- Great comment by @jillayne: "We have to wean our economy off the real estate finance and building sectors." http://is.gd/aTicA #
- RT @KirstenGrind: Things get worse for #Frontier Financial: http://bit.ly/c7y0yt #
- Seattle: 47th-most expensive rentals in the nation, but 20th-most expensive houses for sale. Doubt that will last. http://is.gd/aURmx #
- SHOCKING! (not) RT @calculatedrisk: HAMP applicants tanned and juiced http://bit.ly/9R1aIH #
- Everett Herald on how "shaky real estate ventures" led to so many troubled local banks. http://is.gd/aWPGX #
- BofA: Stay current on your mortgage for 5 yrs and we'll reduce your principal to 100% of your house's value. http://is.gd/aWR1M #
- Speaking of BofA, a Seattle couple is suing them for "systematically" not providing loan mods. http://is.gd/aWRdC #
- Uh-oh… RT @KirstenGrind: Seattle's tallest office tower misses a payment; is closer to default: http://bit.ly/cjNHuB #
- Interesting map of alleged "housing + transportation" affordability for Seattle: http://is.gd/aZj0c #
- Riholtz: "We need more, not less foreclosures." I agree! http://is.gd/aZmad #
- Redfin expands into Phoenix, which seems like an odd move to me since they don't do short sales… http://is.gd/aZmjk #
- …scratch that, should have read to the end of the post. Redfin is now supporting short sales. That is bigger news than Phoenix, IMO. #
- WA Incomes declining. http://is.gd/aZxIq Doesn't bode well for Lennox's forecast that home prices "will be in direct proportion" to incomes. #
- Part 2 of Amy Rolph's story about local banks in the Herald: When banks won't lend, small businesses are stuck http://is.gd/b0x30 #
- A reader reports being blocked from Seattle Bubble by Internet Explorer 8's DEP. Is anyone else having similar problems? #
- Don't miss the funky breakout clone in this weekend's open thread. http://is.gd/b0HtM #
- Yow. Min. wage dog-poop-scooper job in Woodinville gets 260+ applicants… http://is.gd/b18eQ #
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