Interesting article over on Crosscut today: Why Seattle won’t grow as fast as planners say If Seattle’s current estimated population is 602,000 and we add the hypothetical 180,000 and you get 782,000 people by 2040 — considerably short of the 1.2 million that some claim are on the way. … The assumption is that right…
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Google Real Estate Search Maps Nationwide Foreclosures
I’ve known about Google’s foray into real estate search for some time now, but since the feature set pales in comparison to the offerings over at Redfin and Estately, I haven’t really spent much time with it. However, today I learned of an interesting feature that Google seems to do a much better job at…
July Reporting Roundup: Sales are Up, Up, UP!
For some reason, the NWMLS press release still has not been posted to their public site yet. [Update: Here’s a link to the press release on NWMLS.com: Northwest MLS brokers say housing market is recovering, but still “spongy”. My favorite part is “July’s unseasonably hot weather curtailed activity for several showings and open houses, as…
Local Real Estate Search Consolidates and Expands
Couple of interesting developments in local real estate search this week. First up, local discount brokerage Findwell (a Seattle Bubble advertiser) announced today that they are partnering with Estately to provide a more user-friendly search experience. Sounds like it should be a good match for both parties. A good search tool was the one (big)…
Need a Little Green? MS Paint to the Rescue!
Okay this is just too funny not to post. Over in my favorite forum thread Detrimental Listing Photos Everett_Tom spotted this gem [update: the listing photo has since been changed—original screenshot here], where the (presumably) brown grass in the listing photo has been extremely poorly painted over in bright green in the only photo on…