By The Tim on February 22, 2010
Capitol Hill Seattle Blog brings us this sign of the times this morning:
A soured development project to build a multi-million dollar home on 10th Ave E took an even worse turn when a real estate agent discovered earlier this month that the three-story residence had been stripped of “numerous items” including all appliances and fixtures [...]
Posted in Local, News | Tagged Capitol Hill, construction, foreclosures, theft
By The Tim on September 11, 2009
I posted about this earlier this week on the official Seattle Bubble Twitter account, but I thought it would be worth a post of its own. Via The New York Times: Construction Loans Falter, a Bad Omen for Banks
Even as the economy may be starting to recover, banks across the country are confronting a [...]
Posted in News | Tagged banks, commercial, construction, New York Times
By The Tim on August 10, 2009
Here’s another update on the Seattle Bubble interactive stalled / slow development map.
In the month and a half since the launch of the map, readers have contributed 76 stalled and/or slowed residential developments in the greater Seattle area. The Bothell area still has the largest representation, and even months after starting the map, I [...]
Posted in Features | Tagged construction, Google, maps
By The Tim on July 26, 2009
Please vote in this poll using the sidebar.
This poll will be active and displayed on the sidebar through 08.01.2009.
Posted in Polls | Tagged construction, demand, developers, inventory, pent-up supply, Polls, supply

By The Tim on July 13, 2009
One set of data we like to check in on occasionally is the big picture of local housing supply and demand, measured by comparing the total number of housing units to the total number of households. You may recall the last time we checked in on this data back in March: Local Housing Oversupply [...]
Posted in Features, Statistics | Tagged construction, demand, occupancy, OFM, supply
By The Tim on July 9, 2009
Just a quick update on the Seattle Bubble interactive stalled / slow development map.
So far readers have contributed 48 stalled and/or slowed residential developments in the greater Seattle area. The greatest concentration by far is in the Bothell area, which may be due primarily to the fact that that’s where a few especially prolific [...]
Posted in Features, News | Tagged builders, construction, foreclosures, Google, maps, Pryne, Seattle_Times
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