Here’s a few national stories of note, and a handful of local economic news stories from this morning: New York Times: For Housing Crisis, the End Probably Isn’t Near Wall Street Journal: When Will Home Prices Stabilize? Fitch Says 2010 Seattle P-I: Unemployed workers struggle with job-seach requirements Associated Press: State lawmakers strike agreement on…
Morning News Links: Boeing Profit, Prime Defaults
Here’s a brief roundup of some of this morning’s housing and economic news: Seattle P-I: Boeing profit falls 50 percent on production cuts (AP coverage) Bloomberg: Fannie, Freddie Defaults Rise as Borrowers Cite Lower Income Associated Press: Freddie Mac official found dead in apparent suicide Bloomberg: U.S. Apartment Rents, Occupancies Fall Amid Rise in Job…
KING 5’s Up Front: Local Housing Downturn Not Over Yet
Sunday’s Up Front on KING 5 focused on the local real estate market, and provided a relatively balanced picture. Host Allen Schauffler presented an overall picture of the current market, a look at a couple that got swept up in the bubble mania, a look at the next wave of adjustable rate resets, a warning…
Reminder: Meetup Tonight at 7:00
Don’t forget tonight’s Seattle Bubble meetup. Here are the details: DATE & TIME: Tuesday April 21st at 7:00 PM PLACE: Third Place Books (Lake Forest Park at the corner of Bothell Way (522) and Ballinger Way (104)) Parking is plentiful and free both below at the main entrance and above behind the building. We will…
Puget Sound Counties Interactive March Update
It’s time for our regularly-scheduled check on NWMLS statistics from around the sound. But wait, there’s more! In place of our usual boring static charts, this month we are proud to introduce interactive data visualizations from Tableau Software. As usual, all of the underlying data and the old charts can be downloaded in Excel 2007…