Quick shameless plug. Zillow’s got a “best local real estate blog” poll going on until noon today. Somehow Seattle Bubble is getting toasted right now. It would be nice if that were not the case. That is all. Thanks! [Update: Should have jumped in sooner. Still came in third. Oh well! Thanks for voting!]
July Reporting Roundup: Honest Reporting Contest Edition
Late due to NWMLS data shenanigans, it’s time once again for the monthly reporting roundup, where you can read my wry commentary about the news instead of subjecting yourself to boring rehashes of the NWMLS press release (or in addition to, if that’s what floats your boat). First up, let’s have a look at the…
Misleading NWMLS Stats Hide Severity of Sales Dropoff
June market stats have been published by the NWMLS. Here’s a link to the NWMLS press release (not yet live as of this posting). As requested, here are the full monthly stats from the NWMLS “July” report. Before we get into the numbers though, there are two key points that I’d like to try to…
Poll: What kind of cell phone do you have?
This poll was active 08.08.2010 through 08.14.2010.
Weekly Twitter Digest (Link Roundup) for 2010-08-07
Interesting anecdote about a buyer backing out of a purchase at the Lumen condos downtown via @Urbnlivn http://is.gd/dWLMX # A bit outside of Seattle, but an interesting semi-local real estate tale about Suncadia Resort. http://is.gd/dWLQ3 # Greenspan: "A pause in the modest recovery feels like a quasi-recession." http://is.gd/dXvHg # RT @urbnlivn: Schnitzer Unloads [failed condo…