This is your open thread for the weekend of January 27-28, 2007. Please post random links and off-topic discussions here.
Year: 2007
01.26.2007 – Friday Open Thread
This is your open thread for Friday, January 26, 2007. Please post random links and off-topic discussions here.
Kirkland-Based HouseValues Continues Slide
More bad news for local real estate lead-generation company HouseValues: Amid a slumping real estate market, HouseValues Inc. is cutting 12 percent of its work force and closing its online lead generation business for mortgages. Sixty employees are losing their jobs, all at the company’s Kirkland headquarters.…In a memo to employees, HouseValues Chief Executive Ian…
01.25.2007 – Thursday Open Thread
This is your open thread for Thursday, January 25, 2007. Please post random links and off-topic discussions here.
"This is a great time to buy a home."
Check out this absolutely delightful paid advertisement masquerading as a “guest editorial” in today’s Seattle Times. It’s penned by Mr. Samuel L. Anderson, the executive officer of the Master Builders Association of King and Snohomish Counties. The media have been all abuzz over the past year about the softening in the housing market. … At…