By The Tim on October 11, 2009
In case there is any doubt about whether NAR chief “economist” Lawrence Yun is just as much of a shameless price-boosting shill as his predecessor David Lereah, I present some excerpts from a post he made on Friday regarding the inefficient, expensive, and economically stupid homebuyer tax credit: Unleashing Pent-Up Housing Demand and Sustainable Economic [...]
Posted in News | Tagged Economy, government_meddling, NAR, tax credit, Yun
By The Tim on March 2, 2009
Discredited NAR mouthpiece Lawrence Yun paid Seattle a visit on Friday to spout some more of his trademark wish-based forecasting. The Puget Sound Business Journal and the P-I both had brief write-ups of his presentation.
From Aubrey Cohen’s write-up in the P-I:
“We believe that the home prices have already fallen to what could be justifiable,” [...]
Posted in News | Tagged Business Journal, Cohen, Grind, NAR, Seattle_PI, Yun
By The Tim on June 11, 2008
Remember about four months ago, when NAR Chief “Economist” Lawrence Yun said this?
You may even say Seattle is underpriced if you believe Seattle is becoming a superstar city. Seattle is underpriced in relation to other West Coast markets.
Well, it seems he has changed his tune ever so slightly. Here’s a more recent quote, from [...]
Posted in News | Tagged NAR, propaganda, Seattle_is_special, Yun
By The Tim on February 8, 2008
Apparently the only necessarily qualification for becoming a “world class” or “superstar” city is to keep on repeating that it is so. That’s the message I’m getting from the latest quotes from the Realtor’s spokesman Lawrence Yun, anyway.
Seattle-area home prices are manageable for typical workers, according to the chief economist for the National Association [...]
Posted in Features, News | Tagged fundamentals, NAR, propaganda, Seattle_is_special, Yun
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