By The Tim on November 24, 2009
Bloomberg Headline: Home Prices in 20 U.S. Cities Rise for Fourth Month
Hey, cool! The housing downturn must be over if home prices rose in all twenty of the cities tracked by Case-Shiller, right?
Right?
…way down in the 11th paragraph of the article:
Compared with the prior month, nine of the 20 areas covered showed an increase [...]
Posted in News | Tagged Bloomberg, propaganda
By The Tim on April 21, 2009
Sunday’s Up Front on KING 5 focused on the local real estate market, and provided a relatively balanced picture. Host Allen Schauffler presented an overall picture of the current market, a look at a couple that got swept up in the bubble mania, a look at the next wave of adjustable rate resets, a [...]
Posted in Features | Tagged JohnLScott, King5, KOMO, propaganda, Schauffler, Up Front, video
By The Tim on September 5, 2008
I think this deserves its own (very brief) post:
By early next year, many will come to regret their decision to delay buying a home.
- King County Executive Ron Sims, September 4, 2008
Spotted by commenter “K” on Twitter.
Well golly, if Ron Sims “tweeted” it, it must be true!
Posted in News | Tagged King_County, predictions, propaganda, Sims
By The Tim on June 11, 2008
Remember about four months ago, when NAR Chief “Economist” Lawrence Yun said this?
You may even say Seattle is underpriced if you believe Seattle is becoming a superstar city. Seattle is underpriced in relation to other West Coast markets.
Well, it seems he has changed his tune ever so slightly. Here’s a more recent quote, from [...]
Posted in News | Tagged NAR, propaganda, Seattle_is_special, Yun
By The Tim on March 14, 2008
Time to clear out my inbox. Following is a handful of short excerpts from things I’ve been emailed in the last few weeks. Enjoy.
First up, a delightful “Home Economics Wall Chart” that is designed to “focus the consumer on the benefits of owning.” It’s Estate of Mind, Inc.’s Visual Guide to the [...]
Posted in News | Tagged cartoon, Cohen, emails, foreclosures, propaganda, Seattle_PI, Washington Post
By The Tim on February 20, 2008
If you want to know why people don’t tend to trust real estate agents, here’s a great example from a Q&A with Bill Hutchinson, president of the Thurston County Realtors Association in The Olympian:
Q: Given where the market is today compared with a couple of years ago, what would your advice be for sellers and [...]
Posted in News | Tagged Olympian, propaganda, real_estate_professionals
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