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Tag: Friday Flashback

Friday Flashback: “The last spaceship flight off a planet that’s about to explode”

Posted on March 12, 2010April 15, 2011 by The Tim

Here’s one of my favorite pre-bursting-bubble gems. It’s an opinion piece that was published in the Seattle P-I on October 20, 2006, penned by guest columnist Sarah McCormic (her website even still features the article as a noteworthy sample of her work). photo by Flickr user jurvetson With friends who have also been lucky enough…

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Friday Flashback: A Great Time for Wise Investors

Posted on March 5, 2010April 15, 2011 by The Tim

Here’s an episode of the HGTV show “House Hunters” that aired on July 17, 2008, but was probably filmed around September 2007 (based on the closing date of the featured buyer). Here are some choice quotes for those of you who can’t watch the video: Host: “Because of the abundance of new construction, it’s a…

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Friday Flashback: Prices will never “stall or even fall”

Posted on February 26, 2010April 15, 2011 by The Tim

April 30, 2006, The Seattle Times: Act fast: In many Seattle neighborhoods, few homes are for sale And so it continues to go in close-in Seattle and Eastside neighborhoods, as scores of well-qualified buyers like the Maxwells outnumber properties for sale, particularly those priced under $500,000. This is forcing buyers into lightning-fast decisions and bidding…

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Reporting Roundup Flashback: September 2007

Posted on October 9, 2009July 29, 2010 by The Tim

Let’s look back a couple years to see what local real estate agents were saying a few months after the price peak in Seattle, and about a year into the housing decline across most of the rest of the country. Here’s a selection of choice quotes from some October 2007 articles. Note that local home…

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