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 25, 2010
Yesterday Calculated Risk wrote an interesting post looking at what housing is telling us as a leading indicator of the economy:
Historically the best leading indicator for the economy (and employment) has been housing.
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So here is a review of the three monthly leading indicators:
Housing Starts: Housing starts are moving sideways…
Builder Confidence: More moving sideways…
New Home Sales: [...]
Posted in Economy | Tagged builder confidence, Calculated_Risk, Economy, housing starts, new home sales, predictions
By The Tim on January 25, 2010
It would appear that our old friend Bill Virgin (formerly of the print P-I), is now writing a weekly column for the Tacoma News Tribune. Here are a few excerpts from his latest piece regarding what we may expect to see in store for the local economy in 2010: 2010 recovery will hinge on [...]
Posted in Economy, Local, News | Tagged Bellevue-Reporter, DeLisle, Economy, Hicks, predictions, Tacoma_Tribune, UW, Virgin
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 January 11, 2010
It is time once again for our annual predictions post, where your host goes on record with crazy shots in the dark about what might happen in the Seattle real estate market over the next calendar year. For those of you following along with this game at home, here are the predictions of record [...]
Posted in Features, Polls | Tagged Crellin, Gardner, Polls, predictions, Scott, Tytler, Wood
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