This is your open thread for today. Please post random links and off-topic discussions here.
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.
Spotted In Monroe
Name & phone number have been liquified to protect the—well, just as a courtesy. In case you are wondering—no, they are not a REALTOR®, so I guess they don’t have that pesky code of ethics to be concerned with. Thanks to my former coworker JP for the heads up on this.
Weekend Open Thread
This is your open thread for the weekend. Please post random links and off-topic discussions here.
Slowing Housing Market? NIMBY!
The real estate writers for the Seattle P-I apparently aren’t capable of leaving well enough alone. Even when they print an Associated Press wire report about the serious housing slowdown underway across the nation, they just have to slip in a "but not in Seattle" clause (P-I addition italicized). The "For Sale" signs are staying…
Two More July Anti-Bubble Reports
According to pretty much all the local news outlets, the story of the real estate market in July is basically "things are slowing, but." We’ve covered the major papers, but I wouldn’t want to leave out the King County Journal or the Everett Herald, who both got a piece of the "keep the market afloat"…