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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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Thursday Open Thread
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Home Staging Tries To Fight Slowing Market
Another sign of the times down in Olympia, where this story posted on October 22nd highlights the difficulties some would-be sellers are having finding interested buyers. The plan was to buy a steal-of-a-deal house on the east side of Olympia, remodel it and resell it quickly for a tidy profit – pretty much like they…
Don’t Bet On Biotech?
Here’s an interesting article that focuses on the influence bio-tech has on Seattle’s economy. It’s tangentially related to real estate, because of the argument we hear so often that oodles of high-tech jobs are just pouring into Seattle. In recent years, economic development boosters both in Seattle and on the Eastside have increasingly focused their…