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…
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Real Actual Listing Photos: The Best and the Worst
Our regularly-scheduled “Real Actual Listing Photos” post is a couple weeks away, but these two photos sent to me by readers were just too good to sit on any longer. Click the photo to view the real actual home listing. First up is one of the (genuinely) best real estate photos I’ve seen in quite…
Hungry for More Data? Try Sound Housing Quarterly
The latest issue of Sound Housing Quarterly has been published (Q1 2011). Sound Housing Quarterly is a subscription-based sister project to Seattle Bubble that I created to provide a single consolidated and consistent source of high-level local housing market stats and analysis. This month’s report sports 49 pages packed with unique housing market insights you…
Are Short Sales Getting Easier?
Over in this weekend’s open thread, Tim K. (a.k.a. “S-Crow,” owner of Legacy Escrow) notes: Short Sales moving along in our office: B of A – under 4 week approval. Key Bank – under 4 week approval. (Not indicative of every situation, but waiting months on end seems to be the exception not the rule)….
You Can’t Keep a Good Huckster Down
Someone forwarded me an interesting email yesterday. The spammy message apparently being sent to various mortgage brokers claims that “We’ll pay you for the clients you can’t do loans for.” Here’s some of the email copy (emphasis theirs): We coach people who are underwater in their homes. We don’t do loans, we don’t sell real…