Here is your open thread for the mid-week on December 9th, 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: December 2009
Quick Look: November 2009 in Bar Charts
Time for an installment of “quick look,” a series of posts in which I present a fresh set of charts for some recent data with minimal commentary. Today’s theme is King County SFH November stats in bar charts compared to each November since 2000. Note that the definition of “Active Listings” was revised in July…
Why was WaMu really closed, and what are the FDIC & OTS hiding?
On Friday the Puget Sound Business Journal posted another great piece by Kirsten Grind on all the shady dealings that went on behind the scenes in the WaMu shutdown ordeal. The piece, titled The Washington Mutual decision is currently available on their site only to subscribers, but over on Portfolio.com (one of their sister sites)…
Monday Open Thread (2009-12-07)
Here is your open thread for Monday December 7th, 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…
Poll: Guess the lowest 1-month total closed SFH sales in King Co. for winter ’09-’10
For reference, last winter’s lowest was 661 in February. Here’s a comparison of last winter to where we’ve been so far heading into winter this year: Please vote in this poll using the sidebar. This poll will be active and displayed on the sidebar through 12.12.2009.