Sunday’s Up Front on KING 5 focused on the local real estate market, and provided a relatively balanced picture. Host Allen Schauffler presented an overall picture of the current market, a look at a couple that got swept up in the bubble mania, a look at the next wave of adjustable rate resets, a warning…
Category: Features
Local First-Hand Journal of the Custom Home-Building Process
I had the pleasure of speaking with Mike Davidson (founder and CEO of Newsvine) at last week’s No News is Bad News event. During our conversation, he alerted me to an excellent blog that he has been updating since October 2007 in which he is chronicling his journey to build a custom home: A House…
Cheapest Seattle Homes: April Edition
Today we’re going to kick off a new feature here that will (hopefully) provide another, more “down to earth” way to track the Seattle-area housing market. Charts and graphs are great, but I think we can also get a picture of what’s going on in the market by looking at what your money can actually…
Reader Question: Seeking First-Time Buyer Advice
Once in a while I like to feature individual requests for advice from readers. The following was posted on the forums by a reader going by the name “Novice.” Advice Please! I am a long time resident of Seattle and a renter. I am currently spending $700 / month to live on a tiny boat…
Action Call to Seattle Bubble Readers: Condo Sales Status Project
So just how many unsold condos is Seattle sitting on, anyway? As I mentioned in a post on Wednesday, figuring out just how much unsold condo inventory exists is a daunting task, requiring many hours spent with the public parcel records. However, the task could be far less intimidating if we split it up. Here’s…