Let’s have a look at the Seattle area’s employment situation. First up, year-over-year job growth, broken down into a few relevant sectors: Construction is posting gangbuster gains—up 11.5% year-over-year—as homebuilders attempt to capitalize on the inventory crunch. Finance / Real Estate is posting the smallest gains at just 0.8% year-over-year growth. Here’s a look at…
Poll: Would you ever waive your inspection contingency to buy a house?
This poll was active 01.27.2013 through 02.02.2013
Weekly Twitter Digest (Link Roundup) for 2013-01-25
RT @seattletimes Insider loans rife as bank collapsed http://t.co/qaaBE7VK -> RT @seattletimes: Looting the bank? Local conspiracy allegedly snared millions of dollars http://t.co/SJ3Ju6q1 -> RT @NickTimiraos: Six reasons housing inventory keeps declining http://t.co/kHYIfOZD -> "Fall start planned for 660-foot skyscraper in downtown Seattle" http://t.co/EUw07rCM via @SeattleTimes -> "Housing board picks Vulcan to redevelop Yesler Terrace"…
Cheap Home Sales Picked Up Some Steam in December
Let’s have another look at our monthly sales histogram. The sales distribution curve flattened out a bit between November and December, with low-priced homes inching up and many of the high-price buckets dropping a bit. In November the mode (i.e. the bucket with the most sales) for non-distressed sales was at $350,000 to $400,000, with…
Washington State’s Database of Unprofessional Agents
Alternate title: Real Estate Agents do the Darndest Things! A while ago someone sent me a link to an interesting page over on the state’s Department of Licensing website: Disciplinary actions: Real estate brokers and managing brokers Some of the tidbits contained within: Unprofessional conduct — Had judgments against him directly related to his real…