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 the NWMLS press release: Northwest MLS…
NWMLS: Flat, Boring Summer Drags On Through August
August market stats were published by the NWMLS this afternoon. Here’s their press release: Northwest MLS brokers notch this year’s best monthly tally of sales during August “For the first time in a long time, I can say with confidence that things feel better,” said Northwest MLS director OB Jacobi, president of Windermere Real Estate….
Help Me Improve Sound Housing Quarterly
Welcome back, I hope everyone had an enjoyable Labor Day. Speaking of laboring, I recently finished another issue of Sound Housing Quarterly. For those not familiar with this project, it is a quarterly journal in which I roll up all of the vital local real estate statistics into one massive 40+ page tome, complete with…
True-to-Life Housing Bubble Monopoly Remake
My brother-in-law pointed me toward this segment of The Colbert Report that aired back on August 3rd. I hadn’t seen it yet, and since I got a laugh out of it I thought was worth sharing here: [hana-flv-player video=”https://seattlebubble.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Colbert-New-Monopoly.flv” width=”600″ height=”338″ description=”Colbert Report – New Monopoly” player=”5″ autoload=”true” autoplay=”false” loop=”false” autorewind=”false” /] You can watch…
Happy Labor Day
Taking the day off with my family, so no substantive post today. See you tomorrow!