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Friday Flashback: “No Slides, Good Condition to Build On”

Posted on July 30, 2010April 15, 2011 by The Tim

Here’s an amusing pair of photos from the Seattle Municipal Archives, spotted by Vintage Seattle. At left, a real estate for sale sign posted on Perkins Lane in Magnolia in 1938. At right, a home on the very same Perkins Lane in 1954. 1938: Perkins Lane is slide-proof! The ground here is healthy and analysts…

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Friday Flashback: “The Traditional Advice is Outdated”

Posted on May 7, 2010June 16, 2011 by The Tim

Here’s a flashback from February 2007, just four months before prices peaked around Seattle, then tumbled 25% in two and a half years (so far). The Everett Herald brought us “Mr. Nest Egg,” who declared that “the traditional advice is outdated” and the best way to save for retirement is… You guessed it, buy real…

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Friday Flashback: “The real risk is in waiting to buy a home”

Posted on April 16, 2010April 15, 2011 by The Tim

Today’s flashback comes at you from January 2007, when Samuel L. Anderson, executive officer of the Master Builders Association of King and Snohomish Counties penned this free advertisement er, I mean insightful “opinion piece” in the Seattle Times: Local housing market resilient (emphasis mine). The media have been all abuzz over the past year about…

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Friday Flashback: “Home prices will not go any lower.”

Posted on April 9, 2010April 6, 2012 by The Tim

Flashback to September 2006, when the 20-city Case-Shiller index was nearly 30% higher than its latest reading. The National Association of REALTORS® launched a “Public Awareness Campaign” titled It’s a Great Time to Buy or Sell a Home. The primary flier for this campaign is pictured at right. Here are the highlights from the flier:…

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Friday Flashback: Housing does not go backward

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

Shortly after I started this blog, I came across this opinion piece published in the Everett Herald, written by local “Real Estate Communicator” Tom Kelly in October 2005 (emphasis mine): Waiting to buy may not be wise Is there significant merit in waiting for the local housing market to cool before jumping in to buy…

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