By The Tim on July 19, 2012
When you read a story claiming that a “recovery” is just around the corner for real estate or that the housing market is “recovering,” what does that mean to you? Some people (mostly people who bought near the peak and real estate agents) think recovery means that home prices and home sales volumes will get [...]
Posted in Features | Tagged fundamentals, price-to-income, recovery
By The Tim on December 5, 2010
This poll was active 12.05.2010 through 12.11.2010.
Posted in Polls | Tagged Economy, Polls, recovery
By The Tim on August 19, 2009
I did a phone interview a few weeks ago with Austin Jenkins, an NPR correspondent down in Olympia, about where the local housing market and economy are heading. Here is the resulting story: The New Normal: What Will The NW Housing Market Look Like? The Northwest economy is on the verge of recovery and with [...]
Posted in News | Tagged Economy, NPR, optimism, radio, recession, recovery
By The Tim on June 25, 2009
I’m starting to sense something of a theme in some recent news pieces about the housing market. Consider the following quotes from two recent articles (emphasis mine). Reuters, June 22: Two U.S. Democratic lawmakers want Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to relax recently tightened standards for mortgages on new condominiums, saying they could threaten the [...]
Posted in Opinion | Tagged appraisal, Appraisals, recovery, regulation, Reuters, Seattle_PI
