What a delightfully entertaining gift the Seattle P-I has given us this Friday in the form of guest columnist Sarah McCormic’s amusing thoughts about the Seattle housing market: Several years ago, on a stroll around my Ballard neighborhood, I stopped to gawk at the huge price tag on a For Sale sign in front of…
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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.
Friday Open Thread
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WaMu: Housing Slowdown Driving Down Profit
In the past, we have drawn attention on Seattle Bubble to cutbacks or other unpleasant news for local mortgage-related businesses. The reason for this is to draw attention to the fact that the national slowdown in housing is having negative local effects here in the Seattle area. With that in mind, I thought I should…
A California Comparison
Since Mr. Kelly did such a poor job of actually comparing the Northwest to California, I’d like to get my own idea of how the two compare. For the illustrative purpose of this post, I’m going to be comparing the regions of Seattle and San Diego. Here in King County, the median home price (condos…
Thursday Open Thread
This is your open thread for today. Please post random links and off-topic discussions here.