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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…

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…