"Backyard houses catch the eye of City Council" http://t.co/bGXMFHzM via @SeattleTimes # "Seattle fast-tracks ban on big backyard houses; hearing Thursday" http://t.co/iROVvknI via @SeattleTimes # Three nice Czech Sky photos on the latest @urbnlivn post: http://t.co/YsJKt8oC # "The average homeownership cost in the Seattle area is $978 a month" Um, what? Yeah right. http://t.co/pcSd48cq via…
Nonsense from Trulia: Buying 42% Cheaper than Renting
Longtime P-I real estate reporter Aubrey Cohen certainly knows how to get my attention. Here’s a story he ran on their site yesterday: Report finds buying a home way cheaper than renting Buying a home is way cheaper than renting in all 100 of the nation’s largest metropolitan areas, including Seattle, according to a new…
Foreclosure Notices Still Spiking Around Seattle
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: August 2012 King: 1,056 NTS, up 36.1% YOY Snohomish: 704 NTS, up 82.9% YOY Pierce: 878 NTS, up 90.5% YOY Up…
False Advertising: Home Builder Renderings vs. Reality
“Lo Ball Jones” dropped a link in the Saturday Link Roundup to a local homebuilder website that caught my attention for just how ridiculous the rendered images of their homes are. With a little help from the magic of Google Maps’ 45° view, I thought it would be fun to take a look at a…
Local Home Prices Hit 2012 Peak, Turn Down
I keep a pretty close eye on the weekly real estate stats on Redfin’s King County region page, and I noticed something last week that seems to be worth mentioning: It’s only a few weeks’ worth of data, but it would appear that prices have turned the corner and are about to begin their annual…