This is just a short note to point out a few things that you may not be aware of regarding Seattle Bubble. First off, although I haven’t mentioned it explicitly before, Seattle Bubble is available in an RSS feed. If you use a service such as Bloglines or Google Reader, you can subscribe to either…
What Is "It’s a Priority"?
I heard an interesting ad on the radio yesterday. It started off with a generic John and Jane Q. Public talking about how bad traffic is, and how terrible it is that they have to live so far from work, etc… Then Mr. Announcer Guy came on and blabbed something about quality of life, the…
A Lack of Merit
I’ve previously mentioned the demise of mortgage company Merit Financial, but as a number of you pointed out in the comments, this weekend Ms. Rhodes wrote a lengthy piece detailing all the saucy details of Merit’s rise and fall that’s definitely worth mentioning. Former Washington Huskies football player Scott Greenlaw led the mortgage company he…
November Market Predictions Anyone?
As November draws to a close, would anyone care to venture any guesses as to what the King County MLS numbers for the month will show? Here are my guesses, straight outta left field: Median Closed Sales Price (Res): $435,000Median Closed Sales Price (Condo): $260,000Active Listings (Res): 7,250Pending Sales (Res): 2,000 If the numbers come…
Rose-Tinted Listings
I get the feeling that someone at Inman News has been reading Seattle Bubble lately… Check out this story about the misleading descriptions real estate agents sometimes write for properties. Do you steam when you follow up on a newspaper advertisement for “cozy cottage” and find a falling-down fixer? Can the term “waterfront access” accurately…