As you probably know, Zillow will be going public with an IPO later this year. They made a few headlines today (TechCrunch, GeekWire, TechFlash) with an annoucement that their initial target stock price will be $16-$18, putting the company’s valuation at $485 million. So here’s a weekend conversation starter for you: Will you be buying…
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Weekend Reads from Across the Spectrum
Here are a few recent articles of interest that I thought might be worth discussion. Calculated Risk: The upward slope of Real House Prices I don’t think we have to choose between real prices and price-to-rent graphs to ask “how far out of line are house prices?” I think they are both showing that prices…
Predictions: Will 2011 Finally be the Bottom?
With 2010 well behind us now, it’s past time for another roundup of yearly Seattle real estate market predictions. Here are our past prediction posts for 2007, 2008, 2009, & 2010. Rather than playing the usual game of scraping and searching through the local papers for notable prognosticators going on the record with someone else…
Seattle Home Prices Still Not Hitting Bottom
Here are a few charts of price per square foot for Seattle single-family homes… Redfin: Zillow (list price): Altos Research (list price): Draw your own conclusion about whether or not prices have hit bottom yet. Full disclosure: The Tim is employed by Redfin.
Is “The Bottom” Always a Good Time to Buy?
NPR ran an interesting segment on Tuesday’s Talk of the Nation: Volatile Housing Market Baffles Homeowners. The subject was the housing market, and host Jennifer Ludden’s guests on the program were Moody’s Chief Economist Mark Zandi and Zillow’s VP Communications Amy Bohutinsky. Their wide-ranging conversation touched on everything from walking away to buying at “the…