By The Tim on June 26, 2009
KIRO radio ran a mildly interesting piece about a spec builder in my neighborhood with especially poor timing: Local spec homes sit empty, cheap.
What started as a fun project turned into a nightmare for a builder in Kenmore.
Ken Youch, with Kenmar Construction, is happy to give tours of any one of the million dollar houses [...]
Posted in News | Tagged builders, construction, Kenmore, KIRO, radio
By The Tim on June 25, 2009
Regular readers may recall this post from last October: Construction Defaults Over 10%, Tacoma Condos Empty.
Tacoma News Tribune: Downtown condo sales at a crawl
How’s the market for condominiums in downtown Tacoma?
“What market?” says Judy Mayfield, head of sales for The Esplanade, the 162-unit project on the Foss Waterway, now nearing completion.
After two years of extolling [...]
Posted in News | Tagged condos, construction, foreclosures, luxury, Tacoma, Tacoma_Tribune
By The Tim on June 23, 2009
With the housing downturn in full swing, it’s interesting how many housing developments have slowed to a near stop or stalled completely. I’ve begun mapping out some of these fallow construction sites in the areas that I frequent (north King / south Snohomish), and I thought it would be interesting to open the process [...]
Posted in Features | Tagged builders, construction, Google, maps
By The Tim on June 4, 2009
A couple months ago I pointed out Mike Davidson’s excellent home-building journal A House by the Park, in which he is chronicling his step-by-step process to build a custom home in Magnolia.
When I posted that link, some readers complained that Mike’s project was too high-end to be of much use to your more average family. [...]
Posted in Features | Tagged construction, custom home, DIY, small spaces
By The Tim on April 13, 2009
I had the pleasure of speaking with Mike Davidson (founder and CEO of Newsvine) at last week’s No News is Bad News event. During our conversation, he alerted me to an excellent blog that he has been updating since October 2007 in which he is chronicling his journey to build a custom home: A [...]
Posted in Features | Tagged construction, custom home, Davidson, DIY
By The Tim on October 10, 2008
A few more articles from this week about how dramatically the local real estate market has slowed.
Puget Sound Business Journal: Construction defaults rise in Seattle area
The latest data on local new-home sales and construction-loan delinquencies illustrate the market forces underlying the growth in mechanics’ lien filings.
Delinquencies of single-family construction loans in the Seattle/Bellevue/Everett marketplace have [...]
Posted in News | Tagged condos, construction, luxury, rent, Tacoma, Tacoma_Tribune, townhomes
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