According to a pair of reports released yesterday, the real estate slowdown is still a serious drag on state and local revenues, thanks to significant sagging in real estate excise tax collections. From the latest state revenue collection report (pdf): Collections [for the March 11, 2009 – April 10, 2009 collection period] were $8.7 million…
Local First-Hand Journal of the Custom Home-Building Process
I had the pleasure of speaking with Mike Davidson (founder and CEO of Newsvine) at last week’s No News is Bad News event. During our conversation, he alerted me to an excellent blog that he has been updating since October 2007 in which he is chronicling his journey to build a custom home: A House…
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Seattle Bubble Meetup Tuesday, April 21st
Back in January we had our first official Seattle Bubble meetup in the U District. I estimate about 20-30 people showed up, and we had a great time. So, we’re doing it again, this time in a location more central to Seattle and Eastside readers. Here are the details: DATE & TIME: Tuesday April 21st…
Williams Marketing Finally Getting Realistic About the Condo Market
A reader emailed me an interesting little piece of marketing material from an 18-unit complex on the south side of Queen Anne. According to public records The Leona, which is being marketed by the ever-bullish Williams Marketing, has sold a whopping three of their eighteen units to date. Nine of the fifteen unsold units are…