By The Tim on July 11, 2009
The Lumen Condos auction was held today. 19 units were being advertised, but only 16 were auctioned off. Coverage of the event is plentiful, so rather than rehashing, I’m just going to provide a few links:
Findwell: Lumen Condos Sell Out at Auction
BizTalk (PSBJ): Lumen condos sell at auction
Urbnlivn: Lumen Auction Results + Video [...]
Posted in News | Tagged auction, condos, link_roundup, Lumen
By The Tim on June 17, 2009
A reader emailed me to inquire about the Lumen Condos auction that is currently being advertised on our sidebar, asking whether there are any “catches” or “gotchas” that aren’t easy to spot.
Auctions like this usually have a few things that might be described as “gotchas.” Here are a few things to look out for:
Minimum prices [...]
Posted in Features | Tagged advertisors, auction, Lumen
By The Tim on May 2, 2009
This weekend’s open thread touched on one example of a bank bidding nearly 25% less than what it was owed for a foreclosed home at the courthouse auction.
Well, our good friend Jillayne Schlicke over at Rain City Guide actually attended a foreclosure auction a week ago, and wrote up an interesting post on this new [...]
Posted in News | Tagged auction, foreclosures, Rain City Guide, Schlicke

By The Tim on December 2, 2008
I thought I’d lump a few “sign of the times” type of stories into a single post, since it gets old after a while constantly reading (and writing) posts that are basically just slight variations on the “the real estate market is slow” theme.
Here’s another interesting piece from Kirsten Grind over at the Puget Sound [...]
Posted in News | Tagged agents, auction, builders, Business Journal, condos, DR Horton, Grind, real_estate_professionals, Seattle_PI
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