This poll was active 02.19.2012 through 02.25.2012
Month: February 2012
Weekly Twitter Digest (Link Roundup) for 2012-02-18
"Empty, foreclosed houses burden cities, neighborhoods" http://t.co/rA7jTw8u via @seattletimes # RT @WaLawRealty: FIRPTA, a federal tax law applied to buyers but routinely ignored. Comply or you may owe the IRS big. http://t.co/3vB0Nzzf # Amazon to buy Denny Triangle property; plans 3 big office towers http://t.co/1gmCiryP via @SeattleTimes # First good (well, less bad, really) state…
Reader Question: Sell Now, or Rent It & Wait?
I received the following email from a reader: I am relocating out of the country and trying to understand if it is better for me to sell the house now or rent it for a few years and then sell. I bought the house 7 years ago and I think I can sell it for…
Weekend Open Thread (2012-02-17)
Here is your open thread for the weekend beginning Friday February 17th, 2012. 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…
Official King Co. Economic Forecast Cites Seattle Bubble
Apparently Tom Goodwin, King County’s Chief Economist and head of the Office of Economic and Financial Analysis is a Seattle Bubble reader, citing my chart of the decline from peak in Seattle’s Case-Shiller tiers in a recent presentation to the Regional Policy Committee (be patient, the video takes a little while to load): You can…