I think the Seattle Times has some sort of problem with correctly matching images with their weekend real estate blurbs online. Back in April we had a Kardashian paired with a story about REALTOR™ open houses, and today we get Mel Gibson in a story about CoreLogic’s home price index. Has Mel been shooting his…
Weekly Twitter Digest (Link Roundup) for 2010-07-10
Now that's funny. "NWMLS officials said that potential home buyers are 'stuck.'" I think it's the sellers that are stuck. http://is.gd/dhOi4 # Mortgage delinquencies & cure rates still getting worse: http://is.gd/dhU6n # Uh-oh… RT @johnhcook: Breaking News: @toddbishop hears that more layoffs are coming at Microsoft. http://bit.ly/8XykJw Tip @Techmeme # If you missed Karl Denninger…
Why are property tax assessments often so inaccurate?
As a follow-up on last week’s post about how falling home values can still lead to an increasing property tax bill, I thought I would go a little more detail on how the county assessor comes up with that magical home value number on which they base your tax bill. Here’s how the King County…
June Reporting Roundup: Cliff Edge Edition
Time 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). Unfortunately, the NWMLS’ full press release still hasn’t been posted to their website anywhere that I can…
NWMLS: Inventory Exceeds 2009 High as Buyers Disappear
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). Here’s a look at pending and closed sales over the last year and a half: You’ll notice that there’s about a two month delay between when pending sales make a big…