While I was enjoying a relaxing weekend with my visiting brother-in-law, playing a copious amount of Xbox 360 and Wii games, the local press was going into overdrive with the real estate booster articles. It’s not worth my time or yours to have separate posts for each of them, so here is a link roundup….
Tag: construction
News Quickie: Snohomish Building Boom Over
First up in today’s news quickies is word from Snohomish County that—guess what?— the housing boom has ended. No, seriously. The party is over. Snohomish County’s housing boom is over. Builders are laying off workers, houses are staying on the market longer, and the overall number of permit applications has dropped by hundreds compared to…
Wanted: Construction Job in Seattle
Either this report is a fabrication, or the guys in question haven’t been clued in to how special Seattle is… Construction workers from across the country came to the Cedar Rim Apartments in Newcastle for a major remodeling project.They worked for weeks but were only partially paid. Now, some are stranded and taxpayers are footing…