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….
Tag: foreclosures
Seattle To Get In On Bailout Action
Looks like the City of Seattle is getting in on some of the home “owner” bailout action. The City of Seattle is offering a helping hand to homeowners facing foreclosure. The pilot program would offer $5,000 loans to 40 families. Wow, $5,000, huh? That will let some overstretched buyer keep making their adjusted-ARM payments for…
King County Foreclosures Spike Up in November
Foreclosures in King County spiked upward significantly last month, according to the latest report. While the nation as a whole saw a notable drop in foreclosure filings last month, King County filings surged. The county had 767 filings in November, up 127 percent from October and 93 percent from November 2006, according to RealtyTrac, an…
News Quickie: Foreclosures Decrease Nationally, Increase Locally
Aubrey Cohen has really been picking up the pace lately, with the new blog and an increased number of articles. One of his latest articles mentions that the rate of new foreclosures is actually recently increasing in Seattle at a faster rate than the country as a whole. Although the Seattle area continued to have…
Local Foreclosures Continue Climb
Aubrey Cohen of the P-I reports on the continuing trend of the increasing number of local foreclosures. Skipping over the article’s pointless comparisons with other parts of the country that are clearly ahead of Seattle on the bubble-bursting curve, here’s the meat of what’s going on around here: Area foreclosure filings in July were up…