Full disclosure: The Tim is employed by Redfin. A couple days ago Redfin released their November market data. Here’s an excerpt from the narrative: While median prices might be holding steady the time it takes to close has been lengthening. “About half of the buyers I’ve been working with have had their loans extended, and…
Guess the Price & Win Dinner on The Tim
Let’s play a new game that I’m calling “Guess the Price.” Here’s how the game works. I’ll describe a home that’s currently on the market, giving you as many pros and cons as I can, and you guess what the final sale price will be when/if it sells, and the closing date. Be sure to…
Rehab Flips Making a Comeback During the Housing Bust?
Photo by Flickr user RickerPix found in the Seattle Bubble Flickr pool Way back in the days before everyone thought it would be a great idea to get rich selling progressively more ridiculously expensive homes to each other, “flipping” had a different meaning than most people associate with the word today. Flipping a home wasn’t…
Poll: When is the best season to buy a home, weather-wise?
This poll was active 12.12.2010 through 12.18.2010.
Weekly Twitter Digest (Link Roundup) for 2010-12-11
RT @clusterstock: Housing Report That Prompted Nouriel Roubini's Huge Estiamte For Future Losses by @thestalwart http://read.bi/fVU7BI # Accrd. to Trulia & RealtyTrac, "Half of Americans Say Home Recovery at Least Two Years Away" http://bit.ly/gm7kby # Hah, nice headline: "Housing market will recover in 2011 … or not" http://bit.ly/gTg4wu via @RealEstatePI # RT @johnhcook: Looking to…