Now that the real estate market in Seattle is finally showing undeniable signs of reversing direction (read: declining median prices), it’s interesting how the tone of some real estate professionals’ comments regarding this site (and others like it) are changing. Seattle Bubble was started in August 2005, during a time when the “common knowledge” among…
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.
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A Tip for Current Home Sellers
Here’s a great video by a real estate agent over in Virginia that lays out the plain and simple truth to home sellers in today’s market: And if the video wasn’t entertaining enough for you, check out some of the reaction among other blogging real estate agents around the country. Most of the agents in…
Doom and Gloom, Stereotypes, and Predictions
I’d like to take a little time to address a few things that keep coming up here and elsewhere in online real estate conversations that are starting to bug me. So that’s what I’m going to do. Doom and Gloom Apocalypse Fun Time First up is the incessant refrain that anyone predicting a decline in…
King County Foreclosures Spike Up in November
Foreclosures in King County spiked upward significantly last month, according to the latest report. While the nation as a whole saw a notable drop in foreclosure filings last month, King County filings surged. The county had 767 filings in November, up 127 percent from October and 93 percent from November 2006, according to RealtyTrac, an…