It’s not often we get a major national news piece focused solely on Seattle’s real estate market, but yesterday we got just that from the New York Times: Housing Crash Is Hitting Cities Thought to Be Stable SEATTLE — Few believed the housing market here would ever collapse. Now they wonder if it will ever…
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 (2011-02-14)
Here is your open thread for Monday February 14th, 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…
Poll: How many people do you know who are walking away from their mortgage (or already did)?
This poll was active 02.13.2011 through 02.19.2011.
Weekly Twitter Digest (Link Roundup) for 2011-02-12
Robert Shiller: Housing Bubbles Are Few and Far Between http://nyti.ms/eyOBTn # RT @mattgoyer: With <5% of Seattle listings allowing blogging, I'm going to do a @rebarcampsea talk: Why more listing agents should say yes. # Today's @USAToday front page: http://flic.kr/p/9gJUyq Homeowners face 'new normal' in housing bust http://usat.ly/dZHAMx # WSJ: "Home prices still remain overvalued…
Redfin: Buyer’s Market No Breeze for Buyers
Full disclosure: The Tim is employed by Redfin. Happy Friday everybody. Let’s celebrate the upcoming weekend with a sweet interactive map. That’s right, it’s time again already to check out Redfin’s January market data. Here’s an excerpt from the narrative (which, as it turns out, I wrote): “It was the best of times, it was…