Long-time readers of Seattle Bubble may recall that while I generally avoid engaging in blatant schadenfreude, I do make one specific exception. That special case is for a commenter that used to be quite prolific on these pages, leaving over 800 comments between November 2005 and August 2007. Dozens of those comments were on the…
Category: Features
Should Seattle-Area Homebuyers be Tsunami-Wary?
As someone who is looking for a home to actually keep long-term and eventually own, last week’s earthquake and resulting major tsunami in Japan was a brutal reminder of the kinds of risks that we face here in the Seattle area. Although we do not have the regular yearly threat of hurricanes or tornados, our…
Real Actual Listing Photos: Genius Edition
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…
Bottom-Calling Checkup: Nope, Still No Bottom Sighted.
Let’s take some time to do another checkup on our February 2009 bottom-calling series. In our last checkup back in October we hadn’t found a bottom yet. Let’s see if we’re there yet. First up let’s have a look at an updated version of the “Blind Optimism” forecast chart: Oops. So much for blind optimism….
Guessing Game: What’s Interesting About this Listing?
I’ll give $15 worth of specialty tea or coffee from MarketSpice Tea (your choice of flavor) to the first person who can guess what is interesting about this listing on Capitol Hill. You don’t get any clues, just the link to the listing. I’m looking for a specific fact that is interesting in the context…