By The Tim on March 15, 2009
See the forums for a related discussion: What’s so great about daily print newspapers?
Update 03.16.09: Via Monica Guzman at the P-I:
Publisher Roger Oglesby just announced in the P-I newsroom: Tomorrow will be our last print edition, but seattlepi.com will live on.
Update 2: Aubrey Cohen will be staying on with the online-only P-I.
Update 3: Word comes [...]
Posted in News, Polls | Tagged Cohen, Polls, Seattle_PI, Trahant, Virgin
By The Tim on October 26, 2007
Mark Trahant is definitely my favorite writer for any of the local papers. If we ever get around to having a Seattle Bubble meet-up, he’s definitely invited, and his drink is on me.
His latest piece continues to hammer home the reality of the world we live in today: mortgage / housing market is a [...]
| Tagged mortgages, Seattle_PI, subprime, Trahant
By The Tim on July 30, 2007
More words of wisdom from the P-I’s Mark Trahant, who seems increasingly out of place in the stubborn, denial-prone local media.
I’ve been on vacation and had a chance to travel around the West. In many of the places I visited, concerns about a real estate crisis are growing. People are starting to fear what this [...]
| Tagged inventory, lending, Seattle_is_special, Trahant
By The Tim on April 10, 2007
There have been a lot of real estate articles in the local dead tree outlets the last few days. It’s time for another link roundup before I get too far behind and forget to mention some of them.
First up, it’s Mark Trahant of the P-I with yet another thoughtful, well-reasoned take on Seattle’s housing [...]
| Tagged affordability, Cohen, government_meddling, honesty, It's_A_Priority, link_roundup, Seattle_PI, Seattle_Times, Trahant, WA_Realtors
By The Tim on March 5, 2007
It’s time to clear out all the news alerts in my inbox again. Here’s another round of local real estate links from the past few weeks:
Seattle definitely appears to be “special” in one area: real estate websites. Ms. Rhodes reports on ForeclosurePoint; the latest to join the fray.
Bremerton: up and coming? If [...]
| Tagged Bellingham, Cohen, condos, Everett_Herald, link_roundup, real_estate_professionals, Rhodes, Seattle_PI, Seattle_Times, Trahant, Tytler
By The Tim on September 18, 2006
There were a lot of interesting stories in the news this weekend, but the one that deserves attention before the rest is the latest editorial gem from Mark Trahant.
This region ought to be one where we are comfortable with the boom-and-bust cycle. It is inevitable — and it is reflected in our stories. Yet when [...]
| Tagged lending, Seattle_PI, Trahant
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