September market stats were published by the NWMLS this afternoon. Here’s their press release: Northwest MLS brokers say September activity reflects "healthy activity, positive trends" “This market is proving to be challenging, but not for the reasons you might think,” said OB Jacobi, president of Windermere Real Estate Co. He pointed out interest rates are…
Cheapest Homes: October 2011 Edition
Let’s check in again on the cheapest homes around Seattle proper. Here’s our methodology: I search the listings for the cheapest homes currently on the market, excluding short sales, in the city of Seattle proper. Any properties that are in obvious states of extreme disrepair based on listing photos and descriptions will be excluded. This…
Conforming Loan Limit Changes to Hit Eastside Hardest
Full disclosure: The Tim is employed by Redfin. Yesterday over on the Redfin blog, I dug a little deeper into the conforming loan limit changes, pulling detailed sales data from all around the country by zip code to see which areas would be most affected by the change. The result was another Google FusionTables zip…
Terrible at Math, You Poor, Filthy Renter? YOU CAN OWN!
I spotted the ad at right on the Seattle Times homepage yesterday. It’s not as patronizing as Quadrant Homes’ old “down payment latte” ad was, but the claim of buying for just $800 a month immediately jumped out at me as unlikely. Running some quick numbers through my Simple Affordability Calculator indicates that to have…
Poll: Will you have a mortgage-free house by age 60?
This poll was active 10.02.2011 through 10.08.2011.