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….
Category: News
News, current events, etc.
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,…
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…