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…
Reader Question: “Do You Recommend Doing Flips?”
I recently received the following question from a reader: Do you recommend doing flips in the Seattle metropolitan area? I did a flip in the San Francisco Bay Area (where I’m from) and made $59K profit. I’m thinking Seattle may also be a good market as well given Boeing and Microsoft as main employers attracting…
Poll: How do you commute to work?
This poll was active 10.07.2012 through 10.13.2012
Weekly Twitter Digest (Link Roundup) for 2012-10-06
Tim is quoted in this article in today's @SeattleTimes "Rent or buy? Math has shifted, but answer remains: it depends" http://t.co/XEGYnoyc # "Seattle likely to require inspection of rental units" http://t.co/hfk5ppMf via @SeattleTimes # Interesting story with some history on a unique home for sale http://t.co/UY0bJrLn in Mukilteo: http://t.co/3SGoEtKS via @HeraldNetLocal # RT @geekwire: Zillow…
Reporting Roundup: Empty Store Shelves Edition
Enjoy Seattle Bubble? Support this Site! It’s time once again for the monthly reporting roundup, where you can read my wry commentary about the news instead of subjecting yourself to boring rehashes of the NWMLS press release (or in addition to, if that’s what floats your boat). To kick things off, here’s an excerpt from…