Whoops, sorry about the radio silence yesterday. Busy day snuck right up on me. To make it up to you, here’s an extra-long collection of real actual listing photos. Enough excuses though, let’s get on with it. It’s time for another installment of Real Actual Listing Photos. Once a month (or so) I round up…
Category: News
News, current events, etc.
CNN Money Still Throwing Around Random Predictions
Here are a few real estate headlines over the last few years from CNN Money: May 2006: Next hot market…think Washington (woo! everybody party!) June 2007: Where the housing boom goes on (Seattle, of course) May 2008: Bulletproof housing markets get hit (oops, we were wrong) May 2009: When it makes sense to rent (hope…
January Reporting Roundup: Clearance Sale Edition
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). Before we get to the local dead tree press, here’s a bonus link to…
Weekly Twitter Digest (Link Roundup) for 2011-02-05
via @JonTalton: The Poverty of Ownership: New poverty measure shows fewer renters in poverty http://bit.ly/elWZQp # The subject home of our sale price contest went pending then back to active last week, with a price drop to $325k: http://bit.ly/igQiWD # "People are starting to realize that the American dream of homeownership is not right for…
Fast, Good, Cheap: Pick Any Two
As some of you may recall, I spent the first decade or so of my career doing electrical engineering (i.e. – circuit design, PCB layout, etc.). In that world of custom electronics, every customer seems to want their widget to cost $5, be packed with features that are 100% reliable, and have the design completed…