This poll was active 10.14.2012 through 10.20.2012
Weekly Twitter Digest (Link Roundup) for 2012-10-13
Opened the @Redfin app yesterday & the Czech Sky greeted me on the “Nearest Home for Sale” http://twitpic.com/b2c83p # “State charges 40 foreclosure ‘rescue’ companies in sweep” http://goo.gl/EPbwlvia @RealEstatePI # “Ex-FDIC chief Sheila Bair: ‘I had little sympathy for Killinger’” http://goo.gl/ts2kW via @PSBJ #
Friday Flashback: “Kendra Todd agrees with Lar”
As some long-time readers will recall, Larry Cragun is a former Issaquah real estate agent who received a brief mention in a previous Friday Flashback for his characterization of bubble blogs as “the babbling and whining of children.” But he really deserves to have a Friday Flashback all to himself. So that’s what he gets…
Foreclosures Dip Back Down in September
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: September 2012 King: 844 NTS, up 69.1% YOY Snohomish: 474 NTS, up 83.0% YOY Pierce: 658 NTS, up 107.6% YOY Although…
Bank-Owned Sales Edged Up in September
The share of single-family home sales in King County that were bank-owned edged up slightly in September, increasing to 7.5% of sales. It’s a good bet that due to seasonality this number will continue to rise through the end of the year and into the first couple months of 2013. I doubt we’ll get back…