photo source: Public Records(Look familiar?) The Puget Sound Business Journal and the Seattle Times both spent some print this weekend on the tale of a mega-mansion on Mercer Island (1631 Roanoke Way, 98040) that sold last month for $12 million. Of course, the angle of most of the local press I saw on the sale…
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Mel Gibson Repressing Washington State Home Values?
I think the Seattle Times has some sort of problem with correctly matching images with their weekend real estate blurbs online. Back in April we had a Kardashian paired with a story about REALTOR™ open houses, and today we get Mel Gibson in a story about CoreLogic’s home price index. Has Mel been shooting his…
Weekly Twitter Digest (Link Roundup) for 2010-07-10
Now that's funny. "NWMLS officials said that potential home buyers are 'stuck.'" I think it's the sellers that are stuck. http://is.gd/dhOi4 # Mortgage delinquencies & cure rates still getting worse: http://is.gd/dhU6n # Uh-oh… RT @johnhcook: Breaking News: @toddbishop hears that more layoffs are coming at Microsoft. http://bit.ly/8XykJw Tip @Techmeme # If you missed Karl Denninger…
June Reporting Roundup: Cliff Edge Edition
Time 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). Unfortunately, the NWMLS’ full press release still hasn’t been posted to their website anywhere that I can…
Weekly Twitter Digest (Link Roundup) for 2010-07-03
Thinking of renting out that house while you wait out the housing market? You may rethink that after reading this. http://is.gd/d70ed Yikes! # A nice breakdown from @TheSunBreak on why @Redfin has real estate cred. http://is.gd/d8dzb # RT @redfin: Dude, Where Are The Homebuyers? (June Newsletter): http://bit.ly/azEbmk # Wow, nice. SB regular and occasional contributor…