March market stats have been published by the NWMLS. Here’s a link to the NWMLS press release (not live quite yet), once again headlined with a totally meaningless statistic: Northwest MLS brokers report 51% jump in pending sales. Home sales around Washington state surged last month, with brokers reporting activity at levels “like we haven’t…
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.
Cheapest Homes: April Edition
Let’s check in again on the cheapest homes around Seattle proper. We’re going to tweak the methodology slightly based on user feedback, so here’s the new methodology: I’ll search the listings for the cheapest homes currently on the market, excluding short sales, in the city of Seattle proper. Any properties that are in obvious states…
Monday Open Thread (2010-04-05)
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…
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…