Here are a few local real estate stories to kick off this snowy Christmas week. Aubrey Cohen, Seattle P-I: It’s refi — not buy — in Seattle’s housing market Unusually low interest rates have spurred a run of mortgage refinancings in the Seattle area, but not necessarily more home purchases. … Andrew Gledhill, an associate…
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November Reporting Roundup
Let’s take some time to check out the local press’ reaction to the undeniably slow NWMLS housing market statistics for October. Once again, my favorite part of the NWMLS press release that accompanied yesterday’s numbers comes from Dick “Bottom-Calling” Beeson, NWMLS director and Windermere broker. Windermere’s Beeson, a member of the Northwest MLS board of…
October Reporting Roundup
Let’s take some time to check out the local press’ reaction to the undeniably slow NWMLS housing market statistics for October. Here’s a blurb from the NWMLS press release that accompanied yesterday’s numbers: Housing Activity in Western Washington during October Described as "Disappointing, but Not Unexpected" Housing activity for Northwest Multiple Listing Service members was…
August Reporting Roundup: Reality Finally Sinking In
Oh man. They let Elizabeth Rhodes take just one day off, and look what happens: Gahh! It’s right there in giant black print, above the fold on the front page! I can’t imagine the Seattle Times’ real estate advertisers feeling too great about this…
Link Roundup: Incentives, Economic Woes, Alt-A, and More
Here are a few stories from the last week or so that are worth pointing out. First up a TV report from KOMO News: “Open House” — sign of the times in Snohomish County Real estate agents in Snohomish County are now resorting to a “shock treatment” for slouching home sales in their area. Realtors…