Full disclosure: The Tim is employed by Redfin. I just posted a lengthy write-up on the bizarre current state of the “national” real estate market over on Redfin, and thought you all might be interested in some of the more Seattle-specific data I pulled when doing research for the post. First up, a look at…
Real Actual Listing Photos: Take a Trip Edition
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…
Poll: How many people do you know who have lived in the same home for 20 or more years?
This poll was active 05.22.2011 through 05.28.2011.
Weekly Twitter Digest (Link Roundup) for 2011-05-21
RT @WaLawRealty Nice graphic on foreclosures, but why are we at bottom if we have thousands more to go? http://goo.gl/xBLum # I missed this one last Friday: "Expect ‘new highs’ for Seattle apartment rents" via @PSBJ http://goo.gl/97DvV # What a shock. Michael Hellickson will appeal the state's decision to yank his license. http://goo.gl/1entj via @SeattleTimes…
Weekend Reads from Across the Spectrum
Here are a few recent articles of interest that I thought might be worth discussion. Calculated Risk: The upward slope of Real House Prices I don’t think we have to choose between real prices and price-to-rent graphs to ask “how far out of line are house prices?” I think they are both showing that prices…