Here’s a question I received via email from a reader, whom I shall refer to as Malcolm: I will be getting married next August and am beginning to look at buying my first home that we could be in for 5-7 years before children would demand a bigger home. My fiancée and I have a…
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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.
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Seattle Delightfully Immune to Housing Downturn
Another day, another syndicated Associated Press article reprinted in the Seattle Times with an abundant dose of rah-rah local cheerleading awkwardly thrown in by Elizabeth Rhodes (additions in italic): U.S. home prices drop for quarter; not so here. U.S. home prices marked a quarterly decline for the first time in 13 years in the third…
Forbes: Seattle “Continues its Ascent”
These “top real estate market” lists by Matt Woolsey in Forbes are really starting to seem pointless and repetitive, but I suppose I should at least mention the latest one, since it will probably be proudly touted in local real estate marketing material for the next few months. The latest fill-in-the-blanks list from star reporter…
Seattle Townhouse Market Tanking?
There was a great article over the weekend in the Seattle P-I that looked at the townhouse market, which has slowed down considerably more than the single-family or condo markets so far this year. Jamie Goodwin knew it would be a tough time to sell her Central Area townhouse. “I’m a real estate attorney, and…