Here are a couple of videos for you today. First up, Zillow Chief Economist Stan Humphries on Yahoo News: Here’s the money quote: We think that the amount of pent-up supply that we have of people on the sidelines, combined with the amount of foreclosures that we have, combined with the current negative equity rates…
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“We’re going to be at the bottom for a long time.”
Two friends of Seattle Bubble got together a few days ago for some podcasting goodness: Michael Surkan and Jillayne Schlicke discuss the current state of Seattle’s real estate market and where we’re headed from here in the latest episode of Michael’s Entrepreneurs Northwest series: Be patient: Seattle’s real-estate market won’t hit bottom for some time….
WA Troubled Banks Update (Plus National Bank Bonus)
Let’s have an updated look at Washington State’s troubled banks. The following charts are based on data from the FDIC, the NCUA, and Calculated Risk’s latest Unofficial Problem Bank List (updated 03/19). There have been a few changes since our last update in February. Rainier Pacific Bank of Tacoma failed in late February, North Cascades…
Weekly Twitter Digest (Link Roundup) for 2010-03-20
Headlines in today's Seattle Times RE section focus on fixer-uppers & downsizing. Quite a shift from a couple years ago. http://is.gd/aySqh # It's always a good time to generate a commission! http://is.gd/aBKCJ # Zillow teams up with John L. Scott – http://digg.com/u1QNSW # While you're waiting for me to put up today's post, enjoy some…
PNWHS & REBarCamp Audio Pencasts
For anyone who is interested in listening to some straight audio from yesterday’s PNWHS event and one session from today’s REBarCamp event, I present the pencasts below. Lennox Scott’s rousing main talk begins on page three of session 2. Float over the number in the lower-right of a pencast to jump between pages, then click…