It’s time yet again to check in on our monthly stats preview for King and Snohomish counties. Most of the charts below are based on broad county-wide data that is available through a simple search of King County and Snohomish County public records. If you have additional stats you’d like to see in the preview,…
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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.
Independence Day Open Thread (2011-07-04)
Happy Independence Day, everyone! Here is your open thread for Monday July 4th, 2011. You may 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…
Poll: What’s the #1 reason your friends are NOT buying a home?
This poll was active 07.03.2011 through 07.09.2011.
Weekly Twitter Digest (Link Roundup) for 2011-07-02
Congrats to the @SeattleTimes – "Seattle Times writers win five awards for real-estate coverage" http://goo.gl/g9Qua # via @973KIRO "Believe it or not, state law doesn't require that a RE agent tell you about" a home's dark past. http://goo.gl/lKvEQ # In response, @RealestatePI says a home's dark past "really isn’t material to the state of the…
Friday Flashback: Homeowners Will Just Stay Put
Here’s a flashback to Summer of 2006, when I was engaged in a very wordy blog / counter-blog debate with local real estate professional Gregory Wharton. Here are a few excerpts from his posts. July 3rd, 2006: Looking at the factors discussed in the previous four chapters, we can see that not only was there…