NWMLS: Sales Are Slipping Because of the Seahawks

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February market stats were published by the NWMLS earlier today. I had an extremely busy day so I’m only just now getting to posting them. Here’s a snippet from their press release: Home Sales Shrink as Buyers Take a Timeout due to Inventory shortages, Seahawks Playoffs. Northwest Multiple Listing Service brokers reported 507 fewer pending…

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Sleazy Kirkland Brokerage Rips Off Redfin Design & Code

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Imitation may be the sincerest form of flattery, but straight up ripping off someone else’s hard work is… something else. The latter describes what Asset Realty Group, a sleazy Kirkland-based brokerage, is clearly guilty of. Let’s take a tour of a shameless rip off, shall we? Home Page The home pages are very similar, but…

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February Stats Preview: Slow Start Edition

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With February now complete, let’s have a look at our monthly stats preview. Most of the charts below are based on broad county-wide data that is available through a simple search of King County and Snohomish County public records. If you have additional stats you’d like to see in the preview, drop a line in…

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Link Roundup: Housing Market Strength Evaporating

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It’s been a while since I’ve posted a good link roundup, and since I’ve seen a number of related stories pop up in the last couple of weeks, I thought it was a good time for one. While the housing market was definitely on fire last year, with respect to bidding wars and home price…

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