Let’s have an updated look at our affordability index charts for the counties around Puget Sound.
As of October, affordability is still bad, but not terrible for home buyers. Median home prices have dipped just slightly in the last few months…
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.
Join Tim for a Free Early Screening of “The Big Short”
I have a limited number of free passes to an early screening of the upcoming movie “The Big Short,” and I’d like to invite some Seattle Bubble readers to join me. The movie doesn’t hit theaters until December 23, but this screening is at 4:00 PM next Monday, November 23rd in downtown Seattle.
If you’d like to join me, just leave a comment here…
Surefield Releases New Map-Based Home Pricing Tool to Compete with Zillow & Redfin
Local alternative brokerage Surefield added another slick new tool to their arsenal this week: A map-based home pricing tool that they are calling Pricepoint. Together with their flagship 3D home tour technology (previously spotlighted here), this new offering strengthens Surefield’s focus on home sellers.
The tool offers an interactive, transparent alternative to Zillow’s black box “Zestimates,” and is touted by Surefield as “the most accurate and reliable way to price a home.”
Zillow Can’t Even Get the Listing Details Right on CEO Spencer Rascoff’s Own Home
People occasionally ask why I am not a fan of Zillow. Here’s a good example, that just so happens to be Zillow CEO Spencer Rascoff’s own home…
October Reporting Roundup: Predictions and Superstitions Edition
“This time is different!”
It always is, isn’t it?