Let’s take some time to check out the local press’ reaction to the undeniably slow NWMLS housing market statistics for October.
Once again, my favorite part of the NWMLS press release that accompanied yesterday’s numbers comes from Dick “Bottom-Calling” Beeson, NWMLS director and Windermere broker.
Windermere’s Beeson, a member of the Northwest MLS board of directors, reports [...]
Let’s take some time to check out the local press’ reaction to the undeniably slow NWMLS housing market statistics for October.
Here’s a blurb from the NWMLS press release that accompanied yesterday’s numbers: Housing Activity in Western Washington during October Described as "Disappointing, but Not Unexpected"
Housing activity for Northwest Multiple Listing Service members was disappointing last [...]
Wow, lots of stories in the local papers this weekend about the slow housing market. Too many to post separately, so here’s a roundup of the weekend news. Let me know if I missed anything.
Everett Herald: Snohomish County builders slash home prices
Mike Pattison just took his own advice and bought a new home [...]
Even when we have direct access to the hard facts of the local real estate market, it’s still fun to see what kind of spin the local papers put into their report of the data. So, it is time yet again to continue our monthly tradition of rounding up all the local “mainstream” articles [...]
Foreclosures are still on the rise in Washington State and in the Seattle area, according to the Seattle Times.
Washington state foreclosure filings were up 69 percent last month compared with the previous June and up almost 10 percent from May, as the mortgage meltdown continues despite government and private efforts to help struggling homeowners.
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There were [...]
This month’s theme is “let’s scare fence-sitters by telling them that rising interest rates will eliminate any savings from falling home prices.” Let’s see how well our local papers do at driving this point home.
Read on for the this month’s roundup…
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