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Housing Slump Drags Down State Revenue

Posted on November 16, 2007January 22, 2010 by The Tim

As home sales in the Seattle area (and state-wide) plummet and prices stagnate and begin to decline, it looks like government revenues are following suit: On top of November’s wet weather and the Northwest’s cooling housing market, the state’s top economist had dreary news for state leaders Thursday when he announced that Washington would be…

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Absolutely Hilarious!

Posted on November 16, 2007December 14, 2013 by The Tim

Except of course that some people will actually believe it. Not many, but certainly some. https://seattlebubble.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/wa_realtors_2007c.mp3 From the Washington Realtors’ “Get The Facts Straight” ad campaign. I’m sure I will post more on these over the weekend, they’re just too hilarious to ignore. Thanks to Doug for pointing out the link to these.

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Go Forth and Comment

Posted on November 15, 2007January 30, 2008 by The Tim

Sorry, I got nothin’ today. So instead of a real post, here are some links to recent posts on other local real estate blogs that you might be interested in reading and commenting on. What with 50-100 comments on most posts here lately, I thought maybe we could spread the comment love around a bit….

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Lawrence Yun confirms: Seattle is Special

Posted on November 14, 2007January 30, 2008 by deejayoh

Picked this up from Aubrey Cohen’s blog. Lawrence Yun, Chief Economist for the NAR and well-known real estate seer has confirmed what our local press and real estate folks have know for years: Seattle really is special! It’s about jobs and Microsoft millionaires. Why didn’t we think about that?!?! Seattle a “superstar” market Seattle is…

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Can we talk? Full disclosure. What does it mean to you?

Posted on November 14, 2007January 30, 2008 by S-Crow

I enjoy discussions here because it’s where consumers are. It is like a laboratory of information. One area that is of interest to me, in a large way, is what makes people do what they do. I’m speaking of three groups primarily: consumers and the two primary players in our business, the loan officers and…

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