Rather than editorializing on everything I heard at the Pacific Northwest Housing Summit today, I thought you all might just enjoy some unfiltered quotes from the industry professionals. Bret Bertolin Senior Analyst, Washington State Economic and Revenue Forecast Council On the broad economy… We believe that the economy has turned the corner, and it pick…
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Local Real Estate Insiders Brainstorm the Market
I’ll be spending all day today and tomorrow attending a pair of local real estate events. Today is the Pacific Northwest Housing Summit, at which a distinguished panel of industry insiders will be discussing the current market, the future of the market, and probably a bunch of sales tactics for sellers of various real estate…
Weekly Twitter Digest (Link Roundup) for 2010-03-13
Estimated 15% of Seattle mortgage holders underwater: http://is.gd/9YpKo # Seattle is #1 again! (for the biggest rental price drops) http://is.gd/9Ytun [spotted by reader 'see it clearly'] # RT @calculatedrisk: Shiller: Homeownership and American Culture http://bit.ly/9guSou # 2005: Weyerhaeuser buys Federal Way building for $21 million. 2010: They sell it for $8.2 million. http://is.gd/9ZZaW # Ray…
Some Insight Into Why Real Estate Reporting Usually Sucks
Thursday night I attended my first Ignite event. Ignite is based on a simple premise: presenters get 5 minutes on stage with a 20-slide presentation that auto-advances every 15 seconds. Thursday’s event had 16 or so speakers on a wide variety of subjects. I definitely recommend attending. While there were no real estate related topics…
Weekly Twitter Digest (Link Roundup) for 2010-03-06
Talton on the economy: "The US appears to be in a technical recovery, but the relief for many seems slight." http://is.gd/9pEl6 # University of Texas: Zillow "Zestimates" are pretty worthless. Zillow: Nu-uh! http://is.gd/9uje3 # Intriguing reader idea: sharing buyers' inspections. http://is.gd/9vsA6 # It's expansion month for Seattle RE tech firms! Estately in DC http://is.gd/9xswc and…