Here is your open thread for the weekend beginning Friday April 22nd, 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…
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.
Has the Tide Turned Against Home Ownership?
Now seems like as good a time as any to have another look at the “Cycle of Market Emotions”: The Cycle of Market Emotions By my reckoning, in late 2007 we were somewhere between anxiety and denial, and by mid-2010 we were treading water between fear and desperation. Today I suspect we’ve made it to…
Redfin: Sales, Prices, & Inventory All Slipping into Spring
Full disclosure: The Tim is employed by Redfin. Last Friday Redfin released their March market data. Here’s an excerpt from the narrative (which I also wrote): Spring has officially sprung. Spring–when flowers bloom, birds chirp, the sun makes an occasional appearance through brief windows in Seattle’s perpetually grey winter sky, and the real estate market…
Mid-Week Open Thread (2011-04-20)
Here is your open thread for the mid-week on April 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 in…
You Can’t Keep a Good Huckster Down
Someone forwarded me an interesting email yesterday. The spammy message apparently being sent to various mortgage brokers claims that “We’ll pay you for the clients you can’t do loans for.” Here’s some of the email copy (emphasis theirs): We coach people who are underwater in their homes. We don’t do loans, we don’t sell real…