In our conversation last week about median prices, David Losh brought up an interesting question: It would be interesting to see what the median price buys you this year compared to last year, or the year before. With some neighborhoods around Seattle showing year-over-year gains in their median prices, it would be informative to see…
Month: March 2010
Monday Open Thread (2010-03-15)
Here is your open thread for Monday March 15th, 2010. 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: The best deals around Seattle right now are mostly…
This poll will be active and displayed on the sidebar through 03.20.2010.
Weekly Twitter Digest (Link Roundup) for 2010-03-13
Estimated 15% of Seattle mortgage holders underwater: http://is.gd/9YpKo # Seattle is #1 again! (for the biggest rental price drops) http://is.gd/9Ytun [spotted by reader 'see it clearly'] # RT @calculatedrisk: Shiller: Homeownership and American Culture http://bit.ly/9guSou # 2005: Weyerhaeuser buys Federal Way building for $21 million. 2010: They sell it for $8.2 million. http://is.gd/9ZZaW # Ray…
Friday Flashback: “The last spaceship flight off a planet that’s about to explode”
Here’s one of my favorite pre-bursting-bubble gems. It’s an opinion piece that was published in the Seattle P-I on October 20, 2006, penned by guest columnist Sarah McCormic (her website even still features the article as a noteworthy sample of her work). photo by Flickr user jurvetson With friends who have also been lucky enough…