If you’re like me and you tend to do a lot of public records searches when you’re researching properties, you have probably noticed that King County has given their online property records a big face lift. As far as I can tell all the same information is available as before, plus a few new bonuses…
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.
How Far Off are Sellers’ Original List Prices?
With the power of Tableau and over a year’s worth of detailed King County sales data, here’s another interactive visualization I whipped up for you. The map below is color-coded to show the average discount of the final sale price from the original list price for each zip code in King County. Below the map…
Monday Open Thread (2010-06-21)
Here is your open thread for Monday June 21st, 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: My favorite thing about living around Seattle is:
This poll was active 06.20.2010 through 06.26.2010.
Weekly Twitter Digest (Link Roundup) for 2010-06-19
Our own local @mortgageporter was quoted in this AP article about the FHA raising their fees to avoid going bankrupt: http://is.gd/cN87v # Local mortgage mod recipient: "I may never recover anything from it. I'm probably just overpaying for rent." http://is.gd/cN8zT # RT @mortgageporter: @SeattleBubble Here's my 2¢ on the proposed FHA reform http://bit.ly/b4CwJa # RT…