I was cleaning off my desk and I found a full color flier filled with exclamation points!!! It advertises a house down the street (pictured). I picked it up a few weeks ago while out on a walk with my wife and my dog. The house is around 2,300 square feet and sits on over…
Growth Management Bubble?
Here’s a topic that we haven’t discussed much here: Growth Management. Some people argue that aggressive growth management policies are responsible for much of King County’s ridiculous run-up in prices. A reader pointed me toward a 2001 article published by a group called the Washington Research Council, in which they argued that King County’s growth…
Google Trending The Housing Bubble
Google just released an interesting new feature yesterday: Google Trends. One of the interesting features of Google Trends is that it gives you a list of the top ten cities that have searched the most for whatever terms you put in. Obviously, I decided to try it out with the search term "housing bubble." Here…
Error-Ridden Reporting
Okay this post is going to come across a little harsh, but seriously, I thought professional news outlets were supposed to be, you know, professional. However, they’re apparently letting five year old children write real estate news briefs in Federal Way: Median price of homes hits $519,000 The median price for homes in King County…
Follow The Money
Did you catch this one in Saturday’s Seattle Times? For sale by owner? It’s no primrose path. Sometimes selling your own home is easy, especially in a hot market like Seattle. Sometimes it’s tough. Either way, it’s work.…While FSBOs might look great on the surface, industry experts and those who sold their own homes agree…