RT @jontalton: The #Seattle real-estate boom is heard nationally: http://t.co/tZFjZK6m My column @SeattleTimes #CityReads -> Nice, our Lonely Pianos post was highlighted on @Curbed today http://t.co/ppv7Hkom (& @CurbedSeattle on Friday http://t.co/KuTvhw0x) -> RT @seattletimes Michael Mastro & wife Linda arrested in France, face bankruptcy fraud charges after 16mo on the lam: http://t.co/biet4ecO -> US intends…
Checking Up on Goldman’s Bearish 2010 Two-Year Forecast
Readers may recall the following prediction from Goldman Sachs in June 2010: Goldman: Seattle Home Prices to Fall 22% More by 2012 Following their earlier collapse, house prices appear caught in a cross current. On the one hand, there are indications that prices may have bottomed. While alternative house price indices differ in details, they…
Reader Question: Short Sale Buying Tips?
Yesterday I received the following question from a reader thinking about buying a short sale: My husband and I are interested in buying a home in the Snoqualmie Ridge neighborhood. Many/most of the homes (In our price range) appear to be short sales. Do you have any suggestions or tips when attempting to purchase a…
Are Obama & Romney Avoiding Housing to Avoid Talking About Killing the Mortgage Interest Deduction?
There is one major political topic that has been mysteriously absent from both major presidential campaigns during this year’s presidential election season… housing. Nick Timiraos noted this in the Wall Street Journal in early September. Here we are in late October, four debates later, and nothing has really changed. Barely a peep about housing from…
Sales in Pricey Eastside Neighborhoods Strengthening
Let’s take an updated look at how King County’s sales are shifting between the different regions around the county, since geographic shifts can and do affect the median price. In order to explore this concept, we break King County down into three regions, based on the NWMLS-defined “areas”: low end: South County (areas 100-130 &…