We’ve already done the March numbers to death, but the late story from Inman News caught my attention for its amusing headline and subtitle: Northwest real estate sales slide Inventory growth helps lift home prices Home sales in western Washington fell 9.1 percent in March from a year ago, as prices posted another month of…
Venting About Housing In Seattle
Here’s a "Reader’s View" editorial from the Seattle Times that I bookmarked a while back and apparently lost in the shuffle. In my small neighborhood, I can point out several recent density actions. You decide if they were for the better or for the worse. On the corner of Norman and Bradner in the Mount…
Introducing Seattle Traffic
I would like to take an opportunity to introduce my newest blog, Seattle Traffic. I have "quietly" added a link on the sidebar under "Sibling Sites", but I thought it would be worth mentioning in a post all its own. Seattle Traffic is an idea that I had been tossing around for a few months…
Homeowner Friends Do It Right
This weekend my wife and I had the pleasure of visiting with some friends (I’ll call them R & L) that live down in the Olympia area. I was somewhat uneasy going into it, because they recently purchased a home, and R also occasionally reads this blog, so they know where I stand on the…
Westneat Clues In—Seattle Wildly Unaffordable
Ever since I started (so long ago, I know) this blog I’ve been wondering—what does it take to get “mainstream” reporters in Seattle to sit up and realize that housing has gotten out of control around here? Well it looks like I finally got my answer. For Seattle Times columnist Danny Westneat, it takes a…