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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.

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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One in Six Q4 Pending Sales Didn’t Close

Posted on February 12, 2015February 12, 2015 by The Tim

Let’s take a look a the latest data on pending sales volume versus closed sales volume. For this series I roll the pending sales and closed sales data up by quarter, with pending sales offset by one month. In other words, the fourth quarter numbers below represent pending sales from September, October, and November and…

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Tulips!

January Reporting Roundup: NWMLS Tulips Edition

Posted on February 9, 2015February 20, 2015 by The Tim

It’s time once again for the monthly reporting roundup, where you can read my wry commentary about the news instead of subjecting yourself to boring rehashes of the NWMLS press release (or in addition to, if that’s what floats your boat). To kick things off, here’s an excerpt from the NWMLS press release: Spring market…

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Weekly Open Thread (2015-02-09)

Posted on February 9, 2015February 8, 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 9th, 2015. You may post random links and off-topic discussions here. Also, if you have an idea…

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NWMLS: No Hope for a Buyers’ Market in January

Posted on February 6, 2015February 6, 2015 by The Tim

January market stats were published by the NWMLS yesterday. Before we get into our monthly stats, let’s have a look at their press release. Spring market “not waiting for tulips” but limited inventory frustrates homebuyers Home sales this super bowl season outpaced a year ago as sidelined buyers emerged to compete for limited inventory, according…

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