Here is your open thread for Monday May 23rd, 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 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.
Poll: How many people do you know who have lived in the same home for 20 or more years?
This poll was active 05.22.2011 through 05.28.2011.
Weekly Twitter Digest (Link Roundup) for 2011-05-21
RT @WaLawRealty Nice graphic on foreclosures, but why are we at bottom if we have thousands more to go? http://goo.gl/xBLum # I missed this one last Friday: "Expect ‘new highs’ for Seattle apartment rents" via @PSBJ http://goo.gl/97DvV # What a shock. Michael Hellickson will appeal the state's decision to yank his license. http://goo.gl/1entj via @SeattleTimes…
Weekend Reads from Across the Spectrum
Here are a few recent articles of interest that I thought might be worth discussion. Calculated Risk: The upward slope of Real House Prices I don’t think we have to choose between real prices and price-to-rent graphs to ask “how far out of line are house prices?” I think they are both showing that prices…
Weekend Open Thread (2011-05-20)
Here is your open thread for the weekend beginning Friday May 20th, 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 word…