This poll was active 09.16.2012 through 09.22.2012
Month: September 2012
Weekly Twitter Digest (Link Roundup) for 2012-09-15
"Backyard houses catch the eye of City Council" http://t.co/bGXMFHzM via @SeattleTimes # "Seattle fast-tracks ban on big backyard houses; hearing Thursday" http://t.co/iROVvknI via @SeattleTimes # Three nice Czech Sky photos on the latest @urbnlivn post: http://t.co/YsJKt8oC # "The average homeownership cost in the Seattle area is $978 a month" Um, what? Yeah right. http://t.co/pcSd48cq via…
Nonsense from Trulia: Buying 42% Cheaper than Renting
Longtime P-I real estate reporter Aubrey Cohen certainly knows how to get my attention. Here’s a story he ran on their site yesterday: Report finds buying a home way cheaper than renting Buying a home is way cheaper than renting in all 100 of the nation’s largest metropolitan areas, including Seattle, according to a new…
Weekend Open Thread (2012-09-14)
NOTE: If you are subscribed to Seattle Bubble’s RSS feed and are seeing these open threads in the feed, please switch to our official feed at http://feeds.feedburner.com/SeattleBubble Thanks! Here is your open thread for the weekend beginning Friday September 14th, 2012. You may post random links and off-topic discussions here. Also, if you have an…
Foreclosure Notices Still Spiking Around Seattle
It’s time once again to expand on our preview of foreclosure activity with a more detailed look at August’s stats in King, Snohomish, and Pierce counties. First up, the Notice of Trustee Sale summary: August 2012 King: 1,056 NTS, up 36.1% YOY Snohomish: 704 NTS, up 82.9% YOY Pierce: 878 NTS, up 90.5% YOY Up…