This is just too (unintentionally?) funny for me to pass up. On Tuesday, Ardell over at RCG made a post about the online alternatives to “full service” brokers that are available in increasing numbers to help people buy and sell houses. Here’s the part that I got a good chuckle out of (emphasis hers, as…
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Housing Bubble Time Warp
Here are a few quotes from newspaper articles in October, November, and December about the housing market: October [A]: “I fully expect things to pick up the first part of the year.” Although the pace of sales has slowed, there are no clear indications that overall prices are going to decline, real estate analysts say….
Pacific NW a "Rare Exception" (for now…)
I’m surprised that neither the Times nor the P-I chose to reprint this Associated Press article from yesterday: With few exceptions, Western real estate expected to stagnate. Why would they print an article with such a sullen headline? Because the Pacific Northwest is heralded as the “rare exception,” of course. Although few experts predict home…
Seattle-Area Home Prices "Likely to Decline"
My jaw dropped in amazement when I read this headline in my inbox yesterday: House prices likely to decline. Granted, it was a Q & A column in the Everett Herald, not a headline news item in the Seattle Times (which would have probably made me faint), but still, it’s nice to see an admission…
Programming Notes
This is just a short note to point out a few things that you may not be aware of regarding Seattle Bubble. First off, although I haven’t mentioned it explicitly before, Seattle Bubble is available in an RSS feed. If you use a service such as Bloglines or Google Reader, you can subscribe to either…