It’s that time of the month again… time to check in with the local press to hear the same old regurgitated message about how great and healthy our housing market is. Elizabeth Rhodes, Seattle Times: What gives? Local home-sales market is softening, but prices keep rising Local home sales cool off; why are prices still…
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April Reporting Roundup
Here’s a compilation of what your local press (aka real estate advertisers) had to say about last month’s home sales data from the NWMLS. It’s depressing to think that these sources are where most people get their news of the market from… Elizabeth Rhodes, Seattle Times:King County home prices keep rising, bucking national trendBuying a…
March Reporting Roundup
Back from my busy week of travel and recharged over the Easter weekend, it’s time to post the March roundup. As usual, let’s kick things off with Seattle’s #1 real estate cheerleader, Ms. Rhodes, with her fawning article about all about how great and wonderful it is that median prices increased last month. After stalling…
January Reporting Roundup
Let’s have a look at the local press reaction to the market’s continued slowdown, shall we? First up, the poster child for slowdown denial in the media, Elizabeth Rhodes. This month she actually managed to sandwich a morsel of reality in between the excuses and the unbridled optimism: A nasty dose of winter last month…
Wet November Weather FTW!
Now that November’s numbers are out, let’s see what the local dead tree press has to say about it. First up, Ms. Rhodes at the Times delivers just what we’ve come to expect; a small dose of reality topped with a heaping helping of positive spin, lame excuses, and bubble denial: More Western Washington homes…