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Weekly Twitter Digest (Link Roundup) for 2011-08-20

Posted on August 20, 2011 by The Tim

More talk of ending mortgage interest tax deductions. I'm hopeful but seriously doubtful. http://t.co/c3NUawp # Good thing everyone has been freaking out about the impending rise of interest rates for the last THREE YEARS. http://t.co/eE0qFOe # Holy crap, now THIS is an awesome house: http://t.co/tyJLRxa Belgian water tower converted into home. # Claim: "Home buyers…

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Friday Flashback: “The era of record-low rates is over.”

Posted on August 19, 2011 by The Tim

Heh, remember this piece from April of last year? Homebuyers scramble as mortgage rates jump The era of record-low mortgage rates is over. The average rate on a 30-year loan has jumped from about 5 percent to more than 5.3 percent in just the past week. As mortgages get more expensive, more would-be homeowners are…

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New King County Econ Blog: Housing is Risky, not Lousy

Posted on August 18, 2011 by The Tim

I received an email yesterday from Tom Goodwin, King County’s Chief Economist, pointing me toward a new blog that he has started to discuss economic issues in King County. The first topic: real estate. In his post, Is a Home a "Lousy" Investment? Tom takes on the recent Wall Street Journal piece A Home Is…

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The Church of Real Estate

Posted on August 17, 2011 by The Tim

The time has come to introduce a little side project I’ve been working on: The Church of Real Estate. The idea came from a series of amusing comments by a reader who used to frequent Seattle Bubble, posting under the name “AMS.” Real estate is treated almost like a religion by many people, so why…

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Real Actual Listing Photos: “Provoke Yr Imagination”

Posted on August 15, 2011December 29, 2011 by The Tim

It’s time for another installment of Real Actual Listing Photos. Once a month (or so) I round up some of the most bizarre listing photos from around the Seattle area and post them here, with brief excerpts from the real actual listing description, and probably a bit of snarky commentary. The idea for this series…

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