A pleasant surprise

[The Tim]

She's referring to the discussion that took place on .

[Denny Retrograde]

Sooo funny! Those guys are hilarious, and your willingness to visit their sandbox that time was very sweet, if clearly fruitless. Thanks, Tim.

[anamik]

I started reading this blog after getting here from The Housing Bubble Blog over a year ago. I like the data and analysis oriented posts here. Less so at Rain City but they are still fairly tolerant and do make an attempt at addressing contrary questions.

At the Seattle P-I blog, the arrogance and attitude is stunning. They take offense to anyone not using their real name. Seriously, what is it about user names that so freaks them out?

You have a lot of patience, Tim. Its pretty impressive how you handled Sandy's responses to your posts. Over at Rain City, Sandy and Ardell cluck-clucked about how terrible these people wishing for price declines are. Sandy even signaled her disgust with an "Ugh!"

I think I'm done with the Seattle P-I blog. They can keep patting each other on the back for the brilliance of their posts (Smug? Now thats a swell word. Wish I'd thought of using that word, Fellow-Realtor!). I just dont think there's anything to be learned there.

[carlislematthew]

[george]

[kpom]

[perfectfire]

[rose-colored-coolaid]

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[femto]

I don't get why they confuse "pro price declines" with "anti realtor". Real-estate professionals are most affected by volume--price is by far a secondary factor (the commission on 2 houses at $400K is worth far more than 1 house at $500K). Consider that prices, even in incredible bull markets, move by perhaps 20% per year, but Los Angeles just saw volume by 50% YOY, and Seattle's volumes are probably going to follow suit. Almost anyone in real-estate (except perhaps developers) would be earning more if prices rapidly decreased to the level where the market could start moving again. The longer it takes for prices to fall the longer they'll have to live with depressed volumes, the real bane of their existence.[/b]

[The Tim]