Looks like it’s that time again… Recent headlines have described an increase in mortgage interest rates from 3.35% to 4.0% with hyperbole like “Mortgage Rates Soar,” and “Soaring U.S. Mortgage Rates.” If this sounds familiar it’s because we heard the same nonsense when rates moved from 5.0% to 5.3% in 2010. These types of articles…
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Tim Ellis is the founder of Seattle Bubble. His background in engineering and computer / internet technology, a fondness of data-based analysis of problems, and an addiction to spreadsheets all influence his perspective on the Seattle-area real estate market. Tim also hosts the weekly improv comedy sci-fi podcast Dispatches from the Multiverse.
Weekly Open Thread (2013-06-10)
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Poll: Buyers: What interest rate would price you out of the market?
This poll was active 06.09.2013 through 06.15.2013
Weekly Twitter Digest (Link Roundup) for 2013-06-07
Totally unbiased commentary about "homebuyer regrets" from RE Booster Tom Kelly http://t.co/joSixCRiB9 (reader tip) -> Local real estate huckster Mike Mastro, on the lam in France, freed by the French government: http://t.co/qNzJoVLPdk via @seattletimes -> "7-story apartment project will revitalize Seattle's Japantown" http://t.co/Hagdb2Slpd via @PSBJ -> "Luxury condos at once-troubled Bellevue Towers finally nearing a…
The Guardian Needs a New Finance & Economics Editor
Somehow I was directed this week to a recent opinion column by the Guardian’s “US finance and economics editor” Heidi Moore: Don’t be fooled by the false economic recovery Obviously, I love a good contrarian argument. Unfortunately, this piece is far from good. Take the consumer confidence numbers, which are measured every month by the…