I was thinking recently about the claim that we’ve been hearing lately from some sources that Seattle home price declines are over. The primary evidence they seem to provide for this hypothesis seems to be the slight bump in some Seattle-area median prices, and the uptick in sales. I’m not convinced, but rather than just…
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More of the usual Boeing 787 news…
(emphasis added to quotes below) Flashback to April 26, 2005: Orders fly in for Boeing 787 Currently the 787, due to enter service in 2008, has a two-year head start on the A350. November 7, 2006: “Good, steady progress” on 787 as Boeing works to lighten up Boeing’s 787 is on schedule. Early practice production…
Homebuying Tips and Traps from 1996
I was looking through the real estate section Half Price Books recently and stumbled upon an interesting book: Tips and Traps When Buying A Home, by Robert Irwin. The edition of this book I was thumbing through was published in 1996, and was just chock full of all kinds of helpful advice, such as this:…
Simple Four-Point Plan to Fix the Economy
Great video that lays out a clean and simple 4-point plan for ending the credit crisis, ending the housing crisis, and re-base our economy to a sustainable level. Just under 9 minutes.
Construction Jobs Still Contracting Fastest Around Seattle
Latest state unemployment figures came out yesterday. Here’s a brief look. Seattle area’s (King/Snohomish) unemployment rate (not seasonally adjusted): And here’s a graph that I created for Sound Housing Quarterly, which shows the percentage change year-over-year in various job categories, also for King/Snohomish: