Maybe I’m just in a “mood” this morning, but this story in today’s Tacoma News Tribune really cracked me up. A morning of housing pep talks greeted builders, real estate agents and government folks Thursday: Build green. Be brave. If Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, can go urban, so can you.Economist Glenn Crellin, director of the Washington…
Seattle Condo Expo: Meta Report
Since I am not willing to fork over $10 just to have a bunch of condo hucksters throw advertising pamphlets at me, and because I can think of much better ways to spend my time (especially on my birthday), I did not attend the Seattle Condo Expo over the weekend. However, from the sound of…
A Conversation With Steve Tytler
A few days ago I received an email from Steve Tytler, a name you may recognize as the occasional real estate columnist for the Everett Herald. Despite the fact that Mr. Tytler owns a local mortgage company, he has been the only voice in the local media to predict that for-sale inventory would increase and…
Seattle Times: “What more could you want?”
I have to point out this self-congratulatory piece of work from Seattle Times editor-at-large Mike Fancher. It serves as a sort of introduction to the “Home Values” series, and actually seems to sum up their goals pretty well. Housing sticker shock used to take our collective breath away; now it seems to bring just a…
Ask Rhodes (and Gardner)
The Seattle Times will be hosting a “Live Q&A on residential real estate” with Elizabeth Rhodes (real estate cheerleader) and Matthew Gardner (local economist) tomorrow from noon to one o’clock. Presumably this is some sort of online chat thing, although the announcement isn’t clear. You can ask a question in advance via a web form,…