It’s time once again for the monthly reporting roundup, where you can read my wry commentary about the news instead of subjecting yourself to boring rehashes of the NWMLS press release (or in addition to, if that’s what floats your boat). To kick things off, here’s an excerpt from the NWMLS press release: Northwest MLS…
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Conforming Loan Limit Changes to Hit Eastside Hardest
Full disclosure: The Tim is employed by Redfin. Yesterday over on the Redfin blog, I dug a little deeper into the conforming loan limit changes, pulling detailed sales data from all around the country by zip code to see which areas would be most affected by the change. The result was another Google FusionTables zip…
Weekly Twitter Digest (Link Roundup) for 2011-10-01
Ouch: "Home-buying season the worst in at least 50 years" http://t.co/PlHWRceE via @SeattleTimes # RT @Seattle_Condos: Foreclosure Auction Update, Seattle Condo Sells For 58% Less Than Last Market Sale http://t.co/eVc8iYF0 # Today's Case-Shiller release marks the 5-year anniversary of the peak month for the 20-city composite index. # Ooh, the Czech Sky (http://t.co/EjrHYmkk) now comes…
Weekly Twitter Digest (Link Roundup) for 2011-09-24
I explicitly excluded new homes from my search. "Should you buy a New home or an Old one?" http://t.co/sDk39YqK via @raincityguide @ARDELLd # Kirkland-based Market Leader buys RealEstate.com for $8.25M w/ just 300k visitors/mo http://t.co/bO86aULJ via @GeekWireNews # Seattle Bubble's got 60k visitors/mo, maybe Market Leader will buy us for $1.65M? # 882-unit Archstone Redmond…
How Much of the Seattle-Area Market Will be Affected by New Conforming Loan Limits?
There’s been a bit of talk in some circles about how new, lower “high balance conforming loan limits” that go into effect on October 1st going to somehow dramatically affect the local housing market (presumably in a bad way). In order to get a sense of scope on how many sales might be affected by…