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: Western Washington pending home sales mark best December since 2006 “Home for the holidays” took on special meaning for 4,399 buyers whose…
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KUOW on Foreclosures: Today at 12:40
I’ll be speaking briefly on the radio today on the 94.9 KUOW show The Conversation With Ross Reynolds with guest host Guy Nelson. The subject is the growing number of foreclosures. Here’s the segment teaser that they sent me: Foreclosures are up in Washington State. What’s your experience with foreclosure in this housing market? You…
Weekly Twitter Digest (Link Roundup) for 2010-01-02
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…
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…