Tag: link_roundup

Banks continuing construction in developments foreclosed from builders – http://is.gd/7rltV # Escala, condo complex that announced higher prices as the bubble burst now dropping prices http://is.gd/7smaa (3rd story) # Glenn Kelman, Redfin CEO: "people don't trust agents" (still) (via @TechFlash) http://is.gd/7txkn # Reader asks in the Seattle Bubble forums: "Is Belltown safe TODAY?" http://is.gd/7vOyN #…

Oops, something went wrong with today's weekly Twitter roundup post that was preventing comments. It should be fixed now. # via the PSBJ: Downtown's strange new real estate map (buildings currently under construction in downtown Seattle) http://is.gd/72Id6 # Seattle Times compares seasonally-adjusted Case-Shiller national data to non-SA Seattle data. Smooth. http://is.gd/75IYy # Mish takes on…

Seattle's @jillayne picked up by @calculatedrisk – FCIC Interviewing the Wrong People http://is.gd/6oO2e # Consumer bankruptcy filings up nearly 50% in western WA in 2009. http://is.gd/6p0om # Jon Talton @SeattleTimes opines on the Horizon Bank failure – http://is.gd/6qCa2 # FYI: Seattle Bubble will be down today for a few hours for hardware maintenance. # …and…

Mike Mastro settles with state Department of Financial Institutions re: securities fraud. http://is.gd/65jxr # Another Seattle bureaucrat heads to DC to "work on housing policy" on a national level. http://is.gd/65xzx # RT @KirstenGrind: Sterling Financial hit with class action lawsuit: http://bit.ly/8052bU # Post-mortem on Horizon Bank: http://is.gd/68Bo0 # RT @KirstenGrind: The battle rages on for…

Great article in the NYT on the counter-productive nature of recent government interventions in housing. http://is.gd/5K0gx # The disappearing Boeing article I linked last week has reappeared: Boeing faces challenging economy, bitter rival in 2010 http://is.gd/5L8gp # Audio from my appearance this afternoon on KUOW has been added to the post. http://bit.ly/8tx6yW # via @TechFlash:…