I received the following question about HOA fees and typical maintenance costs from a reader via email: Why are so many condo HOA fees are so high? Alternatively: are the maintenance costs of a small single-family home (SFH) much higher than most people assume, or is the monthly fee of a well-run HOA a great…
T-Mobile Sale to AT&T: Another Hit to Local Real Estate?
As you have no doubt read or heard by now, news broke yesterday that T-Mobile’s German parent company Deutsche Telecom will sell T-Mobile USA to AT&T for $39B. While I’m certainly not enthused about what this will mean for my cell phone bill and customer service, my bigger concern is all the well-paid jobs in…
Poll: Trying to buy a short sale today is mostly…
This poll was active 03.20.2011 through 03.26.2011.
Weekly Twitter Digest (Link Roundup) for 2011-03-19
Leaked BofA docs show the bank falsifying loan docs for foreclosures? Big shock! http://is.gd/wdPZtA # I'd like to welcome a new Seattle Bubble sponsor, Tyee Surveyors. http://www.tyeesurveyors.com/ Thanks for your support! # Is Fannie Mae pressuring their listing agents to illegally withhold prior inspections from buyers? http://is.gd/k6Qtlx # Seattle highlighted on CNBC's "Realty Check" http://is.gd/iTC7ZD…
Friday Flashback: “Laughing Laughing Laughing”
Long-time readers of Seattle Bubble may recall that while I generally avoid engaging in blatant schadenfreude, I do make one specific exception. That special case is for a commenter that used to be quite prolific on these pages, leaving over 800 comments between November 2005 and August 2007. Dozens of those comments were on the…