I like to keep tabs on what’s going on in my neighborhood, and when a little house a block away was listed for rent on Craigslist (screenshot) this week, I remembered seeing it as a foreclosure on the market for sale last year. I got a little curious to know some more about this home’s…
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Consumer Confidence: Expectations Dipped in December
It’s time for another update of our interactive chart of Consumer Confidence. You can drag the time sliders below the chart to view data going all the way back to 1998. Here’s the data as of December: Powered by Tableau At 62.8, the Present Situation Index has gained 211% from its December 2009 low point,…
Cheapest Homes: January 2013 Edition
Let’s check in again on the cheapest homes around Seattle proper. Here’s our methodology: I search the listings for the cheapest homes currently on the market, excluding short sales, in the city of Seattle proper. Any properties that are in obvious states of extreme disrepair based on listing photos and descriptions will be excluded. This…
The Tim’s Top Ten of Twenty-Twelve
Here’s the last post in the “Top 10 of 2012” series: Tim’s Ten Favorite Posts of 2012 (in no particular order). The Future of Seattle… According to 1962 – The Seattle Times graciously released their entire 1962 World’s Fair souvenir edition paper as a pdf for anyone to download, and in addition to the general…
Top 10 Most-Viewed Posts of 2012
Next up in the “Top 10 of 2012” series: the most-viewed individual posts. Note of course that this only counts how many times people clicked through to each post’s individual link, excluding all the views they may have received on the front page. 3,016 pageviews, 02/19: Agree or disagree: 2013 will be a better time…