I enjoy discussions here because it’s where consumers are. It is like a laboratory of information. One area that is of interest to me, in a large way, is what makes people do what they do. I’m speaking of three groups primarily: consumers and the two primary players in our business, the loan officers and…
Category: Opinion
Opinion, commentary, etc.
“If middle-class people cannot afford middle-class homes, it’s because they are overpriced.”
There’s a decent editorial in today’s Seattle Times: Wages stick to the floor. While I strongly sympathize with the difficulty that middle-class people have buying homes in King County, subsidizing middle-income housing just makes no sense… …the tax burden for subsidizing middle-class housing would be borne mostly by the middle class. In addition, subsidizing middle-class…
A request for clarity.
Rather than place a lengthy remark, I thought I’d place it as a post. Hope you don’t mind. I’m going to type as I think, so I get a free pass on typo’s. Regarding the Steve Tytler’s Everett Herald piece: Steve & fellow bubble believers, In the spirit of your article, I don’t disagree with…
Deep thoughts: Who’s going to be “The Tim’s” Realtor when he decides to buy?
A thought (actually I LOL) just popped into my brain moments ago after reading all the quotes and comments over the last few weeks both here and at Rain City Guide, particularly since mid August when the liquidity crisis hit. This is meant to have fun on the Blog a bit, but I’m also sincere….
What a last two weeks of extremes: Wall Street & Mortgage Mess to a symbol of America’s dark days and accomplishment.
Click to enlarge I just happen to look up at the ticker when I was in Times Square about a week or so ago (8/17) after a quick subway train ride up from Wall Street. Then shortly after, the following message in the picture below showed and I quickly took a shot of it. This…