Dang, my inbox has been flooded with stories lately. Here’s a recap of some of the more interesting ones related to the local housing market. Click below to read tales of rising rents, flaming hot office markets, expensive and stale listings, virtual property tours, disappearing mortgage options, booming condos, and more!
Tales of a Seattle Real Estate Investor: Epilogue
In the months since the unexplained disappearance of the Tales of a Seattle Real Estate Investor blog, and the complete radio silence of its author Seattle Eric, many have wondered what ever happened to the one-time Rain City Guide contributor. Since he was arguably Seattle’s most public real estate flipper, openly discussing the ups and…
…And, We’re Back.
Sorry about that extended outage there. My web host (Dreamhost) had a system-wide outage. Ick. Anybody have any experience with a reliable web host? I’ve heard good things about AN Hosting. Any other recommendations? These outages are becoming way too common.
Median Price Not Telling the Whole Truth
When July’s housing stats came out last week, the most confusing piece of data was that despite skyrocketing local inventory and tightening lending across the nation, the median price still jumped up 2.3% from June, bouncing back into double-digit YOY territory at a 10.6% increase since July 2006. While the local press has their own…
Post Coming Soon…
Sorry about the light posting since late last week. I was out cavorting about the Peninsula over the weekend, and am in Moses Lake for work today (and therefore away from the Internet most of the day). I’ll be working on a post during the ride back to Seattle, and hope to post it when…