By The Tim on August 17, 2009
Sorry, this isn’t a Seattle-specific story, but it caught my attention this weekend as it seems like a major policy shift on the national level: President shifts focus to renting, not owning
The Obama administration, in a major shift on housing policy, is abandoning George W. Bush’s vision of creating an “ownership society” and instead plans [...]
Posted in News, Opinion | Tagged government_meddling, national
By The Tim on May 18, 2009
The Associated press published an interesting interactive map recently that is worth checking out. They took a handful of economic measures such as the unemployment rate, the foreclosure rate, and the bankruptcy rate, and calculated an “Economic Stress Index” for every county in the country.
Here’s a snapshot of their March 2009 map (click to [...]
Posted in News | Tagged AP, Bloomberg, maps, national, Seattle_Times
By The Tim on July 24, 2008
One common refrain lately among real estate agents desperate to put a positive spin on the local market is that potential home buyers in the Seattle area are just being frightened by all the bad national news on the housing market. The local market is doing just fine, and would be even better if [...]
Posted in News | Tagged AP, national, Statistics
By The Tim on February 20, 2008
Uh-oh, looks like Seattle is starting to get some negative national attention. As in, coverage that isn’t saying “wow, look what a strong, resilient housing market,” but rather “looks like Seattle’s housing market is poised to fall.”
Seattle, wake up and smell the coffee, your housing prices may be falling faster than foam on a [...]
Posted in News | Tagged national, Radar Logic, Reuters
By The Tim on July 6, 2007
Here’s a great video from YouTube that juxtaposes last year’s predictions about the housing market with this year’s news. It’s not Seattle-specific, but I thought it would be fun for a Friday. I’ll be back with the June reporting roundup (a.k.a., the NWMLS press release echo chamber) either later today or sometime tomorrow.
Hat [...]
| Tagged national, video, YouTube
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