This is admittedly only very tangentially related to Seattle real estate, but this news article caught my attention this morning: Congressman implies: Seattle could be nuked Huffington Post columnist Jason Linkins writes today about an e-mail sent by Rep. Todd Akin (R-Mo., not Ala. as the headline reads) regarding the United States’ missile defense plans….
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May Reporting Roundup: You Have Missed the Bottom (or not)
It’s time once again to check in with our local press to see who simply rehashed the NWMLS press release and who did some actual journalism. First up, the NWMLS press release that accompanied yesterday’s numbers: Inventory shrinking, sales rising, prices stabilizing in some Northwest MLS areas Waiting longer to buy a home is not…
NWMLS: Closed Sales Picking Up Steam, Still Below 2008
Let’s take a look at May market statistics from the NWMLS. I’ll update this post with a link to their press release when they post it. [Update] Here it is: Inventory shrinking, sales rising, prices stabilizing in some Northwest MLS areas Here’s your King County SFH summary, with helpful arrows to show whether the direction…
DIY Seattle Home Ownership on the Cheap
A couple months ago I pointed out Mike Davidson’s excellent home-building journal A House by the Park, in which he is chronicling his step-by-step process to build a custom home in Magnolia. When I posted that link, some readers complained that Mike’s project was too high-end to be of much use to your more average…