September market statistics from the NWMLS are here. As usual, when a public link to the usual monthly press release with links to the recap pdfs becomes available, I’ll post it here. For now, here is a link to the data on the NWMLS Marketing page Here’s your King County SFH summary: September 2007 Active…
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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.
For Only $1.5 Million…
If I had a million (and a half) dollars, I’d buy you a house… But what kind of house? Would you rather have a “phenomenal location & nearly total renovation” on Queen Anne: Click to view listing …Or a 16-building, 45,000 square foot former missile complex on (under) 57 acres in Eastern Washington: Click to…
Depends on what the meaning of “stable” is…
Forbes just loves to frame their articles around lists. You may recall Seattle showing up frequently on previous such real-estate-related lists, such as Best Places to Flip a Home (#1), Richest Cities In The U.S. (#8), Best Cities For Jobs (#34), and Most Overpriced Places In The U.S. 2005 (#1). Well, lucky us, we made…
Rents Reverting to Mean, Condos Repartmenting
I should at least mention the local news reports about the latest Dupre + Scott rental survey. Here’s the meat of the report, courtesy of Aubrey Cohen at the P-I: The King County vacancy rate hit 3.8 percent this month, down from 3.9 percent in March and 4.2 percent in September 2006, according to Dupre…
Cramer vs. Shiller: Is Seattle Immune?
By now most of you have probably already seen the Today Show video from last week in which financial entertainer Jim Cramer stated the following: Don’t you dare buy a home now. You will lose money. Of course, real estate salespeople across the country were outraged by this, and pretty much immediately flew into frenzied…