Sunday’s Up Front on KING 5 focused on the local real estate market, and provided a relatively balanced picture. Host Allen Schauffler presented an overall picture of the current market, a look at a couple that got swept up in the bubble mania, a look at the next wave of adjustable rate resets, a warning…
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Local Foreclosure Counseling Agency “Overwhelmed”
KING 5 reports that the increase in foreclosures is putting stress on one local non-profit that offers assistance to distressed mortgage owners. For homeowners caught up in the mortgage meltdown, finding help to save their homes is getting tougher. A Seattle non-profit group helps those facing foreclosure, but the small office is overwhelmed. … The…
August Reporting Roundup: Reality Finally Sinking In
Oh man. They let Elizabeth Rhodes take just one day off, and look what happens: Gahh! It’s right there in giant black print, above the fold on the front page! I can’t imagine the Seattle Times’ real estate advertisers feeling too great about this…
Desperate Home “Owners” Overwhelm Local Counselors
Wait a minute… I thought only California had lots of people that took out dangerous loans, and are now at risk of foreclosure. Counselors overwhelmed with calls from desperate homeowners Housing advocates and lending counselors say they’re being overwhelmed with calls for help from desperate Seattle-area homeowners, many on the brink of foreclosure. … As…
Evening Magazine on Tim Ellis & Seattle Bubble
Are you a first-time reader that saw me (Tim Ellis) on KING 5 Evening Magazine this evening? If so, welcome to Seattle Bubble. First let me say that while I am flattered that John Curley and Jim Dever referred to me as a “real estate guru,” that is not a title that I have ever…