My brother-in-law pointed me toward this segment of The Colbert Report that aired back on August 3rd. I hadn’t seen it yet, and since I got a laugh out of it I thought was worth sharing here: [hana-flv-player video=”https://seattlebubble.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Colbert-New-Monopoly.flv” width=”600″ height=”338″ description=”Colbert Report – New Monopoly” player=”5″ autoload=”true” autoplay=”false” loop=”false” autorewind=”false” /] You can watch…
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Weekly Twitter Digest (Link Roundup) for 2011-09-03
I am shocked. Shocked, I tell you. "Fannie promises to keep families in homes, but instead pressures banks to foreclose" http://t.co/SmApRAr # Psst, hey @SeattleTimes – http://t.co/ZFeOMDp Allan Island has been for sale since 2004. That's not "news." http://t.co/KN62gbA # RT @calculatedrisk: LPS: Average Loan in Foreclosure Is Delinquent for Record 599 Days http://t.co/XhfmKFz #…
Have You Given Big Banks the Boot Yet?
With the slimy moves, big fees, and generally anti-customer attitude of big banks, I find myself wondering who bothers with them anymore, and why? Over in the Weekend Open Thread, Pegasus points out a story in yesterday’s New York Times: U.S. Is Set to Sue a Dozen Big Banks Over Mortgages The federal agency that…
The Problem with Real Estate Reporting
I was browsing Google News this morning and came across the headline combo you see below: What a perfect example of the problem with most real estate reporting. Same data, polar opposite headlines. Reporters telling the story they want to tell, regardless of what is actually going on in the market. So did pending sales…
The Return of the Pink Pony!
So I’ve spent most of this weekend attending the Penny Arcade Expo (PAX) at the Washington State Convention Center downtown. Yesterday there was a sight on Pike street that was just too good not to share with you: The pink pony has returned to Seattle! I swear I had nothing to do with this. Turns…