Now seems like as good a time as any to have another look at the “Cycle of Market Emotions”: The Cycle of Market Emotions By my reckoning, in late 2007 we were somewhere between anxiety and denial, and by mid-2010 we were treading water between fear and desperation. Today I suspect we’ve made it to…
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You Can’t Keep a Good Huckster Down
Someone forwarded me an interesting email yesterday. The spammy message apparently being sent to various mortgage brokers claims that “We’ll pay you for the clients you can’t do loans for.” Here’s some of the email copy (emphasis theirs): We coach people who are underwater in their homes. We don’t do loans, we don’t sell real…
Real Actual Listing Photos: User-Submitted Potpourri
It’s time for another installment of Real Actual Listing Photos. Once a month (or so) I round up some of the most bizarre listing photos from around the Seattle area and post them here, with brief excerpts from the real actual listing description, and probably a bit of snarky commentary. The idea for this series…
Weekly Twitter Digest (Link Roundup) for 2011-04-16
Nice write-up about @mikeindustries' home & website (http://is.gd/ItEN3m) on @SeattleTimes http://is.gd/d9Kiaq # But wait, I thought they had already "reset"? RT @urbnlivn: New Urbnlivn post: Olive 8 Cuts Prices http://bit.ly/dHeBWk # Powered by Twitter Tools
Weekly Twitter Digest (Link Roundup) for 2011-04-09
Claim: "Wealthy buyers return to luxury home market in Seattle, Bellevue" http://is.gd/UQRJKl via @TechFlash # via @jontalton Economy based on real estate is bust "The old boom ain't coming back." http://is.gd/nBRLX1 # via @pnwlocalnews "King County Assessor talks past, present and future property values in Kent and surrounding area" http://is.gd/1V4B6S # The @SeattleTimes says of…