A little over a year ago, I ran a feature on these pages called “Big Picture Week,” in which I dug into a handful of big picture economic fundamentals that relate to Seattle-area home prices. Here’s the table of contents from last year’s feature: Big Picture Week 2010 on Seattle Bubble Case-Shiller HPI Rate of…
Category: Features
Cheapest Homes: December 2011 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…
What a Million Bucks Buys: West Coast Edition
Let’s have a look at what kind of house you could buy today for about a million dollars in a variety of locales around the Seattle area and elsewhere. For buyers who have the money to buy a home basically anywhere they want, what kind of home can they get around Seattle and elsewhere along…
Real Actual Listing Photos: Stop Staring at My Art
It’s time for another installment of Real Actual Listing Photos. Once a month (or so) I round up some of the most bizarre listing photos from around the Seattle area and post them here, with brief excerpts from the real actual listing description, and probably a bit of snarky commentary. The idea for this series…
You’ve Got Questions, Seattle Bubble’s Got Answers
Some of the top user-submitted ideas for Seattle Bubble on my recently-established User Voice page are great suggestions, but require some input from you, the reader: A new segment called “Should I stay and Pay or Should I walk away?” How about a segment "What should I list my house for?" A segment called: "Should…