at listings online. Narrow list, tour homes. Either: Eliminated [...]
Posted in Audio & Video, Features | Tagged falling-knife, first-hand-homebuying, video
By The Tim on June 28, 2011
Let’s have a look at the latest data from the Case-Shiller Home Price Index. According to April data, Up 1.6% March to April. Down 6.9% YOY. Down 29.7% from the July 2007 peak Last year prices rose 1.0% from March to April and year-over-year prices were down 2.8%. Interesting that here in Seattle this year [...]
Posted in Audio & Video, Counties, Statistics | Tagged audio, Audio & Video, behind the cycle, California, Case-Shiller, graphs, Statistics, tiers
