Here is your open thread for Monday October 11th, 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 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.
Poll: How long do you commute to work?
This poll was active 10.10.2010 through 10.16.2010.
Trulia Geography FAIL
Notice anything… off about this infographic attached to Trulia’s Rent vs. Buy comparison? Feel free to download the original pdf from Trulia, just to make sure I’m not making this up.
Weekly Twitter Digest (Link Roundup) for 2010-10-09
Great story from a reluctant landlord that bought in 2001(!) in Vegas. http://is.gd/fIvZa via @GRSblog # Interesting: RT @ARDELLd: In my email "NWMLS Has Lost 37% of its Offices (Since Oct. 2008)" # Spotted by a reader on @KOMOnews Discouraged homeowners: 'You can't really make it any more' http://bit.ly/cQesfj # via @PSBJ – Revealed! Photos…
Friday Flashback: “Seattle isn’t like other cities.”
Time for another Friday Flashback! Today’s flashback comes at you from February 2007, as the Seattle Times declared 2007 to be “The year of the condo in downtown Seattle” (emphasis mine). [Condo developer David] Thyer insists that Seattle isn’t like other cities, where developers are struggling with an oversupply of new condos. There’s a demand…