By The Tim on December 18, 2006
I’m sure that those of you who have been reading Seattle Bubble since at least April recall the AP study that heralded Seattle as the “most educated” city in the USA (or “smartest,” depending on whether the article author made the false assumption that more education == smarter). According to the April study:
Forty-seven percent [...]
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By synthetik on December 18, 2006
From the Seattle Times over the weekend:
Almost every dollar Todd Asher earns is spoken for. He has one daughter in college, another in high school and a toddler in diapers.
“We made a decision to have my wife stay at home with our 18-month-old son, so we’re living off my income, paying for tuition, diapers and [...]
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By The Tim on December 14, 2006
This is just too (unintentionally?) funny for me to pass up. On Tuesday, Ardell over at RCG made a post about the online alternatives to “full service” brokers that are available in increasing numbers to help people buy and sell houses. Here’s the part that I got a good chuckle out of (emphasis [...]
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By The Tim on December 13, 2006
Here are a few quotes from newspaper articles in October, November, and December about the housing market:
October
[A]: “I fully expect things to pick up the first part of the year.” Although the pace of sales has slowed, there are no clear indications that overall prices are going to decline, real estate analysts say. Data released [...]
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By The Tim on December 12, 2006
I’m surprised that neither the Times nor the P-I chose to reprint this Associated Press article from yesterday: With few exceptions, Western real estate expected to stagnate. Why would they print an article with such a sullen headline? Because the Pacific Northwest is heralded as the “rare exception,” of course.
Although few experts predict [...]
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By The Tim on December 6, 2006
This is just a short note to point out a few things that you may not be aware of regarding Seattle Bubble.
First off, although I haven’t mentioned it explicitly before, Seattle Bubble is available in an RSS feed. If you use a service such as Bloglines or Google Reader, you can subscribe to either [...]
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