via @CalculatedRisk – WaMu hearings preview:http://is.gd/bqjv7 # via @SeattleTimes Builder claims McGuire apartment building is "entirely safe" and just needs "reasonable maintenance" http://is.gd/bqjJK # Killinger WaMu coverage – http://is.gd/braYQ http://is.gd/braWj http://is.gd/braWH # Are Belltown landlords price gouging (http://is.gd/bryku) with the imminent shutdown of the McGuire? http://is.gd/bryjg # Ouch!RT @jillayne: Times aren't all that good for…
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25-Story Apartment Tower Built in 2001 Now a Teardown
The SunBreak broke an interesting story on Saturday afternoon: Belltown’s McGuire Apartments Killed by Flawed Construction Photo by Flickr user Nick Denny The McGuire apartment building, at 210 Wall Street in Belltown, opened its doors in 2001. Now, just nine years later, it’s closing them for good. Though the marketing copy, ironically, boasts “exceptional attention…
Weekly Twitter Digest (Link Roundup) for 2010-04-10
Eric Pryne has some more of the details on the fiasco of the Thornton Place condos at Northgate: http://is.gd/bdEpR # RT @calculatedrisk: Percent Job Losses During Recessions, aligned at Bottom http://is.gd/beOWm # via http://ritholtz.com/ – "I Saw the Crisis Coming. Why Didn’t the Fed? " http://is.gd/bf0oG # This letter to the @SeattleTimes editor sounds like…
Interest Rates SKYROCKET! Everybody PANIC!
Yesterday the Seattle Times ran a syndicated Associated Press piece that came across to me as especially over-the-top…
Reporting Roundup: Pending Tax Credit Expiration Edition
Time for the monthly reporting roundup, where I read all the local paper rehashes of the NWMLS press release so you don’t have to. Here’s a link to this month’s NWMLS press release (although it still isn’t live yet, it should appear here): Northwest MLS brokers report 51% jump in pending sales Home sales around…