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.

Monday Open Thread (2012-05-28)

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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 Monday May 28th, 2012. You may post random links and off-topic discussions here. Also, if you have an idea or a…

Weekly Twitter Digest (Link Roundup) for 2012-05-26

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Just half a decade after the peak, "Downtown Seattle condos are finally filling up" via http://t.co/oxxTPlQP @SeattleTimes # From the condo article: "Escala's owner… is resigned to losing money on the project. The only question is how much." http://t.co/oxxTPlQP # "Mastro creditors unlikely to recoup more money in near future" http://t.co/7Wxc39VE via @SeattleTimes # Historic…

Friday Flashback: 10,000 New Condos Coming By 2010!

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Here’s a delightfully hyperbolic piece from June 2006, about a year before Seattle’s peak pricing (but eight months after sales began declining year-over-year). By this time most of the rest of the country had figured out the boom was over, but remember, Seattle was special! Blaine Weber, half of the big-time local architecture team of…

Weekend Open Thread (2012-05-25)

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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 May 25th, 2012. You may post random links and off-topic discussions here. Also, if you have an…