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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.

Affordability Index Kept Under Control by Low Rates

Posted on May 20, 2015May 21, 2015 by The Tim

A reader pointed out that we haven’t looked at how the affordability index is doing in the Seattle area since late last year. Let’s update our standard charts. So how does affordability look as of April? Despite median home prices shooting up, falling interest rates that are back below 4 percent again have kept the…

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Weekly Open Thread (2015-05-18)

Posted on May 18, 2015May 18, 2015 by The Tim

NOTE: If you are subscribed to Seattle Bubble’s RSS feed and are seeing these open threads in the feed, please switch to our official feed at http://feeds.feedburner.com/SeattleBubble  Thanks! Here is your open thread for the week of May 18th, 2015. You may post random links and off-topic discussions here. Also, if you have an idea…

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Reader Question: Is Seattle just for the super wealthy now?

Posted on May 13, 2015 by The Tim

I received the following question this morning from a frustrated home buyer: We recently lost our second offer on a home to a all case buyer. I know that many other buyers have been at this longer than a year and spent far more than we have but before I get to that poverty point…

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Around the Sound: Strong Seller’s Market Everywhere

Posted on May 12, 2015May 13, 2015 by The Tim

It has been a while since we checked up on stats outside of the King/Snohomish core, so let’s update our “Around the Sound” statistics for Pierce, Kitsap, Thurston, Island, Skagit, and Whatcom counties. This month’s story in a nutshell: Bad news for buyers, great news for sellers. It’s pretty much a terrible time to buy…

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Weekly Open Thread (2015-05-11)

Posted on May 11, 2015May 10, 2015 by The Tim

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