Some readers may recall this sprawling, 13,000-square-foot mansion for sale on a 9-acre estate down in Tacoma from an earlier post: Northwest Baptist Seminary: For sale in Tacoma As I pointed out to Curbed Seattle last week, the seminary campus recently had a massive $1,000,000 price drop—12.5% off the previous list price of $8,000,000. This…
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Guess the Price Contest: We Have a Winner!
Recall the contest posted to these pages on December 14th: Guess the Price & Win Dinner on The Tim Let’s play a new game that I’m calling “Guess the Price.” Here’s how the game works. I’ll describe a home that’s currently on the market, giving you as many pros and cons as I can, and…
Friday Flashback: You Missed Seattle’s Bottom in 2006
Here’s a flashback from June 2007, courtesy of Forbes: Most Resilient U.S. Real Estate Markets When it comes to real estate, the questions on everyone’s lips are: How low is low, and when’s the perfect time to buy back in? That moment has passed in Seattle and Charlotte—both metros hit bottom in the first quarter…
Reader Question: Investing in a Rental Condo
I received the following question from a reader via email, and thought it would make an interesting discussion topic: I’m a long time Seattle resident who moved to Asia due to work assignment in 2007. Separately from the money we are saving to buy a home to live in when we return, we have a…
Financial Revival Group Revisited
A word from The Tim: This post is from another long-time Seattle Bubble participant: Jillayne Schlicke, real estate educator through her company CE Forward. Many thanks to Jillayne for writing this in-depth follow up! The Tim asked me to write a follow up blog post about my meeting with Howard Bono, owner of The Financial…