By The Tim on June 10, 2009
Tomorrow we’ll have the monthly foreclosure report for May, but today here’s a comment left by “Ross” in the reporting roundup last week that deserves to be highlighted. Ross recounts his experience attempting to buy a bank-owned (i.e. – foreclosed) home:
On a foreclose property I was watching, here’s my experience:
Last purchase price (2006) – [...]
Posted in Features | Tagged anecdote, foreclosures, reader_stories
By The Tim on April 24, 2009
I received this rental negotiation success story from a reader via email, and thought it was worth sharing:
As a long time reader of your Seattle Bubble Blog, I knew that rents on their way down in King county. My Equity Residential owned apartment building in Redmond has experienced some huge increases in recent years, causing [...]
Posted in News | Tagged reader_stories, rent
By The Tim on May 12, 2008
The following is adapted from a recent forum post by user Hyperbola.
After a year of occasionally posting comments on this blog, it’s only fair to disclose that my wife and I just bought a house in Woodinville! My rationale about the overall market hasn’t changed — I still think we would have gotten a better [...]
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