Almost as soon as my mortgage was recorded in the public record, I started getting a delightful new breed of junk mail delivered to my home: Mortgage junk. These particularly sleazy companies employ a number of really shady practices in thier mailings, including: Putting the name of my mortgage broker on the envelope Misleading phrases…
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Cheapest Homes: August 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…
Friday Flashback: NAR’s Laughable Seattle “Analysis”
A reader emailed me recently to remind me of this amusing document published by the National Association of Realtors in 2006: Home Price Analysis for Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue (pdf). Quoting: With home prices rising strongly in most parts of the country, there has been widespread media coverage on the possibility of a housing market bust. A thorough…
Least Informative Listing Photo Ever?
I know I just ran the monthly installment of Real Actual Listing Photos a few days ago, but this one was so good I just couldn’t wait a month to post it. At right is the one and only listing photo for 4009 NE 160th St in Lake Forest Park, on the market for two…
Guess the Price Round 2: Capitol Hill Remodel Flip
Since our first round of Guess the Price was a popular success (results here), I thought we should have a go at round two. This time around we’ll bring it closer in with a recently-listed remodel flip in Capitol Hill. Here’s a refresher course on how the game works. I’ll describe a home that’s currently…