Here is your open thread for Monday April 5th, 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: What’s the top reason you want to buy a house?
This poll will be active and displayed on the sidebar through 04.10.2010.
Weekly Twitter Digest (Link Roundup) for 2010-04-03
Lesson of the housing bubble: If you pay your mortgage or pay rent, you are a chump. http://is.gd/b2oz9 # PSBJ: "WaMu shareholders wiped out" http://is.gd/b2x9h # 2,600-acre property that developer wanted to turn into 6,000 homes north of Monroe is in foreclosure. http://is.gd/b2xoN # Are fancy "professional credentials" likely to make you pick a full-cost…
Open House Traffic is Serious Business.
Posted a few hours ago on the Seattle Times: Realtors hold a special open-house weekend April 10-11 Anybody care to explain: A) Why REALTORS™ still get free advertising like this from local newspapers, even after years of crap like this (pdf “fact sheet” from 2006)? B) What the heck is that photo supposed to have…
March Stats Preview: Sudden Foreclosure Spike Edition
Now that March is behind us, let’s have a look at our monthly stats preview. Most of the charts below are based on broad county-wide data that is available through a simple search of King County Records. If you have additional stats you’d like to see in the “preview,” drop a line in the comments…