August market stats have been published by the NWMLS on Friday. It’s rather unusual that they would release the stats so early in the month, but maybe they figured since the cat is out of the bag on their bogus methodology already anyway, they would go ahead and push the report out as early as…
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 (2010-09-06)
Here is your open thread for Monday September 6th, 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…
Poll: Do you know anyone that wants to sell their home but is waiting for a better market?
This poll was active 09.05.2010 through 09.11.2010.
Weekly Twitter Digest (Link Roundup) for 2010-09-04
I couldn't agree more. @CalculatedRisk – There should be "no further housing tax credits."http://bit.ly/cuuF7F # Did you consider buying a home earlier this year, but decided not to 4 fear that prices will plummet again? Contact me 4 an AP story! # Nice. "You have to wonder sometimes what they’re smoking over there at the…
Rapid Price Discovery via Resellers’ Auctions
As a coworker and I were pondering the housing market yesterday, I wondered whether it would be possible to build a computer simulation that would provide a relatively accurate model of a perfectly efficient housing market. Unfortunately we didn’t come up with a good way to do that, but he did suggest a real-world experiment…