It’s time once again for the monthly reporting roundup, where you can read my wry commentary about the news instead of subjecting yourself to boring rehashes of the NWMLS press release (or in addition to, if that’s what floats your boat). First up, let’s have a look at the source material from the NWMLS itself….
Tag: Seattle_Times
New York Times: Seattle Sellers Simply Surrendering
It’s not often we get a major national news piece focused solely on Seattle’s real estate market, but yesterday we got just that from the New York Times: Housing Crash Is Hitting Cities Thought to Be Stable SEATTLE — Few believed the housing market here would ever collapse. Now they wonder if it will ever…
January Reporting Roundup: Clearance Sale Edition
It’s time once again for the monthly reporting roundup, where you can read my wry commentary about the news instead of subjecting yourself to boring rehashes of the NWMLS press release (or in addition to, if that’s what floats your boat). Before we get to the local dead tree press, here’s a bonus link to…
December Reporting Roundup: Mall Meter Edition
It’s time once again for the monthly reporting roundup, where you can read my wry commentary about the news instead of subjecting yourself to boring rehashes of the NWMLS press release (or in addition to, if that’s what floats your boat). First up, let’s have a look at the source material from the NWMLS itself….
Seattle: Cash Out Refinance Foreclosure Capital?
The Seattle Times ran a story on Saturday that is worth it’s own post here. While the narrative consists mostly of the usual “personal interest” angle stuff (single mom finds her fourth home in foreclosure when she loses her $800,000 per year job as a mortgage executive, etc.), the attached Tableau interactive tells a much…