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via @CalculatedRisk – WaMu hearings preview:http://is.gd/bqjv7 # via @SeattleTimes Builder claims McGuire apartment building is "entirely safe" and just needs "reasonable maintenance" http://is.gd/bqjJK # Killinger WaMu coverage – http://is.gd/braYQ http://is.gd/braWj http://is.gd/braWH # Are Belltown landlords price gouging (http://is.gd/bryku) with the imminent shutdown of the McGuire? http://is.gd/bryjg # Ouch!RT @jillayne: Times aren't all that good for…

Eric Pryne has some more of the details on the fiasco of the Thornton Place condos at Northgate: http://is.gd/bdEpR # RT @calculatedrisk: Percent Job Losses During Recessions, aligned at Bottom http://is.gd/beOWm # via http://ritholtz.com/ – "I Saw the Crisis Coming. Why Didn’t the Fed? " http://is.gd/bf0oG # This letter to the @SeattleTimes editor sounds like…

Lesson of the housing bubble: If you pay your mortgage or pay rent, you are a chump. http://is.gd/b2oz9 # PSBJ: "WaMu shareholders wiped out" http://is.gd/b2x9h # 2,600-acre property that developer wanted to turn into 6,000 homes north of Monroe is in foreclosure. http://is.gd/b2xoN # Are fancy "professional credentials" likely to make you pick a full-cost…

Great comment by @jillayne: "We have to wean our economy off the real estate finance and building sectors." http://is.gd/aTicA # RT @KirstenGrind: Things get worse for #Frontier Financial: http://bit.ly/c7y0yt # Seattle: 47th-most expensive rentals in the nation, but 20th-most expensive houses for sale. Doubt that will last. http://is.gd/aURmx # SHOCKING! (not) RT @calculatedrisk: HAMP applicants…

Headlines in today's Seattle Times RE section focus on fixer-uppers & downsizing. Quite a shift from a couple years ago. http://is.gd/aySqh # It's always a good time to generate a commission! http://is.gd/aBKCJ # Zillow teams up with John L. Scott – http://digg.com/u1QNSW # While you're waiting for me to put up today's post, enjoy some…