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Estimated 15% of Seattle mortgage holders underwater: http://is.gd/9YpKo # Seattle is #1 again! (for the biggest rental price drops) http://is.gd/9Ytun [spotted by reader 'see it clearly'] # RT @calculatedrisk: Shiller: Homeownership and American Culture http://bit.ly/9guSou # 2005: Weyerhaeuser buys Federal Way building for $21 million. 2010: They sell it for $8.2 million. http://is.gd/9ZZaW # Ray…

Talton on the economy: "The US appears to be in a technical recovery, but the relief for many seems slight." http://is.gd/9pEl6 # University of Texas: Zillow "Zestimates" are pretty worthless. Zillow: Nu-uh! http://is.gd/9uje3 # Intriguing reader idea: sharing buyers' inspections. http://is.gd/9vsA6 # It's expansion month for Seattle RE tech firms! Estately in DC http://is.gd/9xswc and…

I didn't realize skater retailer Zumiez was based in Everett. They're laying off 170 and moving their warehouse to SoCal. http://is.gd/8WhgS # Apartment market watchers Dupre+Scott launch a new blog: http://www.dsaablog.com/ # via @TechFlash – Zillow upgrades iPhone app, nears 1 million downloads http://is.gd/8XYdE # Bloomberg repeatedly runs misleading headline that falsely implies rising home…

via @BoingBoing: Broke-ass WA set to give MSFT $100M annual tax cut and amnesty for $1B in evasion http://is.gd/8qOi3 # A look at how gov. programs are distorting the housing market from @nytimes http://is.gd/8sOaW # via @SeattleTimes: San Juan Islands feel the chill of falling prices http://is.gd/8w86q # Building permits up in 2009 in Olympia…

Um, what? Something ain't right about this Marysville home for sale… http://is.gd/7SYIp (via @lovelylisting) # OMG BUY NOW OR BE PRICED OUT FOREVER!!! http://is.gd/7X5KJ "Snohomish County's bargain housing won't last" # via @SeattleTimes: City, Vulcan push higher South Lake Union height limits http://is.gd/7Xg1T # FDIC's sweetheart deal for IndyMac bank buyer OneWest Bank screws taxpayers…