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 (2012-04-30)

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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 April 30th, 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 2012-04-28

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"Blaming ordinary people who tried to own a home for this crisis is simply wrong." No, it's just incomplete. http://t.co/59UkFzny # Powered by Twitter Tools

Open Houses: Fun, But Probably Pointless

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Full disclosure: The Tim is employed by Redfin. Just in time for the National Ass. of Realtors’ Nationwide Open House Weekend, I just posted the results of an analysis I’ve been working on at Redfin to see if holding an open house is at all correlated with the chance that a home will sell. Do…

Weekend Open Thread (2012-04-27)

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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 April 27th, 2012. You may post random links and off-topic discussions here. Also, if you have an…