Monday night I had a brief appearance on John Curley’s new radio program on 97.3 KIRO FM. Here’s the audio, in case anyone is interested (~11 minutes): https://seattlebubble.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/John-Curley-Show-2011-02-21.mp3 John seems to have a bit more confidence in my local housing expertise than he did in 2008. To be fair though, I didn’t actually get to…
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Weekly Twitter Digest (Link Roundup) for 2011-02-19
Still funny. [09/2008] RT @ronsims By early next year, many will come to regret their decision to delay buying a home. http://bit.ly/fm1Xd8 # Reaction from @MishGEA to the @NYTimes article on Seattle: http://bit.ly/iebGdL # RT @BoingBoing: Philly homeowner forecloses on Wells Fargo http://bit.ly/ek8bfY [Yup, you read that right.] # RT @MyWallingford: "Is Wallingford immune to…
On the Radio: Walk Aways and Puyallup Condos
Before we get to the main topic of today’s post, here’s a brief service announcement. I’ll be on KUOW 94.9 FM again today to discuss the topic of “walking away.” Here’s their promo copy: Is It Ethical To Walk Away From A Mortgage? More than a third of homeowners in the Seattle area now owe…
New York Times: Seattle Sellers Simply Surrendering
It’s not often we get a major national news piece focused solely on Seattle’s real estate market, but yesterday we got just that from the New York Times: Housing Crash Is Hitting Cities Thought to Be Stable SEATTLE — Few believed the housing market here would ever collapse. Now they wonder if it will ever…
Weekly Twitter Digest (Link Roundup) for 2011-02-12
Robert Shiller: Housing Bubbles Are Few and Far Between http://nyti.ms/eyOBTn # RT @mattgoyer: With <5% of Seattle listings allowing blogging, I'm going to do a @rebarcampsea talk: Why more listing agents should say yes. # Today's @USAToday front page: http://flic.kr/p/9gJUyq Homeowners face 'new normal' in housing bust http://usat.ly/dZHAMx # WSJ: "Home prices still remain overvalued…