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Puget Sound Business Journal on San Diego vs. King
Last week the Puget Sound Business Journal ran a piece comparing King County to San Diego County. It was behind a subscriber-only wall, but now it’s fully available on their website: How King County dodged mortgage mess compared to San Diego. Unfortunately, the article doesn’t really have any new material that regular readers here haven’t…
Puget Sound Counties May NWMLS Update
Let’s check in on the NWMLS statistics from around the sound and see if the bottom is in yet for any of the seven Puget Sound counties we’re tracking. Here’s where the YOY stats stand for each of the six counties as of May 2008: King – Price: -6.2% | Listings: +41.7% | Sales: -38.7%…
Lawrence Yun Changes His Tune on Seattle
Remember about four months ago, when NAR Chief “Economist” Lawrence Yun said this? You may even say Seattle is underpriced if you believe Seattle is becoming a superstar city. Seattle is underpriced in relation to other West Coast markets. Well, it seems he has changed his tune ever so slightly. Here’s a more recent quote,…
Ask the Readers: Upgrading – Sell Now, or Wait it Out?
A reader posted the following question in the forums a few days ago, and while there has been some good advice and discussion there, I thought it would be good to bring the question to the larger audience of the blog for feedback as well. I have owned a 2-bed 1 bath 975 sq.ft. condo,…