Here’s a roundup of some local real estate stories that came out this weekend. The Times and the P-I give Redfin some free advertising by covering their list of Seven Tactics for Selling Your Home. According to the Times, local builder Quadrant Homes (owned by Weyerhaeuser) is impervious to the housing market slowdown. From the…
Tag: Tytler
Tytler: “I don’t buy into the ‘gloom and doom'”
For those of you not familiar with Steve Tytler, he is a columnist for the Everett Herald (and also the owner of a mortgage company) who has been pretty much the most reasonable voice in the local media on the housing market. Despite our difference of opinion on just how things will play out, I…
A Conversation With Steve Tytler
A few days ago I received an email from Steve Tytler, a name you may recognize as the occasional real estate columnist for the Everett Herald. Despite the fact that Mr. Tytler owns a local mortgage company, he has been the only voice in the local media to predict that for-sale inventory would increase and…
Bubble Link Roundup
It’s time to clear out all the news alerts in my inbox again. Here’s another round of local real estate links from the past few weeks: Seattle definitely appears to be “special” in one area: real estate websites. Ms. Rhodes reports on ForeclosurePoint; the latest to join the fray. Bremerton: up and coming? If you…
Seattle-Area Home Prices "Likely to Decline"
My jaw dropped in amazement when I read this headline in my inbox yesterday: House prices likely to decline. Granted, it was a Q & A column in the Everett Herald, not a headline news item in the Seattle Times (which would have probably made me faint), but still, it’s nice to see an admission…