Here is your open thread for Monday April 12th, 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: Do most people you know believe that it is always a good time to buy a home no matter what?
This poll will be active and displayed on the sidebar through 04.17.2010.
Weekly Twitter Digest (Link Roundup) for 2010-04-10
Eric Pryne has some more of the details on the fiasco of the Thornton Place condos at Northgate: http://is.gd/bdEpR # RT @calculatedrisk: Percent Job Losses During Recessions, aligned at Bottom http://is.gd/beOWm # via http://ritholtz.com/ – "I Saw the Crisis Coming. Why Didn’t the Fed? " http://is.gd/bf0oG # This letter to the @SeattleTimes editor sounds like…
Friday Flashback: “Home prices will not go any lower.”
Flashback to September 2006, when the 20-city Case-Shiller index was nearly 30% higher than its latest reading. The National Association of REALTORS® launched a “Public Awareness Campaign” titled It’s a Great Time to Buy or Sell a Home. The primary flier for this campaign is pictured at right. Here are the highlights from the flier:…
Weekend Open Thread (2010-04-09)
Here is your open thread for the weekend beginning Friday April 9th, 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…