Skip to content

Seattle Bubble

local real estate news, statistics, and commentary without the sales spin.

Menu
  • Home
  • About
  • Contact
  • Reference
  • Speaking
Menu

Category: News

News, current events, etc.

State Senate and House Pass “New Home Warranty” Bills

Posted on March 16, 2009 by The Tim

Although the state legislature hasn’t yet made the time to figure out what to do about the $8.5 billion budget deficit, they did make the time last week to pass a “consumer protection” bill mandating warranties on new home construction. House Bill 1393 also creates an “office of consumer education for home construction” as a…

Share:

  • Twitter
  • LinkedIn
  • Facebook
  • Reddit
  • Pinterest
  • Email

Poll: Will you miss the (printed) P-I?

Posted on March 15, 2009March 22, 2009 by The Tim

See the forums for a related discussion: What’s so great about daily print newspapers? Update 03.16.09: Via Monica Guzman at the P-I: Publisher Roger Oglesby just announced in the P-I newsroom: Tomorrow will be our last print edition, but seattlepi.com will live on. Update 2: Aubrey Cohen will be staying on with the online-only P-I….

Share:

  • Twitter
  • LinkedIn
  • Facebook
  • Reddit
  • Pinterest
  • Email

Slow Sales Continue to Drag Down State Revenue

Posted on March 11, 2009 by The Tim

Dramatically slumping real estate sales across Washington State continue to drag down State revenues, adding to an already bleak budget picture. From the latest state revenue collection report (pdf): Taxable real estate activity remained weak in February. Real estate tax activity reported by the counties was 56.4 percent below their year-ago level. January receipts had…

Share:

  • Twitter
  • LinkedIn
  • Facebook
  • Reddit
  • Pinterest
  • Email

Reporting Roundup: The bottom is in, unless it isn’t.

Posted on March 5, 2009June 6, 2009 by The Tim

Time for yet another thrilling installment of “see how the local press repackaged the NWMLS press release.” First, for comparison, here’s the NWMLS press release that accompanied yesterday’s numbers: Western Washington Home Buyers Starting to Grasp “unique housing opportunities” “I believe these results are reflective of what might be called a “mental filibuster” for potential…

Share:

  • Twitter
  • LinkedIn
  • Facebook
  • Reddit
  • Pinterest
  • Email

More Unfounded Starry-Eyed Nonsense from Lawrence Yun

Posted on March 2, 2009March 2, 2009 by The Tim

Discredited NAR mouthpiece Lawrence Yun paid Seattle a visit on Friday to spout some more of his trademark wish-based forecasting. The Puget Sound Business Journal and the P-I both had brief write-ups of his presentation. From Aubrey Cohen’s write-up in the P-I: “We believe that the home prices have already fallen to what could be…

Share:

  • Twitter
  • LinkedIn
  • Facebook
  • Reddit
  • Pinterest
  • Email

Posts navigation

  • Previous
  • 1
  • …
  • 116
  • 117
  • 118
  • 119
  • 120
  • 121
  • 122
  • …
  • 251
  • Next

Tim’s Other Projects

Dispatches from the Multiverse

Tip Jar

Like what we're doing?

Drop us a tip!

Accounts

  • Log in
  • Entries feed
  • Comments feed
  • WordPress.org
©2024 Seattle Bubble | Built using WordPress and Responsive Blogily theme by Superb