Yesterday a reader asked: I was wondering if you could write a post sometime on the relationship between interest rates and home prices (or direct me to a previous post if you’ve already done this). My husband is feeling pressured to buy a home within the next couple of months b/c he thinks interest rates…
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.
Housing ATM: We Have a Winner
I was digging around in the Snohomish County public records and I came across this interesting property history. Original purchase price is unknown, but records indicate that the serial refinancer owned the property since at least 1976. Date Document Amount 03.01.2002 Deed of Trust $12,528 03.07.2002 Deed of Trust $82,787 06.21.2002 Deed of Trust $17,973…
Monday Open Thread (2010-02-08)
Here is your open thread for Monday February 8th, 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: Which type of area would you live in if home prices were not a factor?
Please vote in this poll using the sidebar. This poll will be active and displayed on the sidebar through 02.13.2010.
Weekly Twitter Digest (Link Roundup) for 2010-02-06
Banks continuing construction in developments foreclosed from builders – http://is.gd/7rltV # Escala, condo complex that announced higher prices as the bubble burst now dropping prices http://is.gd/7smaa (3rd story) # Glenn Kelman, Redfin CEO: "people don't trust agents" (still) (via @TechFlash) http://is.gd/7txkn # Reader asks in the Seattle Bubble forums: "Is Belltown safe TODAY?" http://is.gd/7vOyN #…