One of the primary goals of many home shoppers is finding a neighborhood that is safe. That makes sense. No one wants to live in constant fear of having their valuables stolen—or worse, being assaulted. However, there is one specific “safety” criteria that makes little sense to weigh heavily in one’s home search: Registered Sex…
Redfin: Real Estate Limbo Drags On…
Full disclosure: The Tim is employed by Redfin. Last Wednesday Redfin released their May market data. Here’s an excerpt from the narrative (which I also wrote): For the most part selection around Seattle continued the unseasonal shrinkage we’ve been pointing out all year. However, there may yet be some hope on the horizon as we…
Poll: Most of my friends think we’re in a double-dip (or will be soon).
This poll was active 06.19.2011 through 06.25.2011.
Weekly Twitter Digest (Link Roundup) for 2011-06-18
From the sound of some comments, it appears that @Zillow must have recently updated their valuation algorithm. http://goo.gl/ZX9qY # Section 8 rental applications hit a record in King Co. http://goo.gl/nFIks via @RealEstatePI # RT @zillow We’ve added Zestimates to more than 25 M new homes and improved Zestimate accuracy nationwide http://u.zillow.com/bCFP/ # RT @jillayne: King…
Knife-Catcher: How did The Tim Pick Everett?
One of the questions I’ve seen a few people ask about my home search is something to the effect of “how did you decide to buy in Everett?” In today’s post I’ll answer the question a little more broadly by describing our general method for deciding what was important to us, what wasn’t, and how…