Since Mr. Kelly did such a poor job of actually comparing the Northwest to California, I’d like to get my own idea of how the two compare. For the illustrative purpose of this post, I’m going to be comparing the regions of Seattle and San Diego. Here in King County, the median home price (condos…
Month: October 2006
Thursday Open Thread
This is your open thread for today. Please post random links and off-topic discussions here.
"Local Prices Are Not Headed Backward"
Here’s a familiar song, courtesy of Tom Kelly at the Everett Herald. It used to be a popular notion among local real estate agents that the Northwest housing market lagged behind the California market by about six months. … I thought about that idea recently when I read that home sales decreased 30.1 percent in…
Wednesday Open Thread
This is your open thread for today. Please post random links and off-topic discussions here.
Advertising the Bubble
As I was catching up on the comments, I was rather intrigued by the direction that you all took Monday’s open thread. Here’s a recap for those of you that do not closely follow the comments. When it comes to the blatant cheerleading nature of the real estate section of the newspapers, they probably feel…