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Kiss Single-Family Homes Goodbye if Seattle Keeps Growing

Posted on April 24, 2015April 24, 2015 by The Tim

We usually talk about the whole Seattle metro area on these pages, but I’d like to take a little while to discuss an issue that is most relevant to Seattle proper: Density. There’s no denying that Seattle has been booming lately, thanks largely to serious growth in the local tech economy—unbridled growth at Amazon, the…

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Warning: New Housing Bubble Ahead

Posted on April 16, 2015 by The Tim

This comment left by Ryan strikes me as a clear warning sign of another housing bubble inflating in Seattle. Just pulled the trigger on buying a townhouse in Fremont for $745k. Haven’t closed yet so don’t want to link to the MLS. Thought I would share my thinking on why I bought and what the…

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Poll: Would you rather buy:

Posted on September 25, 2011October 2, 2011 by The Tim

This poll was active 09.25.2011 through 10.01.2011.

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Reader Question: Rotting from the Inside on Day One?

Posted on September 22, 2011September 22, 2011 by The Tim

A reader emailed me an interesting observation/question in response to yesterday’s discussion of Seattle’s cheap, ugly townhomes. There’s a trio of townhouses very near where I live. They’re interesting because they lay partially framed for (if I’m recalling correctly) more than a year and a half — at least through one Winter/Spring. They actually have…

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How Long Will Seattle’s Ugly Townhomes Last?

Posted on September 21, 2011April 10, 2015 by The Tim

Once in a while I like to have a look around and see what’s on the market in a totally off-the-wall market segment that I have absolutely no personal interest in ever owning. Today that segment is townhomes in the city of Seattle. As I browse around at what’s for sale in Seattle’s townhome market,…

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