The Puget Sound has built a reputation as a high-tech industry destination, with top tech companies such as Microsoft and Amazon.com calling the area home. Thanks in large part to companies like these; we have a healthy, growing economy. But as those who lived through Boeing layoffs in the 1970’s know well, nothing is permanent….
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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.
Expensive Housing Highlighted in Bellevue
The King County Council held a town hall meeting in Bellevue last night to discuss the Eastside economy. One of the hot topics in the meeting was of course housing. For instance, it was suggested that restrictive land use regulations have a hand in the skyrocketing housing costs: King County needs to consider loosening the…
Seattle’s Bubbling Stupidity Gets More Attention
You may recall a few weeks back when I highlighted a sad example of bubble mania here in Seattle. Thanks to locally-based MSN Money columnist Bill Fleckenstein, that little stunt is getting even more attention. There was another sign of the times in “Bidders win unseen lands, discover they bought trouble,” a story in the…
Spare A Cool $40 Million?
Here’s an amusing tongue-in-cheek tidbit for you from the Seattle P-I: Contrary to popular opinion, housing is not expensive in the Northwest. As long as you’re astoundingly wealthy. That about sums it up for me. (Dan Richman, Bill Virgin, Seattle P-I, 08.29.2005) Seattle Bubble Tip Jar
"Olympia market overvalued or just fine"
The Olympian is reporting on both sides of the story with their latest report: Studies disagree on real estate’s future. According to a study produced by National City Corp., a financial holding company based in Cleveland, Ohio, home prices in the Olympia market were overvalued by as much as 18 percent. But a separate study…