This poll was active 07.01.2012 through 07.07.2012
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.
Politics & Economics Open Thread
Talk about politics and the global/national economy to your heart’s content, as much as it takes to get it out of your system so the rest of the site can stick to real estate and housing. For previous political/economic open threads, click here. As of 09/07/2010, global economic comments that do not directly relate to…
Weekly Twitter Digest (Link Roundup) for 2012-06-30
RT @jontalton: Tues. at 7:30, I'll be at Town Hall Seattle (@THSEA) interviewing @KirstenGrind on her new #WaMu book, "The Lost Bank." # Another big $500k price drop on the seminary campus in Tacoma: http://t.co/Yl8CPu2N # Classy real estate agent ad spotted by a coworker online: http://t.co/7ciNTxCf # Tim quoted in @MarketWatch re: plunging for-sale…
King County Home Prices & Affordability 1950 – Q2 2012
A reader pointed out to me this week that it has been three years since I updated the long-term chart of King County home prices back to 1950. So, by request, here is an update to that chart as of May, along with the affordability index over the same time period. In the first quarter…
Weekend Open Thread (2012-06-29)
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 June 29th, 2012. You may post random links and off-topic discussions here. Also, if you have an…