Yesterday a reader asked: I was wondering if you could write a post sometime on the relationship between interest rates and home prices (or direct me to a previous post if you’ve already done this). My husband is feeling pressured to buy a home within the next couple of months b/c he thinks interest rates…
Housing ATM: We Have a Winner
I was digging around in the Snohomish County public records and I came across this interesting property history. Original purchase price is unknown, but records indicate that the serial refinancer owned the property since at least 1976. Date Document Amount 03.01.2002 Deed of Trust $12,528 03.07.2002 Deed of Trust $82,787 06.21.2002 Deed of Trust $17,973…
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Weekly Twitter Digest (Link Roundup) for 2010-02-06
Banks continuing construction in developments foreclosed from builders – http://is.gd/7rltV # Escala, condo complex that announced higher prices as the bubble burst now dropping prices http://is.gd/7smaa (3rd story) # Glenn Kelman, Redfin CEO: "people don't trust agents" (still) (via @TechFlash) http://is.gd/7txkn # Reader asks in the Seattle Bubble forums: "Is Belltown safe TODAY?" http://is.gd/7vOyN #…
Reporting Roundup: Mixed Messages Around the Sound
Time for the monthly reporting roundup, where I read all the local paper rehashes of the NWMLS press release so you don’t have to. Here’s a link to this month’s NWMLS press release: Northwest MLS members report 28 percent increase in pending sales from year ago “More certainty” and “more stability” in the market contributed…