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,…
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Local Media Misdirects Massive Foreclosure Freak Out
Foreclosure-tracking company RealtyTrac released their third quarter report yesterday, which included a ranking of major metro areas around the country by their respective rates of increase in foreclosure activity compared to the third quarter of 2009. With a 71% year-over-year increase in RealtyTrac’s report, the Seattle area ranked #1 as the metro where foreclosures increased…
Housing Bubble Winners and Losers
I’ve been hearing a lot of frustration vented recently in exchanges on this site and conversations I’ve had with friends and acquaintences about the end game we’ve been experiencing recently as a result of the housing bubble and subsequent bust. I thought it might be interesting to consider the different ways that people have been…
Weekly Twitter Digest (Link Roundup) for 2010-10-23
Suit against WaMu granted class-action status: http://bit.ly/9mOpfO (Also: Whoa, @PSBJ blog redesign!) # RT @KellyGilblom: King County tax foreclosures a record high http://bit.ly/a0KMgG via @bizjournals # Homebuyer tax credit – Original CBO cost estimate: $6.6 billion | Actual cost: $12.1 billion http://bit.ly/dvaddy Yuck. # I'm a sucker for the Smith Tower. RT @urbnlivn: Smith Tower…
Real Actual Listing Photos: Fun-House Edition
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…