Here is your open thread for Monday September 21st, 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 the user-driven…
Month: September 2009
Poll: Do you know or know of anyone who would buy a home only if the $8k tax credit is extended?
Please vote in this poll using the sidebar. This poll will be active and displayed on the sidebar through 09.26.2009.
Weekly Twitter Digest for 2009-09-19
Thinking about doing a weekly live-streamed call-in Seattle real estate podcast. Thoughts? Software suggestions? # Wow, that's a lot of empty, anchored cargo ships: http://is.gd/3gKMA # Good thing about the "recession is over" nonsense: it makes it much less likely the misguided $8k homebuyer tax credit will be extended. # Interesting story about a Tacoma…
FHA: The New Subprime
Three facts: Nearly 7% (and rising) of FHA loans are currently in default (source). The FHA has cash reserves of less than 2 percent (and falling) of the total value of loans they guarantee (source). FHA currently makes about 23% (and rising) of all mortgages in the USA (source). Here are those first two points…
Weekend Open Thread (2009-09-18)
Here is your open thread for the weekend beginning Friday September 18th, 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…