Let’s take another look at the Seattle area’s employment situation. First up, year-over-year job growth, broken down into a few relevant sectors: Construction continues to post bigger gains than other sectors—up 8.9% year-over-year in October, versus an overall gain of 3.6%. Manufacturing has slipped somewhat in recent months, but is still the second-best-performing sector. Here’s…
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Weekly Twitter Digest (Link Roundup) for 2012-11-16
RT @SeattleTimes: Is Seattle one of the most expensive cities in the U.S.? Not unless you need a trim: http://t.co/b6AOqBfZ -> Seriously misguided movement, IMO. RT @Andrea_Smolin: Occupy Our Homes Movement Battles Foreclosures | Zillow Blog http://t.co/PGWdD9dV -> RT @ObsoleteDogma: Few households go from foreclosure back to homeownership even after a decade http://t.co/xAGDs5ZA -> "McGinn-Vulcan…
Real Actual Listing Photos: Pretty Pretty Ponies Edition
Reminder: For a regular serving of wacky listing photos throughout the month, from all across the country, check out Looney Listing. 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,…
Local Foreclosures Inched Up in October
It’s time once again to expand on our preview of foreclosure activity with a more detailed look at August’s stats in King, Snohomish, and Pierce counties. First up, the Notice of Trustee Sale summary: October 2012 King: 909 NTS, up 141.8% YOY Snohomish: 537 NTS, up 237.7% YOY Pierce: 642 NTS, up 168.6% YOY All…