Here is your open thread for Monday January 31st, 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.
Global Economic February Thread
Talk about the global and national economy to your heart’s content, as much as it takes to get it out of your system so the rest of the site can stick to real estate and housing. As of 09/07/2010, global economic comments that do not directly relate to Seattle-area real estate go only in threads…
Poll: What % of King Co. SFH sales in 2011 will be REO?
This poll was active 01.30.2011 through 02.05.2011.
Weekly Twitter Digest (Link Roundup) for 2011-01-29
WA Chief Economist Arun Raha tells the WA Ass. of Realtors that real estate recovery is still a year away: http://bit.ly/gWHnGY # Interesting piece that basically argues that banks did not act in good faith http://aol.it/fpJrD3 Earlier: http://bit.ly/gTEs2Y # Are those pics of Communist propaganda posters hanging throughout the house in this @SeattleTimes fluff piece?…
One in Three Seattle Area Home Listings are Distressed
By request, here’s an update to the distressed listings map I first posted six months ago. In the map below I have taken all the currently active listings on the market in King, Snohomish, and Pierce counties, and separated them into three buckets: bank owned, short sale, and non-distressed. Each zip code has a pie…