After plunging from 23 percent of sales in February to 6.3 percent in August, the share of single-family home sales that were bank-owned in King County has been bumping along near that level for the last three months, coming in at 6.9 percent in October. If 2010 and 2011 are any indication, this number will…
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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.
Monday Open Thread (2012-11-12)
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Poll: What’s the best home lighting?
This poll was active 11.11.2012 through 11.17.2012
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…