Steve Tytler's latest yearly prediction for the local real estate market: http://is.gd/4QwIN # Speaking of troubled local banks, the FDIC has given Evergreen Bank a one month deadline: http://is.gd/4SFzG # The Mastro looks like it's getting nasty… http://is.gd/4SFED # Seattle's Ben Huh was on Nightline last night, talking up recently-acquired Real Estate site Lovely Listing…
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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.
Puget Sound Counties Interactive October Update
Let’s take a look at October NWMLS statistics from around the sound. As usual, courtesy Tableau Software, the Around the Sound update is rocking sweet interactive data visualizations. Feel free to download the old charts in Excel 2007 and Excel 2003 format. To get specific info about a certain point on any graph in the…
Weekend Open Thread (2009-11-13)
Here is your open thread for the weekend beginning Friday November 13th, 2009. 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…
Foreclosures Still Stalled by SB 5810?
Let’s have a more detailed look at foreclosure activity for October in King, Snohomish, and Pierce counties. First up, the Notice of Trustee Sale summary: October 2009 King: 666 NTS, up 4% YOY Snohomish: 323 NTS, down 2% YOY Pierce: 385 NTS, down 36% YOY Foreclosure notices dipped a bit in all three counties last…
Washington is #1… For Troubled Banks
With the news in September that Seattle is #1 for delinquent construction loans, it probably comes as not much of a surprise that Washington State also happens to rank #1 in the nation for troubled banks, according to Calculated Risk’s unofficial problem bank list. State Percent Washington 26.3% Utah 25.0% Arizona 21.3% Nevada 20.0% Oregon…