In yesterday’s post I took local real estate agent, appraiser, and real estate educator Richard Hagar to task for some misleading statements he made during a live appearance on KUOW last week. Specifically, I called out his claim that Washington State is currently experiencing net migration of 125,000 people per year. Mr. Hagar dropped by…
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Massive Imaginary Migration to Drive Seattle Recovery
As I was digging through local real estate stories last week, I was lucky enough to catch the following exchange on KUOW’s “Weekday” program last Thursday. Host Marcie Sillman discusses foreclosures and the Seattle-area housing market with guests Richard Hagar (real estate agent and appraiser) and Linda Taylor (housing director at the Urban League) in…
Weekly Twitter Digest (Link Roundup) for 2010-11-06
"…a bigger problem may turn out to be the millions of Americans who are still faithfully paying their mortgages…" http://lat.ms/bNJ01e # Oh my. Read this. http://bit.ly/9EPfa7 The really great part is in paragraph 5. "Our attractive professional signs…" # via @PSBJ – First credit union shut down in state http://bit.ly/aLAUJB # Interesting story behind a…
October Reporting Roundup: Sinking Ship 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). First up, let’s have a look at the source material from the NWMLS itself….
Weekly Twitter Digest (Link Roundup) for 2010-10-30
The @SeattleTimes liked the @NYTimes Smith Tower apartment story so much they published it twice. http://is.gd/geoQa http://is.gd/guqNV # Wow. Creepy blue guy on this @SeattleTimes article about ZipRealty's weird "Sales Rack" promotion. http://is.gd/geYRA # Kevin @Findwell nicely explains why the ZipRealty "Sale" promo is so weird and pointless: http://is.gd/geZ72 # via @SeattleTimes – "Westlake Center,…