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National Interactive “Stress Index” Map from AP

Posted on May 18, 2009May 18, 2009 by The Tim

The Associated press published an interesting interactive map recently that is worth checking out. They took a handful of economic measures such as the unemployment rate, the foreclosure rate, and the bankruptcy rate, and calculated an “Economic Stress Index” for every county in the country. Here’s a snapshot of their March 2009 map (click to…

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Failed / Stalled Mixed-Use Developments Around the Sound

Posted on May 15, 2009 by The Tim

From today’s Olympian: Housing project in foreclosure Thurston Highlands, one of the largest proposed mixed-use developments in the state, has emerged as the biggest example of how the economic crisis has had a corrosive effect on development. Through its trustee, the project’s primary lender, Frontier Bank, has started foreclosure proceedings on the 1,250-acre property after…

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Economic and Real Estate Truth One-Liners

Posted on May 12, 2009May 13, 2009 by The Tim

I saw this on BoingBoing the other day, and thought it was interesting… Debt is not a good product I just had a great hour-long phone conversation with an old friend, Will Dana (now editor of Rolling Stone), who has strongly encouraged me to come up with one-liners that tell the truth about the economic/banking…

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Small House, Big House

Posted on May 10, 2009April 8, 2014 by The Tim

I thought this was amusing… From D.R. Horton: Smaller is better in some markets, May 5th: D.R. Horton’s chief executive says smaller, more affordable homes are selling well in some areas and will bring higher profits to the nation’s largest home builder. CEO Donald Tomnitz said the smaller homes were particularly popular in Seattle and…

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KUOW Discusses Seattle’s Real Estate Mess

Posted on May 8, 2009May 8, 2009 by The Tim

Seattle’s local NPR station KUOW ran an interesting segment yesterday morning called Navigating the Current Housing Market. KUOW host Steve Scher has real estate agent / appraiser Richard Hagar and Urban League housing director Linda Taylor in-studio to discuss how we got where we are, and what’s going on right now with real estate in…

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