Here’s a shocker for you: most people in the Seattle area don’t live all that close to where they work. David Wilson lives in Fremont, Dan Griffiths and Mary Anne Lyman in Tacoma. Andrew Chen’s home is in Newcastle, Roxann Harr’s in Auburn, Nancy Andersen’s in Federal Way. They all work for the same insurance…
Contrarions guilty of the FUD factor: fear, uncertainty, doubt
Craig King of Real Blogging, the official real estate industry blog, says it’s a great time to be buying or selling real estate. “No matter what you’re selling, conventional wisdom is that the FUD Factor (fear, uncertainty and doubt) tends to freeze buyers in their tracks.” He goes on to say that,”If we do a…
Real Estate Insight Hiding In Sports Talk
Don’t miss Bill Virgin’s latest column in the Seattle P-I today. The subject is the Sonics’ sale, but check out the reference to Seattle real estate that he managed to slip in there: Owning a sports franchise is like buying a Monet painting. The immediate payoff is psychological, not financial; in fact, ownership is likely…
Job Growth: 71% Shave From 1st Quarter
It’s that time of the month again… time for the latest state job statistics, and time for everyone’s favorite cliché, good news / bad news. The good news is more jobs were added in June than in May. The bad news is that job growth is still significantly slower than it was just six months…
Probably Not A Minority Opinion
I just know you’ll love this opinion piece in today’s Seattle Times: Rising interest rates have cooled the housing explosion around much of the country, but in the Puget Sound region, real estate remains king. And the queen is the over-the-top but never disappointing model home. I’m not referring to the minipalaces laid out in…