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Weekly Twitter Digest (Link Roundup) for 2010-01-23
Seattle's @jillayne picked up by @calculatedrisk – FCIC Interviewing the Wrong People http://is.gd/6oO2e # Consumer bankruptcy filings up nearly 50% in western WA in 2009. http://is.gd/6p0om # Jon Talton @SeattleTimes opines on the Horizon Bank failure – http://is.gd/6qCa2 # FYI: Seattle Bubble will be down today for a few hours for hardware maintenance. # …and…
State’s Chief Economist: Real Estate to Rebound… in 2011
Washington State’s Chief Economist Arun Raha has been speaking this week about his expectations for Washington’s economy in 2010 and beyond, including his outlook for the local real estate market. Raha said the nation’s big banks are in better shape and are mostly back to normal in terms of lending money to customers with good…
Seattle Bubble Flickr Group
FYI, I have created a Seattle Bubble group on Flickr. Everyone is invited to join. For those of you that are into Flickr, this could be a fun way to share interesting photos related to local real estate or the local economy.
Types of things you could add include funky homes for sale (but don’t steal MLS listing photos), empty or stalled developments, lockbox benches, for sale sign forests, etc. Use your imagination and have fun.
Million Dollar Decision Making
In the spirit of this 2007 post… let’s say you have a million bucks that you’re going to use to buy some real estate… Option 1: A 3,150 square foot “beautiful, well maintained Craftsman” sporting an “open floor plan with designer touches,” located on a 4,584 sq. ft. (0.1 acre) lot in the idyllic 47th…