Here’s a new way to look at home prices. Rather than just measuring the median price of what sells each month, why not get a little more granular, and break down each month’s sales into five percentiles? Using detailed sales data obtained through the sweet csv download function on Redfin, I have grabbed King County…
Hagar: Never Mind the Bogus Data, Recovery is Here!
In yesterday’s post I took local real estate agent, appraiser, and real estate educator Richard Hagar to task for some misleading statements he made during a live appearance on KUOW last week. Specifically, I called out his claim that Washington State is currently experiencing net migration of 125,000 people per year. Mr. Hagar dropped by…
Massive Imaginary Migration to Drive Seattle Recovery
As I was digging through local real estate stories last week, I was lucky enough to catch the following exchange on KUOW’s “Weekday” program last Thursday. Host Marcie Sillman discusses foreclosures and the Seattle-area housing market with guests Richard Hagar (real estate agent and appraiser) and Linda Taylor (housing director at the Urban League) in…
Poll: What are the chances that Congress will seriously consider eliminating the mortgage interest tax deduction?
This poll was active 11.07.2010 through 11.13.2010.
Weekly Twitter Digest (Link Roundup) for 2010-11-06
"…a bigger problem may turn out to be the millions of Americans who are still faithfully paying their mortgages…" http://lat.ms/bNJ01e # Oh my. Read this. http://bit.ly/9EPfa7 The really great part is in paragraph 5. "Our attractive professional signs…" # via @PSBJ – First credit union shut down in state http://bit.ly/aLAUJB # Interesting story behind a…