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From the Wall Street Journal: “‘I’ve never seen a soft-landing in 53 years, so we have a ways to go before this levels out,’ Countrywide CEO Angelo Mozilo said on a Tuesday conference call. ‘I have to prepare the company for the worst that can happen.’” Of course, we all learned that Washington Mutual announced…

My reponse was too long in the thread so I thought I’d throw it here for people to debate. Well, Sue hates me. Actually, just teasing. But, she thinks that my picture of Mt. Rainier is rather boring and may not add to this blog. Geez, who couldn’t take a shot of Mt. Rainier with…

One of the benefits of homeownership (ok it’s only a few days of the year this clear, but when Mt. Rainier shows her majesty, it speaks for itself) Looking South over Snohomish Valley past Monroe. Photo: Tim Kane -July 25th, 2007, 8:30pm. Hello Bloggers. Gosh, I have a bunch of topics to discuss. No time…

Here are a couple of blasts from the past for you, courtesy of the Seattle Times archives and real estate Q&A columnist Bob Bruss. Our first question is from November 1993: Q: Our home has been listed for sale with several different realtors for almost two years. We have reduced the asking price by about…

Marlow Harris of the P-I blog Seattle Real Estate Professionals had a great post last week about the insatiable appetite of the American home buyer: I am generalizing from the 100’s of homebuyers I’ve met, plus the watercooler talk from the many agents I’ve known, and I know that buyers list of “wants” quickly become…