Here is your open thread for the mid-week on May 20th, 2009. You may post random links and off-topic discussions here. Also, if you have an idea or a topic you’d like to see covered in an article, please make it known. Be sure to also check out the forums, and get your word in…
Month: May 2009
A Few Different Takes on Seattle-Area Home Prices
A commenter on this week’s poll requested a graph of the total monthly dollar volume of all NWMLS-reported closed sales. So, here it is: Since prices are still higher than 2000-2004, I was actually not expecting this year to show up so low. I also found it interesting how closely 2005, 2006, and the first…
PSBJ: Local Banks Feeling the Regulatory Squeeze
Over at the Puget Sound Business Journal, reporter Kirsten Grind posted an interesting story today on their recently-launched BizTalk blog: Crackdown on HomeStreet Bank comes as a surprise Washington state regulators don’t seem to have much patience these days for our struggling community banks and are increasingly slapping them with cease-and-desist orders to force a…
National Interactive “Stress Index” Map from AP
The Associated press published an interesting interactive map recently that is worth checking out. They took a handful of economic measures such as the unemployment rate, the foreclosure rate, and the bankruptcy rate, and calculated an “Economic Stress Index” for every county in the country. Here’s a snapshot of their March 2009 map (click to…
Monday Open Thread (2009-05-18)
Here is your open thread for Monday May 18th, 2009 (volcano day!). You may post random links and off-topic discussions here. Also, if you have an idea or a topic you’d like to see covered in an article, please make it known. Be sure to also check out the forums, and get your word in…