It’s time once again to expand on our preview of foreclosure activity with a more detailed look at September’s stats in King, Snohomish, and Pierce counties. First up, the Notice of Trustee Sale summary: September 2010 King: 1,297 NTS, up 63% YOY Snohomish: 624 NTS, up 48% YOY Pierce: 727 NTS, up 52% YOY Here’s…
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.
Bottom-Calling Checkup: False Bottom Psych-Out
I received a reader request via email a few days ago for an update on the Radar Logic dollars per square foot home price bottom chart from our February 2009 bottom-calling series. In our last checkup back in March, prices were still falling, and had almost reached the “bottom” from the February 2009 forecast of…
Mid-Week Open Thread (2010-10-13)
Here is your open thread for the mid-week on October 13th, 2010. 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…
Hey Let’s Ask the Internet for Neighborhood Advice!
View this map in its own window Last week I had another guest post at Get Rich Slowly on the subject of why you should rent first when you move to a new city. I’m not going to repeat everything I said over there, but I did want to share the map at right. What…
Real Actual Listing Photo Statistics
Full disclosure: The Tim is employed by Redfin. Inspired by an awesome OKCupid blog post about how camera models and other photo properties affect profile pics that made its rounds at the office in August, I was recently able to convince Redfin that it would be a good use of my on-the-clock time to do…