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Warning: New Housing Bubble Ahead

Posted on April 16, 2015 by The Tim

This comment left by Ryan strikes me as a clear warning sign of another housing bubble inflating in Seattle. Just pulled the trigger on buying a townhouse in Fremont for $745k. Haven’t closed yet so don’t want to link to the MLS. Thought I would share my thinking on why I bought and what the…

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Housing Bubble 2.0: The Perma-Bears Respond

Posted on April 1, 2015April 1, 2015 by The Tim

Ben Jones, who has been blogging about the housing bubble from down in Arizona since late 2004 at The Housing Bubble Blog linked to my “Welcome to Housing Bubble 2.0” post yesterday, prompting an interesting discussion in the comments. Here’s a selection from the conversation that ensued: Comment by Ben Jones I’ve called this the…

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Welcome to Housing Bubble 2.0

Posted on March 30, 2015January 18, 2016 by The Tim

With home prices nearing their 2007 peak levels in the Seattle area (and no doubt exceeding them in some neighborhoods), I thought it would be good to step back from the monthly stats and take a big picture look at what’s going on in the housing market.

To answer the question of whether or not we are in another bubble, let’s compare and contrast the present frenzy to what the housing market went through during the Great Housing Bubble…

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Poll: Are We In Another Housing Bubble?

Posted on August 17, 2014August 25, 2014 by The Tim

This poll was active 08.17.2014 through 08.23.2014

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Another Bubble? Affordability Only Sustained By Low Rates

Posted on August 14, 2014August 14, 2014 by The Tim

Continuing our “Another Bubble?” series, it’s time to take a look at the affordability index. As King County’s median home price has surged from $405,400 in February to $468,000 in July, the affordability index has dropped from slightly above the long-term average to just below 100. An index level above 100 indicates that the monthly…

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