Here’s a question I recently received from a reader that I will call “Jack”: I’m 26. From L.A., recently moved here. Saved for a year, and moved with about 30k, (made 110k in ’06) I was on disability for a year before after I almost died in an accident, so my previous savings were depleted….
What Cities Does Seattle Compare To?
In the last few days I’ve run into a few comments in various discussions about Seattle real estate that have caught my attention: Dean Jones, Condo Marketer: “You might cringe at condos that sell for $2,000 a square foot. But it would be twice that in New York. We’re still, relatively speaking, a bargain.” Bob,…
Why this insider blogs at Seattle Bubble & Rain City Guide
So, why do I contribute from time to time and participate on Seattle Bubble Blog and over at Rain City Guide? Isn’t that like not a good idea? I’ll write as I think, so here goes: I read, collaborate and discuss housing here because it offers one of the very best cross sections of consumers…
Inman Talks Bubble Blogs
This is just a quick note to point out the first article in a series about Bubble Blogs over at Inman News (the all-real-estate, all the time “news” outlet). Since articles over there are only free to view on the day they’re posted, you might want to check it out today. I was interviewed for…
Buy A Downtown Condo RIGHT NOW!
Many of you pointed out the latest in a series of paid advertisements masquerading as reporting in yesterday’s Seattle Times. The apparent purpose of the “article” was to convince the reader that 2007 is a great year to buy a condo in downtown Seattle, at any cost. [Condo developer David] Thyer insists that Seattle isn’t…