Time to clear out my inbox. Following is a handful of short excerpts from things I’ve been emailed in the last few weeks. Enjoy. First up, a delightful “Home Economics Wall Chart” that is designed to “focus the consumer on the benefits of owning.” It’s Estate of Mind, Inc.’s Visual Guide to the Housing Market….
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February Reporting Roundup
Here comes this month’s market reporting roundup. After seven months of declining/flat prices, declining year-over-year sales in 27 of the last 28 months, and 23 straight months of an ever-increasing number of homes on the market, I think we can officially declare that the Seattle-area housing market is in a slump. Of course, while the…
January Reporting Roundup
It’s time for another reporting roundup. Let’s see what the local newspapers have to say about January’s not-so-positive numbers from the NWMLS. Will they claim that the market “bottoming out” and about to jump into full recovery mode? Or maybe they have finally come to accept the fact that Seattle will not avoid the downturn,…
Seattle Market Playing Catch-Up, Government Not Riding to the Rescue
Here’s a few quickies to start off your Monday morning. First up, Seattle’s market got a mention in the LA Times on New Year’s Eve while I was cavorting about the country. Note that this was a week or two before the NWMLS statistics for December came out, showing a year-on-year price decline. It’s the…
2007 Not as Rosy as NWMLS Claims
The TV and radio news stations are all blathering yesterday and today about the 2007 year in review report put out by the NWMLS. Most of the reporting is similar to what you can see at the Seattle Times, where they printed a short, unattributed blurb that basically parrots the positive spin put out by…