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.

September Stats Preview: The Fall Lull Begins

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With September in the books, let’s have a look at our monthly stats preview. Most of the charts below are based on broad county-wide data that is available through a simple search of King County and Snohomish County public records. If you have additional stats you’d like to see in the preview, drop a line…

Rebls: A New Matchmaking Service For Off-Market Homes

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King County homeowners and homebuyers have another new option as Rebls—a matchmaking service for off-market homes—officially launches today. I connected with the Rebls team a few months ago and have had a few conversations with its founders Bryan Copley and Jeff White. What they’re doing is an interesting and unique approach to buying and selling….

Case-Shiller: Market Cooled Further in July

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Let’s have a look at the latest data from the Case-Shiller Home Price Index. According to July data, Seattle-area home prices were: Up 0.6% June to July Up 7.1% YOY. Down 11.1% from the July 2007 peak Last year prices rose 1.9% from June to July and year-over-year prices were up 12.5%. The July data…

Weekly Open Thread (2014-09-29)

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NOTE: If you are subscribed to Seattle Bubble’s RSS feed and are seeing these open threads in the feed, please switch to our official feed at http://feeds.feedburner.com/SeattleBubble  Thanks! Here is your open thread for the week of September 29th, 2014. You may post random links and off-topic discussions here. Also, if you have an idea…