By The Tim on January 9, 2009
Looking back at 2008
And now it’s the post we’ve all been waiting for (and by “we” I mean probably just me). Time to see which real estate “professionals” made housing market predictions that match closest with reality, which ones were more in line with the former Iraqi Information Minister, and what they’re all guessing [...]
Posted in Features, Polls | Tagged Cohen, Conway, Crellin, Gardner, Polls, predictions, Scott, Tytler
By The Tim on August 28, 2008
Jon Talton wrote a great article for the Times a few days ago that goes deeper than the usual “Boeing! Microsoft! Pink Ponies!” type articles and explores all the ways the Seattle region is exposed to the slowing economy: For local economy, it’ll be a long slog.
…the national slowdown is finally hitting the [...]
Posted in Economy | Tagged Conway, Economy, job_growth, Local Economy, predictions, recession, Talton
By The Tim on January 17, 2008
2007 Revisited
It’s that time of the year again. As the calendar rolls over, the real estate predictions start rolling in. But before we get to the predictions for 2008, let’s look back at 2007.
My own guesses as well as predictions from most of the frequently-quoted local real estate insiders were covered in this [...]
Posted in Opinion | Tagged Conway, Crellin, Gardner, predictions, Tytler
By The Tim on August 2, 2007
The stories have been piling up in my inbox at a faster rate than I’ve been able to post them lately, so that means that it is time for another bubble link roundup. I’ve got a lot of ground to cover in this post, and I don’t want to totally clutter up the front [...]
Posted in News | Tagged Ballard, Boone, Conway, Crellin, DeSilver, government_meddling, HouseValues, link_roundup, Olympian, puff_piece, Seattle_PI, Seattle_Times, staging, Tacoma_Tribune, Wells
By The Tim on January 4, 2007
This is the last post in this impromptu series. There were just so many articles out there full of “expert” quotes and predictions about the Puget Sound’s economic outlook for 2007. Here are three more articles that discuss the interaction of the local housing market with the greater local economic picture. Surprisingly, [...]
Posted in Local, News | Tagged affordability, Boeing, Conway, DeSilver, Economy, job_growth, Microsoft, predictions, Virgin
By The Tim on January 3, 2007
In addition to the standard E. Rhodes fluff piece that Synthetik posted about on Sunday, there were a couple other articles posted over the weekend that conveyed a general sense of optimism about Seattle’s housing market in the coming year. Here are a few choice quotes from Mike Benbow’s article in the Everett Herald [...]
Posted in Local, News | Tagged Benbow, Boeing, Conway, Economy, job_growth, Microsoft, predictions, Rhodes
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