This poll was active 11.11.2012 through 11.17.2012
Author: The Tim
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 Twitter Digest (Link Roundup) for 2012-11-09
Email from @Movoto's @OlssonSally "'Twilight' homes in the Great Northwest" Has she actually read our site? We never post fluff like this. -> "Mastros to remain in French prison" http://t.co/JONflbw7 via @SeattleTimes -> Vulcan sold the Amazon office complex to avoid a possible capital-gains tax hike http://t.co/MYXEsHx5 via @SeattleTimes -> EMP: "The rent is too…
Friday Flashback: “Quite frankly, it’s time to buy.”
Here’s a great article that printed in the Seattle P-I in February 2007 (you know, back when they still existed as a printed paper). For those undeterred by the sales flier that warned a 96-year-old Columbia City house is “an extreme fixer, to be entered at your own risk” or by the “hazardous environment” sign…
Weekend Open Thread (2012-11-09)
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 November 9th, 2012. You may post random links and off-topic discussions here. Also, if you have an…
Reader Question: Home Prices in Gold?
A reader emailed me with a question about home prices compared to gold: Any easy way for you to compare Case-Shiller home prices to gold? I have a hunch prices have dropped much more dramatically than we realize, as our USD goes in the tank. Maybe Goldman’s 22% drop prediction was closer if the nasty…