I was quoted fairly extensively in the 2010 looking forward story in the Seattle Times http://is.gd/5DnNq # 4 more WA banks added to FDIC oversight list http://is.gd/5F9PA # Great roundup of recent government interventions in the housing market from @CalculatedRisk http://is.gd/5FHNm # "By early next year, many will come to regret their decision to delay…
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It’s a Great Time to Rent (Office Space)
A great article in today’s Seattle Times by Eric Pryne gives a nice review of 2009 in commercial real estate around Seattle. In 2007, developers excavated a deep hole in downtown Seattle at Second Avenue and Pine Street for the foundation of a 23-story luxury hotel and condo tower. They filled the hole in 2009….
Weekly Twitter Digest (Link Roundup) for 2009-12-26
Wow. New contender for best listing photo ever. http://tinyurl.com/ybehsgr Nice find, mukoh! # Lengthy post about McMansions over on the P-I Bellevue blog: "Are McMansions going out of style?" http://is.gd/5wyrW # Hmm, Washington State not looking so great in the latest Philly Fed State Coincident Indicators. http://is.gd/5xA5K # $1million plus homes: Lots on the market…
Checking Up on That 2010 Downtown Condo Dream
Here’s an interesting comparison. First, this graphic, posted here in June 2006, from a Seattle P-I article titled Booming development set to change Seattle’s look: Then, a similar graphic from the most recent Seattle Business Magazine. The red rectangle on the first graphic shows the area that the second graphic covers. I guess Seattle wasn’t…
Weekly Twitter Digest (Link Roundup) for 2009-12-19
"Landlords are facing the worst market they've seen in three decades." http://is.gd/5lfe2 # Jay Leno made the same "drinking your way out of alcoholism" analogy that we posted on Wed. http://is.gd/5lfyO # You've been BoingBoing'ed, @KirstenGrind http://www.boingboing.net/2009/12/12/fdic-sends-a-big-f-u.html # RT @mattgoyer: New blog post: Olive 8 Gets Loan Renewed http://bit.ly/5xVGBK # RT @KirstenGrind: New internal JPMorgan…