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Bubble Link Roundup

August 16th, 2007 · 17 Comments

Dang, my inbox has been flooded with stories lately. Here’s a recap of some of the more interesting ones related to the local housing market. Click below to read tales of rising rents, flaming hot office markets, expensive and stale listings, virtual property tours, disappearing mortgage options, booming condos, and more!

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Kirkland-Based HouseValues Continues Slide

January 25th, 2007 · 5 Comments

More bad news for local real estate lead-generation company HouseValues:
Amid a slumping real estate market, HouseValues Inc. is cutting 12 percent of its work force and closing its online lead generation business for mortgages.
Sixty employees are losing their jobs, all at the company’s Kirkland headquarters.…In a memo to employees, HouseValues Chief Executive Ian Morris said [...]

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