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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.

Turning Listing Deception Up To Eleven

Posted on February 21, 2015February 21, 2015 by The Tim

A sharp-eyed reader sent in the listing at 13909 129th Place NE in Kirkland. Here’s the Google street view: Note the house to the left, and the relatively small front yard. Now take a look at the primary listing photo for this house, being sold by Jon Cacabelos of Real Home Network: What. The. Hell….

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Cheap South King Sales Edge Up, Seattle Sales Slip

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

It’s time once again to take an updated look at how King County’s sales are shifting between the different regions around the county, since geographic shifts can and do affect the median price. In order to explore this concept, we break King County down into three regions, based on the NWMLS-defined “areas”: low end: South…

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Zillow / Trulia Merger to Complete Today

Posted on February 17, 2015February 18, 2015 by The Tim
The Tim's parody Zillow-Trulia mashup logo
The Tim’s parody Zillow-Trulia mashup logo

Today’s the big day for Zillow and Trulia, as they complete their big merger. John Cook over at GeekWire has a good write-up: Here is Zillow’s big concern as it prepares to gobble up rival Trulia

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Weekly Open Thread (2015-02-16)

Posted on February 16, 2015February 15, 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 February 16th, 2015. You may post random links and off-topic discussions here. Also, if you have an idea…

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Friday Flashback: “It’s no wonder people are confused.”

Posted on February 13, 2015February 17, 2015 by The Tim

Today’s Flashback comes from March 2008: Area’s housing isn’t doom and gloom, experts say

Area real estate professionals and politicians want to clear something up.

Now is a good time to buy and sell real estate in Snohomish County, no matter what people may be hearing about the national market.

The panel of industry experts held a town hall meeting in Lynn­wood on Thursday for that purpose that drew about 200 people.

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