I’m not one to monopolize the conversation on home prices. In the interest of fairness, I present to you the following counterpoint, which I received in an email today. Can we please stop all of the doom and gloom? As you have probably have seen in the news, the real estate market has been going…
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Link Roundup: Condos So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades
While I was enjoying a relaxing weekend with my visiting brother-in-law, playing a copious amount of Xbox 360 and Wii games, the local press was going into overdrive with the real estate booster articles. It’s not worth my time or yours to have separate posts for each of them, so here is a link roundup….
“It’s not quite indentured servitude…”
Here’s a quote that caught my attention in today’s headline P-I article: Boeing bosses spy on workers. “It’s not quite indentured servitude, because you can quit, but when you look at the mortgages and car payments, especially in Seattle, you’re not exactly free,” said the surveilled former employee. Real estate salespeople are always talking about…
Housing Slump Drags Down State Revenue
As home sales in the Seattle area (and state-wide) plummet and prices stagnate and begin to decline, it looks like government revenues are following suit: On top of November’s wet weather and the Northwest’s cooling housing market, the state’s top economist had dreary news for state leaders Thursday when he announced that Washington would be…
Lawrence Yun confirms: Seattle is Special
Picked this up from Aubrey Cohen’s blog. Lawrence Yun, Chief Economist for the NAR and well-known real estate seer has confirmed what our local press and real estate folks have know for years: Seattle really is special! It’s about jobs and Microsoft millionaires. Why didn’t we think about that?!?! Seattle a “superstar” market Seattle is…