Here’s a brief article from the Wall Street Journal that might be of interest: Weathering the Rain, And the Property Storm The troubles facing most Seattle-area landlords are more like a Puget Sound drizzle than the stormy skies swirling around markets such as Phoenix or Orange County, Calif. Certainly the economic turmoil buffeting the nation’s…
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Local Economy in for a “Long Slog”
Jon Talton wrote a great article for the Times a few days ago that goes deeper than the usual “Boeing! Microsoft! Pink Ponies!” type articles and explores all the ways the Seattle region is exposed to the slowing economy: For local economy, it’ll be a long slog. …the national slowdown is finally hitting the Puget…
Washington State’s Economy: Gregoire vs. Gregoire
February, 2008: Gov. Chris Gregoire, at a Seattle economic forum Thursday, boasted she has found that Washington is “literally the envy of other states.” “I ask all of us to make sure that we do not buy into, or even for that matter, listen to, the dire talk internationally and nationally, because it can become…
Seattle Clearly At Risk in Credit Retraction
Speaking of the economy, here’s a headline I never expected to see in The Seattle Times, let alone above the fold on the front page of the Sunday paper: I guess this is a surprising discovery for some people—something that is considered big news. Here are some choice excerpts from the article: “If things get…
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