By The Tim on March 19, 2010
For anyone who is interested in listening to some straight audio from yesterday’s PNWHS event and one session from today’s REBarCamp event, I present the pencasts below.
Lennox Scott’s rousing main talk begins on page three of session 2. Float over the number in the lower-right of a pencast to jump between pages, then click [...]
Posted in Local, News | Tagged appraisal, industry insiders, Local Economy, NAR, PNWHS, predictions, Scott, Zillow
By The Tim on March 19, 2010
Rather than editorializing on everything I heard at the Pacific Northwest Housing Summit today, I thought you all might just enjoy some unfiltered quotes from the industry professionals.
Bret Bertolin
Senior Analyst, Washington State Economic and Revenue Forecast Council
On the broad economy…
We believe that the economy has turned the corner, and it pick up steam by mid-year.
On [...]
Posted in Local, News | Tagged appraisal, industry insiders, Local Economy, NAR, PNWHS, predictions, Scott, Zillow
By The Tim on February 12, 2010
[Note: This is an opinion piece on a political matter. If that sort of thing offends you, it is recommended that you skip this post.]
Christine Gregoire, January 2008:
“The only thing we have to fear is fear itself,” Gregoire said, quoting former President Franklin Roosevelt and referring to national recession fears. “It is a very [...]
Posted in Economy, News, Opinion | Tagged Economy, Gregoire, legislation, Local Economy, Olympia, Opinion, politics, tax revenues
By The Tim on January 22, 2010
Washington State’s Chief Economist Arun Raha has been speaking this week about his expectations for Washington’s economy in 2010 and beyond, including his outlook for the local real estate market.
Raha said the nation’s big banks are in better shape and are mostly back to normal in terms of lending money to customers with good credit. [...]
Posted in Economy, Local, News | Tagged banks, Benbow, Boone, consumer-confidence, Economy, Everett_Herald, Local Economy, Olympia, Olympian, predictions, Raha
By The Tim on September 15, 2009
Interesting follow-up to Friday’s failure of Venture Bank via the Tacoma News Tribune: Some banks in state risk failure
The best news to derive from Friday’s announced failure and sale of DuPont-based Venture Bank came in the form of a report from a Seattle TV and radio station.
But the news – that no other banks in [...]
Posted in News | Tagged banks, KOMO, lending, Local Economy, Tacoma_Tribune, Venture
By The Tim on August 2, 2009
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