Real Actual Listing Photos: Interesting “Features” Edition

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It’s time for another installment of Real Actual Listing Photos. Once a month (or so) I round up some of the most bizarre listing photos from around the Seattle area and post them here, with brief excerpts from the real actual listing description, and probably a bit of snarky commentary. As usual, you should check…

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Knife-Catcher: Year Two Recap of Tim’s Home Purchase

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With two full years of home ownership/debtorship now behind me as of today, it’s time to share some more highlights, stats, and thoughts from year two. First up, the financial highlights from the first two years: Initial Loan Amount: $179,950 Current Loan Amount: $160,700 Total Spent in Year One: $24,294 Principal Paid: $8,907 Interest Paid:…

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Weekly Twitter Digest (Link Roundup) for 2013-05-17

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The Mastro drama continues… "Seized Mastro jewelry valued at $3 million" http://t.co/vK3CMxNbrX via @seattletimes ->

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Bank-Owned Sales Drop Below 20% in SW King County

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Here’s one more chart on the share of sales that were bank-owned homes. This one shows the share of sales that were bank-owned broken down by the NWMLS-defined regions. In this chart I’ve grouped zip codes into their approximate NWMLS regions, which break South County into SE King and SW King and display Seattle and…

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