This is your open thread for Groundhog Day, February 2, 2007. Please post random links and off-topic discussions here. Do you ever have deja vu Mrs. Lancaster? I don’t think so, but I could check with the kitchen.
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.
Bubble Link Roundup
It’s time for another link roundup: a list of links that are worth posting, but not each as their own post. Some of these are Seattle-specific, some aren’t. Keith at Housing Panic provides a concise history of the housing bubble. Calculated Risk expects a recession in ’07 and explains what would change his mind. The…
Pop Quiz Time: Fundamentals or Speculation?
Here’s a pop quiz for you. Take a look at the following two tables and try to determine which one more closely resembles a market based on fundamentals, and which one represents a market based on speculation. Median Household Income vs. Average Rent: 2000-2005 Year Med. Income % Chg Avg. Rent % Chg 2000 $53,200…
02.01.2007 – Thursday Open Thread
This is your open thread for Thursday, February 1, 2007. Please post random links and off-topic discussions here.
Fleckenstein: Seattle "Just a Little Less Dark"
Wow, Aubrey Cohen over at the P-I is really slipping lately. First he prints the prediction that Seattle will see “slight year-over-year price declines this spring or summer,” and now he has penned an entire article about Bill Fleckenstein’s “not-so-rosy” outlook for local real estate. Like many economists and real estate professionals, hedge fund manager…