Here is your open thread for Monday August 1st, 2011. You ay post random links and off-topic discussions here. Also, if you have an idea or a topic you’d like to see covered in an article, please make it known. Be sure to also check out the forums, and get your word in the user-driven…
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.
Global Economic August Thread
Talk about the global and 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 economic open threads, click here. As of 09/07/2010, global economic comments that do not directly relate to…
Poll: Will homes in the city of Seattle cost less (adj. for inflation) five years from now than today?
This poll was active 07.31.2011 through 08.06.2011.
Weekly Twitter Digest (Link Roundup) for 2011-07-30
Craig of @WaLawRealty continues his series about the flawed system of buyer "representation." http://goo.gl/C74c4 # Critics of @Zillow are just "short-term noise" according to founder Rich Barton http://goo.gl/ZxfCz via @GeekWireNews # US Marshals to locate & jail Michael Mastro & wife – http://goo.gl/G8N5l via @SeattleTimes (I bet they're already overseas.) # 62% say homeowners who…
Your Regularly Scheduled Redfin/Tableau Mashup
Full disclosure: The Tim is employed by Redfin. As promised on Monday, I’d like to post the usual Tableau map of Redfin’s monthly Seattle-area market stats. Don’t forget that you can download the full spreadsheet from Redfin here. Going forward I’ll probably just include both of these maps in the same post. In the map…